Bantry General Hospital (BGH) is a model 2 rural and remote hospital serving the population of West Cork and South Kerry.
BGH is the only model 2 hospital nationally receiving 999 ambulance calls and accepting undifferentiated medical patients.
This is due to the large rural catchment area of the hospital and long distances to the nearest Model 3 or Model 4 hospital.
The National Acute Medicine clinical Programme (NAMP) commenced in 2012.
One of the roles of the NAMP is to standardise and improve the management of acute medical patients over 16 years of age (HSE 2010) through the development of Acute Medical Units (AMU) and Medical Assessment Units (MAU).
The purpose of these medical units is to provide timely assessment, diagnosis, and early specialised management of a wide range of medical conditions.
With the overall aim of decreasing overcrowding in Emergency Departments, reducing admission rates, and decreasing lengths of stay.
The candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner (cANP) service in MAU aims to provide safe, timely, evidence-based nurse-led care.
Which focuses on:
· The management of lower acuity patients
· Management and development of the ambulatory care pathways within the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU).
· Providing continuity of care for patients and referrers to the MAU
· Supporting effective patient flow within the MAU
· Supporting timely discharge or admission
· Provides a seamless service for patients
· Improved patient outcomes through health promotion, education, and risk reduction.
The NAMP recommends the improvement and standardisation of patient care through local development and use of evidence-based guidelines, algorithms and pathways.
The ANP service at BGH manages and develops such pathways to facilitate ambulatory care services, improve patient flow, ensure a consistent standard of care and prevent unnecessary admissions.
Ambulatory care pathways managed/developed by the ANP service to date include VTE, TIA, management of electrolyte disturbances, and chest pain.
Six Health Regions have been established within the HSE, on the basis of the geographical boundaries agreed by the Government in July 2019 and they will be operational from 2024.
Each Health Region will be tasked with population specific planning resourcing and delivery of health and social care services for the needs of its unique population.
This will result in improved accountability and governance in terms of finance and performance, while also bringing decision-making closer to the frontline.
Health Regions will enable and empower staff to provide services that are:
• Integrated, locally planned and delivered
• Easier to access and navigate
• Available closer to home
Health Regions are geographically-based units with clearly defined populations.
They align community and hospital services within specific areas.
The HSE will retain a strong but leaner central organisation, with more service provision developed at a local level.
The HSE South West health region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services in Cork and Kerry.
HSE South West includes all hospital and community healthcare services in the region.
This includes:
• South / South West Hospital Group S/SWHG
• Cork Kerry Community Healthcare CKCH
• Midlands Louth Meath Community Health Organisation
• Community Healthcare Organisation Dublin North City and County
The Department of Population and Public Health is also now aligned with this health region
Services in the South West health region: HSE Services working within this region include:
• Acute Hospitals
• Primary care services
• Community services
• Social care services
• Health and social care professionals
• Voluntary sector services
South / South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare will become part of HSE South West health region from 3rd March 2025 and the transition to the new structures will be taking place throughout 2025. Informal Inquiries We welcome enquiries about the role.
Contact Maureen Minihane Director of Nursing, ****** Phone: – for further information about the role
Contact Eimear O'Sullivan- People Resourcing, ****** – for enquiries relating to the recruitment process