Role Title:Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (RANP): Cardiothoracic Nursing Job Reference Number: Closing Date:Sunday, 14th December **** Purpose of the Role: The advanced practice service is provided by nurses who practice at a higher level of capability as independent, autonomous and expert advanced practitioners.
The overall purpose of the service is to provide safe, timely, evidenced based nurse-led care to patients at an advanced nursing level.
This involves undertaking and documenting complete episodes of patient care, which includes comprehensively assessing, diagnosing, planning, treating, and discharging patients in accordance with collaboratively agreed local policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines and/or service level agreements/memoranda of understanding.
The RANPCardiothoracicdemonstrates advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, clinical leadership, and complex decision-making abilities.
The RANPCardiothoracicpractices in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (NMBI ****), Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI ****), and the Values for Nurses and Midwives in Ireland (Department of Health ****).
The RANPCardiothoracicservice provides clinical leadership and professional scholarship in the delivery of optimal nursing services and informs the development of evidence based health policy at local, regional, and national levels.
The RANPCardiothoraciccontributes to nursing research which shapes and advances nursing practice, education and health care policy at local, national, and international levels.
This Cardiothoracic ANP role is responsible for care of cardiothoracic patients throughout their journey, from pre admission, peri operatively and post discharge.
The Cardiothoracic ANPs run a nurse led preadmission assessment clinic for thoracic and cardiac patients and work closely with the multi-disciplinary team in managing the care of inpatients.
The ANP is competent in intra-operative saphenous vein harvesting for cardiac patients.
The ANPs also provide a post discharge review clinic for Cardiothoracic patients.
The role also encompasses the management of a long-term surveillance and survivorship programme for lung cancer patients.
Required: Be a Registered Nurse or Midwife on the NMBIs Active Register.
Annual registration: Practitioners must maintain active 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 Cnimhseachais na hireann) for the role.
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 Confirm annual registration with NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).
Demonstrate I.T. skills including excellent keyboard skills.
Experience in teaching and assessing junior staff/nursing students.
Desired: Cardiothoracic/surgical and or Intensive care nursing experience.
Radiology course.
Working knowledge of healthcare patient record systems.
Experience in conducting audits.
Experience in developing clinical practice guidelines which are evidenced based.