Assistant Director of Midwifery 1/ Stiúrthóir Cúnta an Cnáimhseachais 1
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Regional Hospital Mullingar There is currently one permanent whole-time vacancy available in Regional Hospital Mullingar
A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Assistant Director of Midwifery in the Women's Health Directorate from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.
Informal Enquries: Name: Ms. Maureen Revilles
Location :Director of Midwifery Regional Hospital Mullingar
Regional Hospital Mullingar.
Email: M******
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HR Point of Contact: DML is committed to providing information and services which are accessible to all, if you require accessibility assistance throughout any stage of the recruitment process, please contact:
William Wang
HR Recruitment Officer
****** Purpose of the Post: The Assistant Director of Midwifery, Women's Health Directorate serves as part of the Senior Midwifery/Nurse Management Team and will operate within the wider hospital management team.
They are responsible for the standard of midwifery/nursing care within the directorate and leads the midwifery/nursing team in the development and coordination of the service within the directorate's defined priorities.
They translate directorate priorities for all midwifery/nursing and healthcare assistant (HCA) staff with the aim of achieving the best possible clinical outcomes and experience for women and infants.
As a core member of the directorate management team they play a significant role in leading, planning and commissioning new services, identifying continuous improvement to current services and identifying new innovative ways of delivering effective services.
The appointed person will be assigned to both operational and strategic managerial functions as determined by the Director of Midwifery.
This will include a strong focus on the provision of professional and clinical leadership across Midwifery/Nursing Services.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality evidenced based midwifery/nursing practice in designated areas of responsibility.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that Midwifery/Nursing care and Midwifery/Nursing service delivery is adapted to meet the emerging needs of our patients and to reflect best practice on a continuous basis.
In doing so the post holder will ensure a woman/client centeredness approach to service developments and delivery.
The post holder will have a lead role in the clinical governance of Midwifery/Nursing services in defined service areas which are the Maternity Unit, Special Care Baby Unit, Ambulatory Gynaecology Unit, Women's Health Unit, Women's Health services OPD and SATU/STI clinic.
This will include; contributing to the development of key process and outcome standards and objectives, the development of Key performance indicators and monitoring of same, taking a lead in quality assurance programmes.
The Assistant Director of Midwifery role is a key Midwifery/Nursing leadership role and as such the post holder is central to the delivery of the Dublin Midlands Midwifery/Nursing Strategy.
This will include; contributing to the development of key process and outcome standards and objectives, the development of key performance indicators and monitoring of same, and adopting a leadership role in quality assurance programmes.
1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.
a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:
(i) Are registered, or are eligible for registration, in the Midwives Division, and other divisions as relevant to the specific service, of the Register of Nurses and Midwives, as appropriate, maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).
And
(ii) Have 7 years post registration midwifery experience and 3 years midwfiery management experience at a minimum of Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (CNM 2) ior above.
And
(iii) Have successfully completed a post registration programme of study, as certified by the education provider, which verifies that the applicant has achieved a National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major academic Level 8 or higher award maintained by Quality & Qualifications of Ireland (QQI) or can provide written evidence from the Higher Education Institute that they have achieved the number of ECTS credits equivalent to a Level 8 or higher standard in a health care or management related area.
And a) Candidates must possess the requisite clinical, leadership, managerial and administrative knowledge and ability for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
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Annual registration
(i) Practitioners must maintain live annual registration in the General Nurse Division, and other divisions as relevant to the specific service, of the Register of Nurses and Midwives, as appropriate, maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).
And
(ii) Practitioners must confirm annual registration with NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC)
2.
Health A candidate 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.
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Character Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character
Post Specific Requirements Demonstrate depth and breadth of experience in Midwifery Management in an acute diverse setting, as relevant to the role, including:
In-depth experience of HR / IR Management, In-depth experience of Operational Management (includes staffing, site management, multi-disciplinary engagement, strategic planning).