CORLANN WEST REGION
POSTS OF: PERMANENT FULL -TIME STAFF NURSE/*ENHANCED NURSE
REA SERVICES, LOUGHREA, CO. GALWAY
REF: 98326
A panel may be formed as a result of this process from which subsequent Staff Nurse/Enhanced Nurse appointments within the REA Services may be made over the next 6 months.
Location:
REA service is a developing community-based day and residential service in East Galway environs. We provide individualised services, centre-based and community-based day and residential service to adults with high support needs, based on personal outcome measures. We strive to provide an excellent service, integrating the community as much as possible into the daily lives of the people supported by the services.
The Role:
To provide clinical nursing skills in supporting people with intellectual disabilities in achieving optimum level of independence. To exhibit and maintain the highest quality of nursing practice and apply their skills to ensure the physical, social, emotional needs of the people supported by the services in their care are addressed at all times. Be responsible for the provision of nursing care and be an informed resource for educating support workers and family members, which shall benefit people supported by the services.
Reporting/Responsible To:
Team Leader/Service Co-ordinator/Area Manager.
Works With:
The people supported by the services and their families and carers/Team Leader and other managers /Multidisciplinary staff
Qualifications:
A current Live Register Certificate with the NMBI (An Bord Altranais), RNID qualification is highly desirable.
A full clean manual Driving Licence, which qualifies you to drive manual transmission vehicles on Irish Roads and use of your own car is an essential requirement.
Experience:
Candidates must have a level of experience sufficient to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the post together with an appreciation of the needs of persons with an intellectual disability. Experience of working with people with challenging behaviour is an advantage.
Skills:
Candidates must demonstrate:
- Good judgement, discretion and confidentiality
- The ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms, to communicate appropriately with the people we support and sensitively with family members.
- Creative problem solving skills
- The ability to work independently and seek support from interdisciplinary colleagues as appropriate.
- Patience, flexibility, creativity and eagerness to become involved in a range of activities.
- Ability to educate other staff and family members in positive health promotion needs
- The successful candidate will be required to co-operate in a team environment with a person-centred philosophy, participate in person-centred planning, reviews, team meetings, attend and participate in training courses, and be an active member of the team.
Working Hours:
1x Permanent Full-Time - 75 hours per fortnight.
All posts are based on a 14 day/night duty roster. The successful candidate will be required to be completely flexible and will be required to work days, evenings, weekends, public holidays, night duty and programme hours to meet service needs.
The enhanced nurse may be required to undertake other duties appropriate to the position and within their scope of practice including deputising for the Team Leader in their absence.
The post holder will provide advice and clinical support to work colleagues at evenings and weekends throughout the REA Services.
Corlanns model of service is based on Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible in their working hours to provide a quality service delivery for each individual.
Annual Leave:
24 days per annum pro rata. Appropriate service related leave will be granted after 5- and 10-years service respectively.
Remuneration:
Staff Nurse - 37,788 x 11 increments - 54,412 pro rata per annum. Long Service Increment 56,032 per annum is granted after 3 years on the maximum of the scale.
- Enhanced Nurse 44,811 x 7 increments - 56,200 per annum (pro-rata for part-time). Long Service Increment 57,846 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) is granted after 3 years on the maximum of the scale.
- As per HSE HR Circular 022/2019 Nursing and Midwifery - the Enhanced Nurse / Midwife Practice Contract https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/resources/hr-circulars/hr-circular-022-2019-re-enhanced-nurse-midwife-contract.pdf; once a staff nurse reaches point 4 on the Staff Nurse salary scale, they become eligible to apply for the role of Enhanced Nurse. Any Staff Nurse who wishes to avail of the Enhanced Nurse role will have to submit an application and also meet the qualifying criteria.
The successful candidate will be granted incremental credit subject to satisfactory verification of previous relevant nursing service and where applicable will be placed on the enhanced staff nurse scale.
Tenure:
The post temporary, full-time and pensionable linked on a specific purpose basis to a permanent staff members leave.
Probation:
A probationary period of nine months from the date of appointment applies to the post. The employment may be terminated at any time during the probationary period should the employer find that the appointee is unsuitable to continue employment. The probation period may be extended at the Employers discretion.
Full job description attached.
Informal enquiries for this post to: Informal enquiries to Valerie O Loughlin, Area Manager on 087-7149619
Closing date for receipt of completed application forms /CVs on-line is
Monday the 8th of June at 5pm
Interview date to be decided
Corlann is an equal opportunities employer
