Staff Nurse Intellectual Disability Services Rolling Campaign

Job Purpose

Location of Post

Services are based in Cavan Monaghan Intellectual Disability Services.

If you apply and are successful at interview you will be placed on a panel in order ofmerit. Once you are on the panel, you will be notified via email about all Staff NurseIntellectual Disability posts as they arise within the Intellectual Disability Services,Cavan Monaghan.

As each individual job arises, we inform all candidates on the panel via email. Theemail tells you about an individual job at a particular site, details include: location, startdate, the service itself, the caseload, the team and the contact details of a NurseManager at that site with whom you can talk if you want to find out more. You caneven arrange a site visit to help you decide if it is the right job for you. If you are notinterested, you can simply ignore it until you see a job that is of interest to you.

Informal Enquiries

Marion McCormack,Director of Nursing,E-Mail: marion.mccormack@hse.ieTelephone No: 086-8234922

Organisational Context

Purpose of the Post

The role of the Staff Nurse Intellectual Disability (ID) is to provide holistic, personcentrednursing care, promoting optimum independence, enhancing the quality of lifefor service users with intellectual, physical or sensory disability in all aspects of dailyliving.On occasion the Staff Nurse ID may be expected to take responsibility for a unit orcommunity facility in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager. S/he must practice inaccordance with the Code of Professional Conduct as set out by the Nursing &Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and within the policies, guidelines, protocols of theunits / settings in which they are employed.

Essential Criteria

Eligibilty Criteria

Qualifications and / or experience

Candidates must have at the latest date for receipt of applications for the post:-

 Be registered in the Intellectual Disability Division of the Register of Nurses &Midwives maintained by Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann(Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland) or be entitled to be so registered

AND

 Have the clinical and administrative capacity to properly discharge thefunctions of the role

Note: Post holders must maintain annual registration with Bord Altranais agusCnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland)

HealthA candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capableof undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such aswould indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

CharacterEach candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character

Post Specific Requirements

Demonstrate professional knowledge and experience across the Intellectual Disabilityscope of nursing practice

Skills & Competencies

Please see attached job spec and addtional campaign information:

5026CHCM Staff Nurse ID Job Spec

Additional Campaign Information CM