The Senior Medical Social Worker will work as part of both the Medical Social Work team and the Sycamore MDT in Connolly Hospital. This role involves the facilitation and provision of emotional support and counselling to patients and families in their critical care journey.   The completion of psychosocial assessments to ensure there are early identifiers to barriers to care and recovery for the patient will be required so as to thereafter enable patients to reach their potential post critical care.   Collaborative multidisciplinary working and autonomous practices regarding caseload management and priorities are key requirements for this position.   RCSI Hospitals Group covers a population of over 800,000 people.  Connolly Hospital’s Catchment Population of over 331,000 covers Dublin West, North Kildare and South Meath.   Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown is a major teaching hospital providing a range of acute medical and surgical services, day care, outpatient, diagnostic and support services.  Emergency services are provided on a 365-day, 24 hour basis.  Multi-disciplinary teams representative of medical, nursing, allied health professionals, management and general support staff play a pivotal role in the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of these services.  The hospital has a current bed complement of 391 beds.   The hospital is affiliated to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin City University (DCU), University College Dublin (UCD), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and the Institute of Technology for teaching a variety of undergraduate students.   The person appointed to this post will also be responsible for providing supervision to medical social workers and students as required.

  The Physiotherapy Department provides a comprehensive in-patient & outpatient service.  Specialties include Care of the Older Person, Stroke Service, ED, MSK, Acute Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Respiratory (Medical & Surgical), Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Occupational Health.   There is also a COPD Outreach Service, Integrated Respiratory Care and a Frailty Intervention Team.  An out of hour’s emergency service and weekend service is provided.     The person appointed to this Senior Physiotherapist post will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team delivering a coordinated approach to management of the frail older persons presenting to the Emergency Department.   This service will provide rapid access to multidisciplinary comprehensive geriatric assessment and management to frail older people attending the Emergency Department in Connolly Hospital. The post holder will provide physiotherapy input to ensure delivery of an effective and efficient multi-disciplinary frailty Intervention team (FIT). FIT team aims to provide the following:   - Rapid access to MDT assessment in the Emergency Department - Complete comprehensive geriatric assessment - Appropriate streaming of patients to internal or external rehabilitation pathways including community integrated care services (ICPOP) - Avoid unnecessary hospital admissions while promoting timely, safe and appropriate discharge of patients.   To work in conjunction with other team members in co-ordinating and developing the service to meet the needs of the population it serves in line with the objectives of the organisation. To complement existing older persons services to provide highest quality physiotherapy care to frail older persons presenting to Connolly Hospital. Collaborate with the Emergency medicine, acute medicine and older persons (COTOP) services.   To be responsible for the provision of a high quality Physiotherapy service in accordance with standards of professional practice. To work with Physiotherapy Manager in ensuring the co-ordination, development and delivery of a quality, client centred physiotherapy service across and between networks in the geographical area. Flexibility is required as the post holder may be required to work across the Stroke & Older Person Rehabilitation service based on service needs.   The person appointed to this post will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering a co-ordinated approach to client care. S/he may be required to work as a key worker for particular cases. Professional reporting relationship for clinical governance and clinical supervision will be to the Head of Discipline through the professional line management structure.

 The Physiotherapy Department provides a comprehensive in-patient & outpatient service.  Specialties include Care of the Older Person, Stroke Service, ED, MSK, Acute Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Respiratory (Medical & Surgical), Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Occupational Health.   There is also a COPD Outreach Service, Integrated Respiratory Care and a Frailty Intervention Team.  An out of hour’s emergency service and weekend service is provided.     The person appointed to this Physiotherapy Assistant post will primarily work as part of the multi-disciplinary team delivering a coordinated approach to management of frail older persons.   The Physiotherapy Assistant will be a member of the Physiotherapy team.  She/he will support the provision of high quality patient-centered therapy services, manage administrative duties, maintain hygiene and health and safety policies as appropriate.   The Physiotherapy Assistant will report to the Physiotherapy Manager through the line management structure.  She/he will work under the supervision of a qualified Physiotherapist to ensure a high quality and efficient service to patients.   The post holder will assist Physiotherapists in the provision of the service. The role includes clinical and administrative duties that support the Physiotherapy Department in the provision of a high-quality service to users. The Physiotherapy assistant will provide direct and indirect care for patients who are currently under the care of the Physiotherapy service.   Flexibility is required, as the post holder will be required to work across clinical areas within the Physiotherapy service.

The Occupational Therapist will be responsible for the provision of a high quality person-centred Occupational Therapy service to a designated clinical area(s) and will carry out clinical and educational duties as assigned by the Senior Occupational Therapist / Occupational Therapist Manager.   A panel may be formed from which future part - time, full - time, permanent and temporary vacancies may be filled.   Appointment as an employee of the Health Service Executive is governed by the Health Act 2004 and the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) Act 2004.

Work closely with the General manger in overseeing all matters in relation to the overall effective and efficient running of the hospital to deliver safe high quality care to all patients through service planning including capital development planning, business and performance management, budgetary oversight and control, and adherence to all appropriate HSE, legislative and best practice guidelines/standards.   Responsible for managing operational daily activities of scheduled and unscheduled care and ensuring appropriate flexibility in surging up and down all capacity and capability resources to deliver best practice quality care ensuring adherence to HSE national targets for scheduled and unscheduled care.

