Overview
Location of Post
Cavan Monaghan Primary Care Services
A panel may be created for Candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner in DiabetesCare from which permanent and specified purpose
vacancies of full or part time duration may be filled in Community Healthcare Cavan/Monaghan.
The candidate ANP Diabetes will be based in Primary Care Services Cavan/ Monaghan integrated with Cavan & Monaghan Hospital Diabetes Services located in the Chronic Disease Management Hub.
Informal Enquiries
Ms. Edel McAweeney,
Director of Public Health Nursing,
Cavan Monaghan Primary Care Services
Email:
Telephone:
Organisational Context
Details of Service
The Cavan Monaghan Diabetes Integrated Service is dedicated to providing services based on evidence based best practice.
The candidate ANP Diabetes Integrated Care is primarily focused on promoting new ways of working collaboratively to improve the quality
of care delivered by those who work within the whole care system (DOH
The Candidate ANP (Diabetes Integrated Care) works within Chronic Disease Hub/Primary Care setting in Cavan/Monaghan.
The Candidate ANP (Diabetes Integrated Care) practices in collaboration with the Consultant (Diabetes Integrated Care) and Diabetes Integrated Multidisciplinary Team.
The objective is to promote safe, quality, person-centred care delivery for patients, providing timely and safe access to care. The Candidate ANP will work in collaboration with the
Diabetes team within the geographical catchment area of Cavan Monaghan, supporting an integrated approach to the provision of care to patients with Diabetes conditions,
through the Integrated Model of Care for people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and NCEC National Clinical Guideline for Type 1 Diabetes in Adults
Once registered as an RANP, the caseload and criteria for referral to the RANP, (Diabetes Integrated Care) will be agreed in consultation with the Consultant(s) in Diabetes Integrated Care.
In line with Sláintcare's objectives, the service aims to deliver more integrated care, supporting care nearer the home, helping to reduce and prevent hospital visits and
supporting the ultimate goal of reducing waiting lists and reducing waiting times.
The Candidate ANP will contribute to, in collaboration with the integrated multidisciplinary team, collect KPI data and report quarterly and annual reports on activity
levels and key outcomes achieved within the service using this activity data to build service plans for following years.
The Integrated Diabetes/Chronic Disease Service Model sets out the end to end service architecture for the identification and management of people living with chronic disease.
The focus is on providing an end-to-end pathway that will reduce admissions to acute hospitals by providing access to diagnostics and specialist services in the ambulatory care hubs in a timely manner.
For patients who require hospital admission, the emphasis is on minimising the hospital length of stay, with the provision of post-discharge follow up and support for people in the community and in their own homes, where required.
A shared local governance structure across the IHA will ensure the development of a fully integrated service and end-to-end pathway.
The Candidate ANP (Diabetes) will work as a member of the integrated care team for Diabetes in the Chronic Disease Hub, identifying an appropriate care pathway for clients and informing their plan of care.
The HSE service plan and all recent strategies and policies aim to avoid hospital admission and plan care in an appropriate setting when necessary. The role will support the establishment of integrated care pathways for Diabetes.
The Model of Care outlines a continuum of services from self-management to care in the community, the specialist ambulatory care hub for chronic disease and care in the acute setting.
Essential Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Qualifications and/or Experience
Candidates must have at the latest date of application:
Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.
(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition are :
1. Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.
i. Be a registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) or entitled to be so registered
And
ii. Be registered in the division(s) of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) Register for which the application is being made or entitled to be so registered
Or
In recognition of services that span several patient/client groups and/or division(s) of the register, provide evidence of validated competences relevant to the context of practice
And
(a) Have a broad base of clinical experience relevant to the field of Nursing
Practice (Diabetes)
And
(b) Demonstrates the competences relevant to the specialist area of nursing
Practice (Diabetes)
And
(c) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability including a high standard of suitability and clinical, professional and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
And
iii. Be eligible to undertake a Master's Degree (or higher) in Nursing or a Master's Degree, which is relevant, or applicable, to the advanced field of practice (Diabetes).
The Master's programme must be at Level 9 on the National Framework of Qualifications (Quality & Qualifications Ireland), or equivalent.
Educational preparation must include at least three modular components pertaining to the relevant area of advanced practice, in addition to clinical practicum.
Or
iv. Be currently undertaking a Master's Degree in Nursing (Advanced Practice Pathway) or be eligible to register to undertake additional Level 9 National Framework of
Qualifications (Quality and Qualifications Ireland) specific modules of a Master's Degree in Nursing (Advanced Practice Pathway) within an agreed timeframe.
Educational preparation must include at least three modular components pertaining to the relevant area of advanced practice, in addition to clinical practicum
Or
v. Possess a Master's Degree (or higher) in Nursing or a Master's Degree which is relevant, or applicable, to the advanced field of practice.
The Master's programme must be at Level 9 on the National Framework of Qualifications (Quality & Qualifications Ireland), or equivalent.
Educational preparation must include at least three modular components pertaining to the relevant area of advanced practice, in addition to clinical practicum
2. Annual registration
(i) On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the Advanced Nurse Practitioner Division of the register of Nurses and Midwives
maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) for the role
AND
(ii) Practitioners must confirm annual registration with NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).
3. Health
Candidates for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of
undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would
indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.
4. Character
Candidates for and any person holding the office must be of good character.
Skills & Competencies
Please see attached Job Spec:
6225CHCM CANP Diabetes
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