Permanent/Direct Hire Position ****Nurse Manager / Person in Charge and Staff Nurses for Children’s Services in Bellanode, Sligo.
1. Nurse Manager Salary €55,494
2. Staf Nurse salary €44,822
3. 39 hours per week
4. Person In Charge for Residential & Respite for Children’s Services
5. Nurse Qualified person but we would also consider applicants from a residential/social care background
6. Knowledge of the legal frameworks in Ireland pertaining to residential care Health Act 2007, HIQA National Disability Standards etc • Knowledge of quality assurance practises and their application to day to day service provision
7. Experience of working with children and young people with an Intellectual Disability/ Autism/ Associated Mental Health needs
8. Knowledge of Person Centred Care Planning and risk assessment
9. Knowledge of inspections and audits, and experience of dealing with such; directly or indirectly
10. Ensure that all work within the service, is user focused and upholds the principles of respect, privacy, dignity, fulfilment, independence and choice.
11. Promote and maintain nursing standards of person centred care, including the promotion of normalisation and quality of life issues.
12. Participate in the development of protocols and guidelines, and the setting of professional nursing standards.
13. Be competent in relation to all relevant clinical policies and procedures
14. To deal with issues of concern or complaints sensitively and appropriately.
15. Partnership with the relevant statutory agencies, families and others, in planning and developing person centred programmes of care and support.
16. To monitor and support service users towards independence and contribute to the review of each adult in partnership with the multi-disciplinary/agency teams.
17. Responsible for and the monitoring of the overall healthcare, prevention of illness, and promote healthy lifestyles with service users.
18. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised service user person-centred care programmes within an agreed framework, in accordance with best practice and grounded in recent evidence based nursing research.
19. Develop and maintain close links with the services users, family / guardians ensuring a partnership approach.
20. Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal input for the service user.
21. Act as an advocate for service users and their families and provide information to empower them in decision making, goal setting and problem solving in order to optimise their contribution and facilitate their participation in community based activities.
22. To co-ordinate and contribute to the selection, recruitment and induction of new staff and to provide an effective leadership of all staff under and within the centre, through regular supervision, effective communication, management of workloads, assessment and verification of staff undergoing career development, qualifications and identification of development needs.
23. To personally contribute towards a positive, cohesive and therapeutic environment and to deal appropriately with matters relating to disciplinary, grievance, untoward incidents and complaints
24. To develop good working relationships and actively promote community presence within the local community through positive representation of the Trinity Support & Care Services brand.
25. To ensure efficient and effective administration procedures are in place to comply with Trinity Support & Care Service’s policy and Regulatory/Legislative requirements to include rota planning, the storage and dispensation of medication.
26. To complete H&S monthly monitoring reports and Work in partnership with contractors, health and safety experts to ensure that all activities are carried out in a manner which is safe to everyone within scheme and in accordance with Regulatory/Legislative requirements.
Professional Knowledge & Experience
27. Knowledge of the legal frameworks in Ireland pertaining to residential care Health Act 2007, HIQA National Disability Standards etc
28. Knowledge of quality assurance practises and their application to day to day service provision
29. Experience of working with children and young people with an Intellectual Disability/ Autism/ Associated Mental Health needs
30. Knowledge of Person Centred Care Planning and risk assessment • Knowledge of inspections and audits, and experience of dealing with such; directly or indirectly