For informal enquiries please contact:

Name: Eileen Carruthers  – Director of Nursing 

Telephone: 087 9418440 

Email: Eileen.carruthers@hse.ie 

The Practice Development Co-ordinator will: 

• Provide strategic leadership in nursing practice development and education, ensuring the delivery of high quality, evidence based care. The post holder will also be responsible for advancing specialist palliative care practice across the multidisciplinary team, fostering collaboration, and promoting continuous professional development. 

• Provide strong, strategic, professional and clinical leadership for all aspects of Palliative Care Nursing in the context of working with a multidisciplinary team. 

• Enhance the delivery of person centred nursing practices through improved care processes, which enhance quality of life, clinical effectiveness, and service user outcomes.  

• This role requires a combined knowledge of clinical practice, project management, and service management, continuing nurse education and professional development and evaluation of outcomes. The candidate will be required to participate in audit and research as determined by the role. 

1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc 

Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition: 

• 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 

• 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 9 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 9 or higher standard in a health care or management related area. 

OR 

• Give a commitment to undertake a relevant post registration qualification at not less than Level 9 (QQI) qualification in one of the following: Health Care, Quality Improvement, Risk Management, Health and Safety or Leadership and Management related area within a specific time scale to be decided. 

AND 

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

    AND  

• 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 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 

• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with 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:RECC20254358- Nursing Practice Development Co-ordinator - HSE Job Spec

The HSE Dublin and North East Region are an equal opportunities employer.