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Location of Post There is currently a permanent whole-time vacancy available at the Team base in Steeple House, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 in the Adult Mental Health Eating Disorder Team, Serving the Dublin South Kildare West Wicklow Mental Health Services.
A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.
Purpose of the Post The CNS post holder will deliver care in line with the five core concepts of the role set out in the Framework for the Establishment of Clinical Nurse Specialist Posts, 4th edition, National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (NCNM) 2008.
The purpose of this Clinical Nurse Specialist (Adult Mental Health-Eating Disorder ) post is to:
Deliver care in line with the five core concepts of the role set out in the Framework for the Establishment of Clinical Nurse Specialist Posts, 4th edition, National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (NCNM) 2008.
The successful candidate will work as a key member of the multidisciplinary Mental Health team providing a patient / client centred quality service to patients / clients and this specialist practice will encompass a major clinical focus, which comprises assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care given to patients / clients and their families.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist (Adult Mental Health-Eating Disorder)
The purpose and function of the Clinical Nurse Specialist (Adult Mental Health-Eating Disorder) is to take responsibility for completing a bio-psychosocial assessment, review and care plan to assist recovery.
The post holder will work collaboratively with service users and families to provide education, information, advice and review physical and psychological wellbeing in accordance with best practice guidelines and recommendation specific to NICE Guidance and the Eating Disorder National Model of Care For Ireland
The Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health- Eating Disorder) will work under supervision from the Clinical Lead, and report directly to the Assistant Director of Nursing to ensure there is a coordinated focus on the day to day running of the Eating Disorders Service.
This position will involve managing service users suffering with a diagnosis of Eating Disorders as recognised in DSM V or ICD 10.
Case Load:
Service users 18 years old and over, from General Adult Mental Health Teams and meet inclusion criteria of the Model of Care.
The concepts are:
· Clinical Focus (Direct and Indirect Care)
· Service user/client Advocacy
· Education and Training
· Audit and Research
· Consultancy (including leadership in clinical practice)
The HSE Dublin and Midlands serves a population of circa 1,077,639 providing health and social care services to communities living within Dublin West, Dublin South-West, Dublin South City, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Kildare, West Wicklow and Westmeath.
Currently, approximately 30k staff work within the HSE Dublin and Midlands Region providing key health and social care services with a budget of €3 billion.
The region has 4 Integrated Health Areas, serving a population of around 300,000 and take account of local geographies, population size, needs and services.
The IHA areas are HSE Dublin South City and West, HSE Dublin South West, HSE Kildare and West Wicklow and HSE Midlands and the Integrated Healthcare Managers are in post since October 2024.
IHAs bring together both acute and community services as well as other non-HSE providers and are crucial to supporting and enabling integrated care.
Within the 4 Integrated Health Areas there are 9 acute hospital (model 4s and 3s, mix of statutory and voluntary providers) delivering a full range of acute hospital, women and children's services, in addition to specialised radiation and oncology care.
There are also 6 integrated care hubs/csts and 20 Community Health Networks who together will serve the population health needs of our area.
The reform programme for HSE Dublin and Midlands provides an opportunity to shape the future of health and social care in a rapidly changing environment and to continue to implement safer better health care through integrated services.
Health Regions will be the primary service coordination and delivery units for the vast majority of health and social care services provided across Ireland.
They will provide the governance and organisational arrangements to enable planning, management and delivery of care for people and for communities across their region.