The appointed person has both operational and strategic managerial functions as determined by the Director of Nursing

This will include a strong focus on the provision of professional and clinical leadership across Nursing Services in Louth County Hospital. The post holder is currently responsible for the medical units, including Step down, Medical 1 and Stroke rehab alongside outpatient’s services and day services. The post holder also provides operational support to services such as ambulatory and out patient’s diabetes and older persons services, minor injury unit, endoscopy and operating theatres.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality evidenced based nursing practice in designated areas of responsibility. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that Nursing care and Nursing service delivery is adapted to meet the emerging needs of our patients and to reflect best practice on a continuous basis. In doing so the post holder will ensure a service user centeredness approach to service developments and delivery.

The post holder will have a lead role in the clinical governance of Nursing services in defined service areas. This will include; contributing to the development of key process and outcome standards and objectives, the development of key performance indicators and monitoring of same, taking a lead in quality assurance programmes including those aligned to Pathway To Excellence designation.

The Assistant Director of Nursing role is a key Nursing leadership role and as such the post holder is central to the delivery of the Louth Hospitals Nursing Strategy, Dublin North East Region Strategy and national service plans.. This will include; contributing to the development of key process and outcome standards and objectives, the development of Key performance indicators and monitoring of same, and adopting a leadership role in quality assurance programmes.

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

• 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]

                                                    And

• Have 7 years post registration nursing experience & 3 years nursing management experience at a minimum of Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (CNM2) in an acute setting.

                                                    And

• 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

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

 Relevant attachment:

HSE Job Spec ADON LCH