St. Joseph’s Foundation is a voluntary organisation providing comprehensive services for people with intellectual disabilities. Founded in 1968 the Foundation has grown through continuously responding to the needs of people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
The Foundation provides services to children and adults, through day services, residential, respite care, and home support in the North Cork and South West Limerick region. We have day and residential services in various locations in the North Cork and South Limerick area; such as Charleville, Dromina, Newtownshandrum, Buttevant, Newmarket, Mitchelstown and Mallow, in Limerick; Ballylanders, Ballyagran, Bruree, Bruff, Croom, Dromcollogher, Granagh, Kilmallock, and Liskennett.
Applications are invited for the following post.

7. PROFESSIONAL & CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Ensure that residents receive the highest standard of clinical/holistic care
• Maintain and promote a high standard of work performance, attendance, appearance and
• punctuality
• Promote dignity and respect for all residents at all times.
• Ensure the highest standards of confidentiality are maintained at all times
• Ensure that service policies and procedures are implemented and monitored within areas of
• responsibility
• Develop and ensures interdisciplinary networking with families is a high quality effective system for service delivery
• Monitor and evaluates support services relevant to the areas of responsibility
• Ensure practices in the workplace comply with relevant legislation
• Uphold the code of professional conduct in practice
• Make evidence based decisions in a transparent manner by involving and empowering others
• Embrace and promote advocacy in the delivery of person centred care
• Ensure that complaints received are dealt with in accordance with service policy
  The above job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities and consequently the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time by the Area Managers / Manager of Services. This job description may change in line with the changing needs and objectives of St. Joseph’s foundation

RESPONSIBILITIES

The main responsibilities are: quality assurance, resource management, staffing and staff development, facilitating communication and professional / clinical leadership.

• Be proactive in promoting and ensuring that the Ethos, Mission, Vision and core values of the St. Josephs Foundation are upheld.
• Ensure that personnel within their designated areas of responsibility work in accordance with the policies and ethos of the St. Josephs Foundation
• Ensure that all nursing staff adhere to professional code of conduct and operate within their scope of practice
• Ensure that any concerns for the safety and welfare of residents are reported in a timely manner
• Ensure a holistic Model of Care for Service Users which is consistent with a Person Centred approach
• Be familiar with all Policies and Procedures, particularly those pertaining to client safety and welfare

1. LEADERSHIP & ACCOUNTABILITY

• Is responsible for leading and managing interdisciplinary care for service users in areas of
• responsibility
• Ensure that staff are empowered through coaching, education, supervision.
• Lead the nursing and allied team through regular team meetings.
• Enable staff to identify and suggest improvement initiatives.
• Ensures high standards of care in the daily running of services within designated areas.
• Use a consultative approach and demonstrates an approachable management style.
• Monitor and evaluate methods of quality assurance and clinical effectiveness and contribute to the development of quality methodologies.
• Assure that clinical practice in areas of responsibility is evidence based.