JOB SPECIFICATION AND TERMS & CONDITIONS

Job Title & Grade
Staff Nurse (General)
Tenure
Full Time Permanent Post and Relief Positions available
Closing Date
Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Interviews
Week of 5th May 2025
Location of Post
Peamount Healthcare, Newcastle, Co. Dublin
Details of Service
Peamount Healthcare is an independent voluntary organisation that provides a range of high-quality health and social care services. We help people return home after a serious illness, we provide safe and homely residential care for those who need it, and we support people to live as independently as possible in the community.

Peamount Healthcare is committed to the following values:

• Person centred - seeing each person as unique, giving them a voice and focusing on ability.
• Respect - creating a supportive environment where everyone is given courteous and respectful care and support.
• Excellence - enabling interdisciplinary teams to deliver high quality integrated care, meaningful outcomes with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Team working - fostering an inclusive, healthy working environment where people are valued and recognised for their individual and shared achievements.
• Quality improvement - supporting teams to embed continuous improvement methodology as part of everything we do.
• Education & Research - partnering with academia to support education, learning, research and evidence based care.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Candidates Must:
(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:
(i) Be registered, or be eligible for registration, in the General Nurse Division of the Register of Nurses kept by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnaimhseachais na hEireann).
And
(b) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, (including a high standard of clinical and administrative capacity), for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

SKILLS, COMPETENCIES AND KNOWLEDGE

Ability to apply knowledge (assessment)
Ability to understand needs
Ability to build interpersonal relationships (communication)
Ability to lead a team

PURPOSE OF POST

To provide holistic support to service users living in Peamount Healthcare

SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

It is the responsibility of all staff to:
Participate and cooperate with legislative and regulatory requirements with regard to Quality, Risk and Safety.
Participate and cooperate with external agencies on safety initiatives as required.
Participate and cooperate with internal and external evaluations of hospital structures, services and processes as required, including but not limited to:
O National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare.
O National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections.
O HSE Standards and Recommended Practices for Healthcare Records Management
O Safety audits and other audits specified by the HSE or other regulatory authorities.
To initiate, support and implement quality improvement initiatives in their area which are in keeping with the hospitals continuous quality improvement programme.
It is the responsibility of all managers to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for Quality, Safety and Risk within their area/department
Specific Responsibility for Best Practice in Hygiene
Hygiene in healthcare is defined as “the practice that serves to keep people and the environment clean and prevent infection. It involves preserving one’s health, preventing the spread of disease and recognizing, evaluating and controlling health hazards.”
It is the responsibility of all staff to ensure compliance with hospital hygiene standards, guidelines and practices.
It is the responsibility of all staff to ensure compliance with Public Health hygiene standards, guidelines and practices.
Department heads/ managers have overall responsibility for best practice in hygiene in their area.
It is mandatory to complete hand hygiene training every 2-years and sharps awareness workshops yearly.
Mandatory Training
It is employee’s responsibility to ensure that all mandatory training is up to date and completed. This includes online education which should be completed on HSEland.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• To co-operate and share responsibilities for the continuing care needs of the Service users, as they occur.
• Will assume a supervisory role in the absence of the CNM, to deputise and assist in administration duties and the day to day operation of the service, as required.
• Is involved in the referral of Service users to members of the Multi Disciplinary Team/GP/Primary Health Care Teams, follows up with the preparation and formatting and attendance at MDT meetings.
• To liaise with all other outside agencies of which the Service users are linked to.
• To attend all hospital and GP appt. which require a nursing input.
• Overall medication management, involving ordering and checking of stock, administrating of injections etc. when required.
• The establishment and maintenance of a welcoming and supportive environment within the location, where Service-users are offered the opportunity to develop and enhance their quality of life.
• To ensure that all requirements regarding Health & Safety at work and Fire Prevention are implemented.
• To participate when required in further training and development.
• To act as a mentor to Student Nurses on placements. To be actively involved in the induction of new staff to the area.
• To ensure that all Service policies and procedures are adhered to.
• In collaboration with the other staff to implement Service users individual personal outcome measures (POMS), through the development, implementing and reviewing of programmes which meet the identified needs.
• To carry out any duties necessary to ensure the hygiene comfort and care of the Service user as required. These duties may include personal care and must be performed in such a way as to ensure the dignity and privacy of the Service-user.
• To work with all other staff to assist Service users to develop skills in self care, home skills, community skills, interpersonal skills and leisure skills.
• To work with all other staff in organising and participating in appropriate social and recreational activities for Service users attending the day service, supportive and independent employment, including activities in the evenings and at weekend holidays.
• To ensure that all information relating to Service users, their families and staff is treated in a thoroughly professional manner, and that confidentiality is strictly maintained.
• To ensure that the records are maintained to a high standard and in accordance with the principles of confidentiality, data protection, legislation, and Freedom of Information.
• An employee must have access to and use of a car as part of this role. May be requested to work on campus or off campus as part of the community nursing team.
• To carry out duties appropriate to the office as may be assigned from time to time by the Assistant Director of Nursing, or another authorised officer