2. EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK

• Promotes nurtures and maintains a high level of staff morale thereby promoting team spirit and job satisfaction among nursing, and other staff within the unit.
• Supports the management of change in line with evidence based practice.
• Ensures welfare and safety policies are adhered to in the unit.
• Receives visiting professionals and lay visitors to the unit.
• Ensures that all staff practise nursing within the Code set for the profession by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.
• Reports to Clinical Nurse Manager 2 behaviour outside acceptable limits for whatever reason (i.e. emotional upset in staff, brusqueness to patients or colleagues, undignified behaviour, absenteeism, conflict, etc.)
• Investigates complaints, incidents and accidents involving all patients and staff in accordance with hospital policy, and consults with the Clinical Nurse Manager 2
• Participates in the development of an orientation programme for new staff members, and assists with the implementation and evaluation of such programmes.
• Ensures that the work of the Healthcare Assistant is implemented to the required specification as per job description.
• Participates in the induction and training of the Healthcare Assistant.
• Supports and encourages Healthcare Assistant staff in carrying out their duties and ensures that the nursing staff knows, understands, utilises and respects the role.
• Monitors the performance of the Healthcare Assistant.
• Supervises supports and encourages the Ward Clerk in the implementation of their role and ensures that the nursing staff knows, understands and utilises the Ward Clerk effectively. Discusses any problems with their immediate Manager.
• Ensures the correct completion of records and reports.

5. EDUCATION/ STAFF DEVELOPMENT

• In collaboration with Clinical practice Support Nurse, assesses and identifies training and development needs for nursing staff within the unit; participates in setting objectives for such learning and contributes to the development of training programmes where appropriate.
• Implements and evaluates unit orientation programmes for new staff members.
• Collaborates with Clinical Practice Support Nurse in staff education and development.
• Identifies teaching/learning opportunities within the unit and plans to meet these needs in consultation with Clinical Nurse Manager 2.
• Participates in:
  i) Staff development programmes to support new clinical services;

ii) evaluating Undergraduate and Postgraduate training programmes in conjunction with key stakeholders.

• Participates in clinical ward induction training of all new nursing staff, ensuring that staff nurses receive sufficient theoretical and practical training to support their development as safe practitioners.
• Ensures the agreed hospital and clinical policies and procedures are known to and understood by the staff, and are implemented.
• Participates in teaching, counselling and training of student nurses and plans to meet their needs in consultation with the academic institutions, Clinical Nurse Manager 2, Clinical Practice Coordinator and Directorate Nurse Manager.
• Acts as an effective role model, by demonstrating skilled nursing care in the clinical situation, for staff and student nurses.

1. STATUTORY REGISTRATION, PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, ETC

(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:
(i) Are registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives
maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord
Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) or entitled to be so registered.
(ii) Have at least 3 years post registration fulltime experience (or an aggregate of 3
years post registration full time experience) of which 1 year post registration full
time experience (or an aggregate of 1 years post registration full time experience)
must be in the speciality or related area.
(iii) Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge
the functions of the role.
(iv) Candidates must demonstrate evidence of Continuing Professional Development.