MWCH 25.036 Director of Nursing (Band 2) Vaccination Team - Health & Wellbeing
* County Limerick, Ireland
* Full time, Permanent
Who We Are
The HSE Mid West Six Health Regions have been established within the HSE, on the basis of the geographical boundaries agreed by the Government in July 2019, and they will be fully operational from 2024. Each Health Region will be tasked with population-specific planning, resourcing, and delivery of health and social care services for the needs of its unique population. This will result in improved accountability and governance in terms of finance and performance.
Description
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 be the clinical lead for the Health and Wellbeing vaccination programmes and will have responsibility for:
1. Compliance with medicines protocols and medication management across the programme.
2. 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. They will have full responsibility for the planning and delivery of the vaccination programme including any future health and wellbeing workstreams.
The vaccination programme is expanding; the current workstreams include:
1. Health Care Workers
2. Residential Care Facilities (RCFs) for Older Persons (both private and CNUs)
3. Disability RCFs
4. Congregated Settings
5. Areas underserved by GPs and Pharmacies
6. Children 4 months to 4 years
7. Children 5 years to 11 years
8. Residents in Residential Mental Health facilities
9. Residents in Residential Disability facilities
10. Hard to reach Groups
LAIV for children:
1. Vaccinate all children in schools across the region as per national guidelines.
2. Pop up LAIV clinics as required.
BOTP/IPA Childhood catch-up vaccination Programme:
1. 0 to 23 year olds across the BOTP and IPA sites catch-up vaccination programme (approx. 3,600 children across approx. 80 sites).
2. Catch-up immunisation programme for childhood vaccines.
3. This programme has now been expanded to include those over 23 years requiring vaccination.
Monkey Pox:
1. Contact clinics as required.
2. Vaccination clinics in STI clinics in University Hospital Limerick.
MMR Catch Up:
1. MMR catch-up programme rolled out to the public, 3rd level colleges, and Healthcare workers.
Outbreak Vaccinations as required.
The DON will be responsible for all clinical activity across all vaccination workstreams, including the management of staff for the programme. They will ensure that the service functions as expected within the area, including support with complaints, incident management, equipment service records, supply monitoring and management, resolution of data quality issues, and responses to PQs and Press queries as required.
The DON will also be expected to work across the Health and Wellbeing division and will take on associated duties as required.
Informal Enquiries to:
Mid West Community Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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