Social network you want to login/join with:Director of Nursing Regional Vaccination Team Limerick, LimerickClient:Direct MedicsLocation:Limerick, IrelandJob Category:OtherEU work permit required:YesJob Reference:6565d46d7011Job Views:5Posted:17.02.2025Expiry Date:03.04.2025Job Description:Direct Medics is a premier healthcare recruitment specialist, seeking applications for the position of Director of Nursing for the Regional Vaccination Team in Limerick. This role is critical in leading the vaccination effort and ensuring effective administration of vaccines across the region.The HSE protects our population from threats to health and well-being through the provision of national immunisation and vaccination programmes, the prevention and control of infectious diseases, and response to environmental hazards and emergencies. It seeks to deliver measurable health improvement, and provides public health assessment and advice to health and social care service planning, all of which is underpinned by health intelligence.The key function of the Health and Wellbeing vaccination programme is to offer vaccines to the whole of the population for whom it is indicated. The Irish Vaccination Programme is designed to ensure the safe, effective, and efficient administration of vaccines to all who are eligible and wish to receive it.The Director of Nursing (DON) will have responsibility for compliance with medicines protocols and medication management across the programme. The DON will be the clinical lead for the vaccination programme and will be responsible for all clinical staff on the vaccination programme including deployment and skill mix. The DON will be expected to develop, implement, and monitor the processes required to deliver a safe and efficient vaccination programme.The DON will have responsibility for the future planning of the vaccination programme including any other vaccination workstreams that come on board.The vaccination programme is expanding; the current workstreams include:LAIV for childrenBOTP/IPA Childhood catch-up vaccination ProgrammeMonkey PoxMMR Catch UpThe DON will be responsible for all clinical activity across all vaccination workstreams, including the management of staff for the programme.The DON will work with the General Manager to ensure that the service functions as expected within the area, including support with PQs, Press queries, complaints, YSYS, incident management, equipment service records, supply monitoring and management, and resolution of data quality issues.The DON will also be expected to work across the Health and Wellbeing division.The post holder will report to the General Manager, Vaccination Programme, HSE Mid West.Requirements:Registered Nurse with a valid NMBI registrationSignificant experience in a similar role, particularly within public health or vaccination programsProven leadership and management skillsExcellent interpersonal and communication skillsKnowledge of health care policies related to vaccination and immunizationAbility to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary teamRight to work in IrelandWe offer a complete end-to-end candidate support package to our nurses which includes:Free governance support in the event of Fitness To Practice concernsPriority locum bookingsA Nursing recruitment team with combined local market experience of over sixty yearsFree Garda CheckFree Serology reportingFree Occupational Health assessmentFree training (including practical training) and Uniform
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