Director of Nursing 4, Assistant

Community Healthcare Sligo Leitrim is responsible for the delivery of Primary and Community-based Services to meet the needs of local communities.

Community healthcare services are the broad range of services provided outside of the acute hospital system and include Primary Care, Social Care, Mental Health, and Health and Wellbeing Services. These services are delivered through the HSE and its funded agencies to people in local communities, as close as possible to people’s homes.

Description

The Assistant Director of Nursing 4 will:

Professional / Clinical

1. Provide a high level of professional and clinical leadership.
2. Provide safe, comprehensive nursing care to service users within the guidelines laid out by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland.
3. Practice nursing according to:

1. Professional Clinical Guidelines
2. National and Area Health Service Executive (HSE) guidelines.
3. Local policies, protocols and guidelines
4. Current legislation

5. Manage, monitor, and evaluate professional and clinical standards ensuring an evidence-based, care planning approach.
6. Ensure that residential care provided to older persons in the unit is of a high quality and attained as effectively and efficiently as possible within available resources.
7. Manage own caseload in accordance with the needs of the post.
8. Act as an effective role model and resource/advisor to colleagues in the delivery of nursing care and provide a high level of professional and clinical leadership.
9. Participate in teams as appropriate, communicating and working in co-operation with other team members.
10. Facilitate co-ordination, co-operation and liaison across healthcare teams and programmes.
11. Collaborate with service users, family, carers, and other staff in treatment / care planning and in the provision of support and advice.
12. Communicate results of assessments, treatment / care programmes and recommendations to the team and relevant others in accordance with service policy / as required.
13. Formulate, manage, and implement best practice policies and procedures.
14. Ensure that service users and others are treated with dignity and respect.
15. Ensure the maintenance of nursing records in accordance with local service and professional standards.
16. Adhere to and contribute to the development and maintenance of nursing standards, protocols, and guidelines consistent with the highest standards of patient care.
17. Evaluate and manage the implementation of best practice policy and procedures e.g., admission and discharge procedures, control and usage of stocks and equipment, grievance, and disciplinary procedures.
18. Maintain professional standards in relation to confidentiality, ethics, and legislation.
19. In consultation with other disciplines, implement and assess quality management programmes as appropriate.
20. Participate in clinical audit as required and ensure that clinical audits are performed in his/her area(s) of responsibility.
21. Initiate and participate in research studies as appropriate.
22. Devise and implement Health Promotion Programmes for service users as relevant to the post.
23. Operate within the Scope of Practice - seek advice and assistance from his / her manager with any cases or issues that prove to be beyond the scope of his / her professional competence in line with principles of best practice and clinical governance.
24. Ensure staff work in compliance with the Scope of Practice.

Health & Safety

1. Ensure that effective safety procedures are developed and managed to comply with statutory obligations, in conjunction with relevant staff e.g., health and safety procedures, emergency procedures.
2. Take appropriate action on any matter identified as being detrimental to staff and/or service user care or wellbeing / may be inhibiting the efficient provision of care.
3. Ensure adherence to established policies and procedures e.g., health and safety, infection control, storage and use of controlled drugs etc.
4. Ensure completion of incident / near miss forms.
5. Maintain a feedback mechanism with the clinical risk manager and report to senior management team where appropriate.
6. Ensure adherence to department policies in relation to the care and safety of any equipment supplied for the fulfilment of duty. Ensure advice of relevant stakeholders is sought prior to procurement e.g., CNS infection control, Occupational Therapist.
7. Have a working knowledge of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Standards as they apply to the role for example, Standards for Healthcare, National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections, Hygiene Standards etc and comply with associated HSE protocols for implementing and maintaining these standards as appropriate to the role.
8. Support, promote and actively participate in sustainable energy, water and waste initiatives to create a more sustainable, low carbon and efficient health service.

Education and Training

1. Contribute to service development through appropriate continuous education, research initiatives, keeping up to date with nursing literature, recent nursing research and new developments in nursing management, education and practice and attend staff study days as considered appropriate.
2. Provide support advice to those engaging in continuous professional development in his / her area of responsibility.
3. Be familiar with the curriculum training programme for student nurses and be aware of the clinical experience required to meet the needs of the programme.
4. Participate in the identification, development and delivery of induction, education, training and development programmes for nursing and non-nursing staff.
5. Provide support supervision and professional development of appropriate staff.
6. Engage in performance review processes including personal development planning e.g. by setting own and staff objectives and providing and receiving feedback.

Management

1. Exercise authority and co-ordinate the functions of the assigned area(s).
2. Provide support, advice and direction to staff as required.
3. Engage with the wider healthcare team and facilitate team building.
4. Facilitate communication at ward and departmental level and within the senior nurse/midwife team.
5. Provide staff leadership and motivation which is conducive to good working relations and work performance.
6. Promote a culture that values diversity and respect in the workplace.
7. Manage and promote liaisons with internal / external bodies as appropriate e.g. intra-hospital service, the community, voluntary organisations.
8. Contribute to the strategic management and planning process.
9. Formulate service plans and budgets in co-operation with the wider healthcare team.
10. Lead on practice development within the clinical area.
11. Manage resources, including staff, efficiently and effectively to ensure the highest standards of service.
12. Manage and evaluate the implementation of the service plan and budget.
13. Provide reports on activity and services as required.
14. Develop and manage departmental and nursing policy with a particular emphasis on change management. Monitor as appropriate and lead on proactive improvement.
15. Ensure compliance with legal requirements, policies and procedures affecting service users, staff and other hospital matters.
16. Actively participate in the Nursing Management structure by ‘acting up’ when required.
17. Engage in IT developments as they apply to service user and service administration.

The above Job Specification is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

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