The post holder will be assigned to manage the operational activity in the hospital. Responsibilities will include; a bed management responsibility, management of complex clinical/non clinical, operational situations and provision of clinical support, expertise and advice for all grades of staff. 

The overall purpose of the/Bed Manager / patient flow co-ordinator is a patient flow function to plan and coordinate admissions/ discharged.  There are several important elements:

A panel maybe formed from which future vacancies for a temporary or permanent position may arise in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth.

The HSE has created six new health regions. Each region is responsible for providing both hospital and community care for the people in that area. Bringing community health services and hospitals together means we can take a more patient-centred approach to healthcare.

HSE Dublin and North East provides health and social care to North Dublin, Louth, Meath,

Monaghan and most areas of Cavan.

HSE Dublin and North East Region includes the following hospitals;

• Beaumont Hospital
• Cavan General Hospital
• Connolly Hospital
• Louth County Hospital
• National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh
• Monaghan General Hospital
• Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
• Our Ladys Hospital Navan
• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
• Rotunda Hospital

Candidates must on the latest date for receiving completed application forms for the office:

(i) Are registered, or are eligible for registration, in the General Nurse

Division, and other divisions as relevant to the specific service, of the

Register of Nurses and Midwives, as appropriate, maintained by the

Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus

Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

(ii) Have 7 years post registration nursing experience and 3 years Nursing

Management experience at a minimum of Clinical Nurse Manager 2

(CNM 2) or equivalent in an acute care setting.

And

(iii) Have successfully completed a post registration programme of study, as

certified by the education provider, which verifies that the applicant has

achieved a National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major academic

Level 8 or higher award maintained by Quality & Qualifications of

Ireland (QQI) or can provide written evidence from the Higher Education

Institute that they have achieved the number of ECTS credits equivalent

To a Level 8 or higher standard in a health care or management related area.

And

(b) Candidates must possess the requisite clinical, leadership, managerial and

Administrative knowledge and ability for the proper discharge of the duties of the office

Annual Registration

Practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the General Nursing Division of the Nurses & Midwifery Register maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Registration Board (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann)

Please note that appointment to and continuation in posts that require statutory registration is dependent upon the post holder maintaining annual registration in the relevant division of the register maintained by Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland)

Relevant Attachment:

Patient Flow & Complex Discharge Grade VII Job Spec