For informal enquiries about the nursing post in Castleblayney contact:

Name: Sinéad Fidgeon, CNM2

Email: sinead.fidgeon@hse.ie 

Tel: 087 2341338.  

For informal enquiries about the nursing post in Drogheda contact:

Name: Yasmin Farrelly, CNM2

Email: yasmin.farrelly@hse.ie

Tel: 087 9979274. 

The Staff Nurse will be part of a multidisciplinary team in the NEDOC treatment centre.  The Staff Nurse will have responsibility for the management and co-ordinating the level of activity in the centre.  The Staff Nurse will consult with the GP/Locum on duty in the management of cases presenting.  Clinical responsibility remains with the GP/Locum on duty however the Staff Nurse must strive to ensure standards of care are maintained.  Concerns or issues should be discussed with the CNM2.   

Specifically the Staff Nurse will: 

• Provide clinical nursing support to the operational management of the service 

• Assist GP’S/Locum’s in the care/management of patients. 

• Provide nursing care, treatment, screening and patient education to patients that are directed to the Treatment Centre by the Triage Team. 

Candidates must have at the latest date of application:  

• Be registered in the General Division of the Register of Nurses maintained by Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland) or be entitled to be so registered 

 And 

• Have the clinical and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role 

Annual Registration 

• On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the General  

Nurse Division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by Nursing and  

Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) 

And 

• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with the NMBI to the HSE by way of the  

annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC). 

Health 

A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.  

Character 

Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character. 

Related attachments:

Staff Nurse GP

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