Candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Acute Medicine, University Hospital Kerry
* Kerry, County Kerry, Ireland
* Full Time, Temporary
Who We Are
The newly established HSE South West health region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services in Cork and Kerry, serving a population of over 700,000 people. HSE South West includes all hospital and community healthcare services in the region.
Skills and Attributes
* Commitment to providing a quality service
* Professional knowledge & experience
* Communications and interpersonal skills
* Analysis & decision making
Description
University Hospital Kerry is the second largest of the Health Service Executive – South’s seven acute hospitals, servicing a population of approximately 180,554, with additional seasonal visitors. The Emergency Department cares for over 40,000 presentations annually, and the hospital has 238 acute general beds, including pediatric and high dependency beds.
The Emergency Department adopts the Acute Floor Model, delivering high quality, safe, patient-centered care. It is managed by the Assistant Director of Nursing and a Clinical Nurse Manager 3, with a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary teamwork.
The scope of services includes:
* Ear, Nose and Throat Services
* General Medicine, including Elderly Medicine & Endocrinology
* General Surgery
* Adult Intensive Care
* Coronary Care/High Dependency
* Gynaecology (including Colposcopy, Menorrhagia, Fertility, and Urodynamics)
* Obstetrics
* Orthopaedics
* Paediatrics, including Special Care Baby Unit
* Audiology
* Palliative Care
* Radiography, including C.T. Scanning Service
* Renal Dialysis Satellite Unit
Purpose of Post
The main purpose of the post is to develop the job description and supporting documentation under the direction of the Health Care Provider’s Advanced Practice Stakeholder Governance Group, enabling the individual nurse to meet the NMBI Criteria for Registration as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner as set out in Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI, 2017).
The individual will undertake the academic preparation and develop the clinical and leadership skills, competencies, and knowledge required for registration as a RANP with NMBI. The cANP role must reflect the incremental development of expertise, and the individual cannot deliver care as an autonomous practitioner.
The overall purpose of the service is to provide safe, timely, evidence-based nurse-led care at an advanced nursing level. This involves comprehensively assessing, diagnosing, planning, treating, and discharging patients in accordance with local policies and guidelines.
The cANP in acute medicine demonstrates advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge, skill, and experience applied within the nurse-patient/client relationship to achieve optimal outcomes through critical thinking, problem-solving, clinical leadership, and accurate decision-making.
The cANP practices in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (NMBI 2014), the Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice Framework (NMBI 2015), and Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI 2017).
Informal Enquiries
Mairead O’Sullivan, Assistant Director of Nursing Emergency Dept/Patient Flow/ Acute Floor Projects
HSE South is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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