Nurse Manager

at  Dublin Simon Community

ABOUT US

At Dublin Simon Community, we are passionate about making home a reality. Our aim is to empower people to access and retain a home by providing housing, prevention, addiction treatment, emergency response, and other targeted interventions, through advocacy and partnership. If you share our values and want to make a difference also, come talk to us at Dublin Simon Community.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Commitment to providing the highest levels of quality service
• Relating with respect and compassion
• Promoting diversity and equality
• Providing quality person-centered service
• Communicating effectively
• Resilience, positive outlook openness to change
• Maintaining a safe and secure environment
• Promoting health and wellbeing
• Promoting person-centered care
• Building working relationships
• Effective professional practice, planning, organising, and problem-solving.
  Note: This Job Description will be reviewed and updated in line with the needs of the work

JOB PURPOSE:

To manage client care to the highest professional standards, using an evidence-based care planning approach to ensure that clients physical, psychological, social and cultural needs are met.
To provide clinical and professional leadership to the team.
Location: Dublin City
Working Hours: Monday to Friday – 37.5 hours
Salary: 48,000 per annum

ESSENTIAL FOR THE ROLE:

• RGN or RPN with a primary degree in the relevant qualification
• Is on the live register for relevant qualification (Nursing and Midwifery Board)
• Management Experience
• Minimum of 4 years post-registration experience in the last 8 years
• Understanding of why people become homeless and their needs.
• Understanding of mental health, drugs, alcohol, and other issues.
• Knowledge of medical needs of clients who are homeless
• Knowledge of relevant government policies relating to homelessness, health and addiction issues.
• Knowledge of relevant nursing legislation and including FOI, Data Protectio

DESIRABLE FOR THE ROLE:

• Diploma or degree in addiction studies.
• Work experience in the homelessness or addiction field.
• Experience in working with homeless people.
• Experience in managing projects in the community or voluntary sector
• Understanding of residential low threshold Services.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensuring that service users receive a good standard of clinical care and client service.
• Implementing and monitoring standards of clinical care for the service
• Interdisciplinary networking to ensure high quality effective systems for service delivery
• Monitoring and evaluation of accommodation and catering services for the service area
• Allocation and co-ordination of resources to achieve tasks, scheduling of rosters
• Procuring and evaluating material
• Prioritising and meeting demands under pressure or in emergencies
• Record keeping and reports for operational activities
• Planning of meetings, case conferences and or other events
• Promoting high standard in the daily running of the clinical services at unit level
• Leading and managing interdisciplinary care for service users
• Empowering staff through team meetings, coaching, education and promotion of staff initiatives.