The advanced practice service is provided by nurses who practice at a higher level of capability as independent, autonomous and expert advanced practitioners. The overall purpose of the service is to provide safe, timely, evidenced based nurse-led care to patients at an advanced nursing level. This involves undertaking and documenting complete episodes of patient care, which includes comprehensively assessing, diagnosing, planning, treating and discharging patients in accordance with collaboratively agreed local policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines and/or service level agreements / memoranda of understanding.
The RANP (Respiratory) demonstrates advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, clinical leadership and complex decision-making abilities.
The RANP (Respiratory) practices in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (NMBI, 2014), the Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice Framework (NMBI, 2015), Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI, 2017), and the Values for Nurses and Midwives in Ireland (Department of Health, 2016).
The RANP (Respiratory) provides clinical leadership and professional scholarship in the delivery of optimal nursing services and informs the development of evidence based health policy at local, regional and national levels.
The RANP (Respiratory) contributes to nursing research that shapes and advances nursing practice, education and health care policy at local, national and international levels.
The RANP (Respiratory) will complement and contribute to the overall service provided by the Respiratory department. The specific contribution of the RANP (Respiratory) is to improve outcomes for patients who fall within the RANP scope of practice and improve access to timely, quality healthcare for patients with respiratory disease being treated in Cavan & Monaghan Hospitals.
Key Working Relationships - to include but not limited to:
Clinical supervision
The RANP (Respiratory) engages in on-going clinical supervision as per a Service Level Agreement. The structure, process and outcome of clinical supervision must be explicit.
Clinical Indemnity
Cavan & Monaghan Hospital has medical malpractice indemnity under the terms of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme. The Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (RANP) Respiratory role is thus incorporated into the standard insurance arrangement.
Location of Post
Respiratory Department, OPD, Cavan & Monaghan Hospital Group, Lisdarn, Co Cavan.
Organisational Area
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Hospital Group.
Informal enquiries may be made to:
Caroline Keyes, Director of Nursing
Tel: 049 4376109
Email: caroline.keyes@hse.ie
or
Rosemarie Hastie, Assistant Director of Nursing, Medical Services
Tel: 049 4376398
Email: rosemarie.hastie@hse.ie
This campaign will run in compliance with the Code of Practice prepared by the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). The CPSA is responsible for establishing the principles that should be followed when making an appointment. These are set out in the CPSA Code of Practice. The Code outlines the standards that should be adhered to at each stage of the selection process and sets out the review and appeal mechanisms open to candidates should they be unhappy with a selection process.
The CPSA Code of Practice can be accessed via https://www.cpsa.ie/
The RCSI Hospital Group includes the following hospitals;
Beaumont Hospital
Cavan General Hospital
Connolly Hospital
Louth County Hospital
Monaghan General Hospital
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Rotunda Hospital
The Academic Partner for the Group is the RCSI.
RCSI Hospital Group provides a national service and a regional service to Dublin and the North East and is committed to the provision of world-class care, exceptional clinical services with respect and compassion.
Candidates must have at the latest date of application:
Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:
1. Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.
(i) Are registered in the Advanced Nurse Practitioner division of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland Register maintained by the Nursing &Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agusCnáimhseachais na hÉireann).
Or
(ii) Be eligible to register in the Advanced Nurse Practitioner division of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland Register maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) by meeting the criteria for registration as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner as specified www.nmbi.ie
And
(iii) Have a broad base of clinical experience relevant to the advanced field of respiratory nursing
And
(iv) Demonstrates the competences relevant to the specialist area of advanced practice
And
(b) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability including a high standard of suitability and clinical, professional and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
2. Annual registration
(i) Practitioners must maintain active annual registration on the Advanced Nurse Practitioner Division of the register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) for the role
And
(ii) Confirm annual registration with NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).
Post Specific Requirements, additional qualifications and or experience required
Demonstrate depth and breadth of experience in the area of respiratory medicine as relevant to the role.
Specific requirements to support the RANP Respiratory service:
Other requirements specific to the post
Access to transport as the post may involve some travel
Job Specification - CavMon3032 - Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (RANP) Respiratory -April 20
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