Enhanced/Staff Nurse

BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES IRELAND – WEST REGION

POSTS OF: PERMANENT FULL-TIME STAFF NURSE/*ENHANCED NURSE

DEERPARK SERVICES, BALLINASLOE, CO. GALWAY

JOB REF: 79174

A panel may be formed as a result of this process from which subsequent Staff Nurse/Enhanced Nurse appointments within the Deerpark Services, Ballinasloe may be made over the next 6 months.

Location:

Deerpark service is a developing community-based day and residential service in Ballinasloe.

We provide community based day, respite and residential services to adults with varying support needs based on personal outcome measures. Our focus is to form a relationship / partnership with each individual and their family to support people to be valued citizens in their local community and to have ordinary life experiences. We wish to create opportunities for people who use our service to have valued social roles in their communities and to have the chance to form real friendships.

Reporting/Responsible To:

Team Leader/Team Manager/Service Co-ordinator/Area Manager

Working With:

People supported and their families/Team Leader/Multidisciplinary staff/Service Management

Qualifications:

A current Live Register Certificate from the NMBI (An Bord Altranais), RNID or RGN qualification is essential.

A full clean manual Driving Licence, which qualifies you to drive manual transmission vehicles on Irish Roads and use of your own car is an essential requirement.

Fluency in verbal and written English is an essential requirement of this post.

Experience:

Candidates must have relevant experience and an appreciation of the responsibilities of the

post and issues affecting the everyday lives of individuals with an Intellectual Disability.

Skills:

Candidates must demonstrate:

•Good judgement, discretion and confidentiality.

•The ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms, and to communicate sensitively with family members and work with them for the best outcomes.

•Creative problem solving skills.

•The ability to work independently and seek support from multi-disciplinary colleagues as appropriate.

•Patience, flexibility, creativity and eagerness to become involved in a range of activities.

•Ability to educate other staff and family members in positive health promotion needs.

•The successful candidate will be required to co-operate in a team environment with a person-centred philosophy, participate in person-centred planning, individual reviews,

team meetings, attend and participate in training courses, and actively contribute to team based performance management.

Working Hours:

75 hours per fortnight based on a 7 day duty roster. The successful candidate will be required

to work days, evenings, weekends, public holidays, sleepovers and night duty to meet service

needs.

The Brothers of Charity model of service is based on Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible in their working hours to provide a quality service delivery for each individual.

Annual Leave:

24 days per annum. Appropriate service related leave will be granted after 5 and 10 years' service respectively.

Remuneration:

Department of Health Salary scale as per HSE consolidated pay scale dated 01/03/2025:

Staff Nurse - €36,919 x 12 increments - €53,340 per annum . Long Service Increment €54,928 per annum is granted after 3 years on the maximum of the scale.

Enhanced Nurse - €43,872 x 7 increments - €55,093 per annum. Long Service Increment €56,706 per annum is granted after 3 years on the maximum of the scale.

*As per HSE HR Circular 022/2019 – Nursing and Midwifery - the Enhanced Nurse / Midwife Practice Contract https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/resources/hr-circulars/hr-circular-022-2019-re-enhanced-nurse-midwife-contract.pdf; once a staff nurse reaches point 4 on the Staff Nurse salary scale, they become eligible to apply for the role of Enhanced Nurse. Any Staff Nurse who wishes to avail of the Enhanced Nurse role will have to submit an application and also meet the qualifying criteria.

The successful candidate will be granted incremental credit subject to satisfactory verification of previous relevant nursing service.

Additional payments will be made for weekends, public holidays, and sleep-ins and night duty when worked.

Tenure:

Permanent, full-time and pensionable

Probation:

A probationary period of nine months from the date of appointment applies to the post. The

employment may be terminated at any time during the probationary period should the

employer find that the appointee is unsuitable to continue employment. The probation period

may be extended at the Employer's discretion.

Full Job Description attached

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