- Manage the Outpatient Waiting List - Medical Secretary for Clinical teams - Provide Administrative Support to the Satellite Areas

The person appointed to this Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist post will work as part of the multi-disciplinary teams delivering a coordinated approach to patients in the Acute Older Person Rehabilitation Service.   The successful candidate will provide expert clinical leadership to the Acute Older Person Rehabilitation Service and be responsible for the day-to-day operation of their relevant complex patient caseload They will provide assessment and treatment of patients in the Acute Older Person Rehabilitation Service and supervision of senior and staff grade occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and students as required.   The successful candidate will work in conjunction with other team members in delivering an efficient service to meet the needs of the service user group and the objectives of the organisation.   Work closely with colleagues based in Rowan Ward (Stroke & Older Person Rehabilitation), Woodlands Acute Frailty Unit & Sycamore Unit. New proposed unit to open in Cedarwood Unit.   Work with in-patients transferred from the acute wards to the SRU (primarily from Rowan Ward (Older Person cohort and Stroke Unit) for intensive rehabilitation   The Clinical Specialist appointed will possess skills and expertise greater than those expected of a senior grade therapist. This includes research and prior experience in development work on topics and techniques related to Older Persons.   Be responsible for the provision of a high-quality Occupational Therapy input to the Acute Older Person Rehabilitation Service and will carry out clinical and educational duties as required. They will continue the development, management and evaluation of the Older Person Service.   The Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist will develop and maintain high standards of clinical practice within this area through clinical evaluation, audit opportunities and evidence-based practice.   The Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist will contribute to a structured process for education of colleagues, undergraduates and other disciplines in this clinical specialist area in collaboration with peers.   Develop the Older Person Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation service in line with relevant national Clinical Care Programmes and Evidence Based Occupational Therapy Practice (EBOTP)      There are 4 clinical specialist posts in the occupational therapy department in Connolly Hospital. One is in Rehabilitation of the Older Person, two are in hand therapy, and one in Critical Care.

The CNM1 post holder in Endoscopy Services has a pivotal role in providing clinical and professional leadership in the Endoscopy Unit The CNM1 will have responsibility for staff training and education of the nursing team, including in-service training, orientation of new staff and clinical learning experience and supervision of student nurses. The post holder will ensure that the unit complies with relevant local and national policies and decontamination standards and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure compliance with JAG standards. The Clinical Nurse Manager 1 will manage the care and treatment of service users and ensure optimum standard of care is provided within the Endoscopy Department. The CNM1 will act as a support and will work closely with both CNM2’S on the two sites   There is currently one Permanent Whole time post available in Nursing Services, Cavan & Monaghan Hospitals   A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Cavan and Monaghan Hospital from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled. 

The role of the CNSp. CVD was developed to: provide expertise and specialist nursing services to patients with a cardiovascular condition both in the ward, hospital outpatient settings and in primary care. The role of the CNSp CVD will differ according to the needs and configuration of established cardiovascular services at each site.   The post holder will act as a liaison between acute cardiology services and integrated cardiology services in the community and other agencies, to deliver effective evidenced based care, using resources efficiently to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease in keeping with agreed models of care and HIQA standards.   The post holder will work with colleagues across the acute cardiology services and integrated care services to develop and implement ambulatory care pathways for cardiovascular disease and associated co-morbidities, to improve the transition of patients between primary and secondary care.  The post holder will work as part of a MDT and in close liaison with their associated Consultant Cardiologist to deliver coordinated evidence based care for patients.   The CNSp CVD will support the implementation of a model of integrated care which is focused on enhancing the management of care for patients between Primary (General Practice) and Secondary (Hospital) Care, thus optimising the patient’s quality of life and contributing to an integrated health service. The role supports the implementation of Sláintecare through the provision of community diagnostics and shifting treatment from the acute sector to the community.   The primary focus of the post holder will be to ensure that patients with cardiovascular disease receive timely and appropriate care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care delivery.   The person appointed to this post will work in the overall integrated cardiology service. This post is 50% acute based (Connolly Hospital) and 50% community based to work with the Integrated Care Consultant Cardiologist to develop integrated care services. Please note a portion of the appointees work will be carried out “offsite”. This means that the appointee will travel to the hubs to perform duties related to the role.     The CNSp. CVD caseload will focus initially on the following patient groups: - Chronic Cardiovascular Disease - Atrial Fibrillations - Ischaemic Heart Disease    The CNSp. duties will include: - Triage of hospital outpatient referrals from GP’s - Co-ordination of Heart Failure Virtual Clinics - Co-ordination of Q & A Clinical Queries service - Co-ordination of Urgent Outpatient Clinics - Coordinate hospital cardiology discharges to ensure appropriate follow up and services are coordinated The CNSp. CVD plays a vital role in ensuring patients are empowered with skills and knowledge necessary for them to achieve optimal health and wellbeing.   Informal Enquiries to:   Carol Ann Nugent / Ciara Blaine– CNS heart failure  (Connolly) Phone: 01-6466090   Eileen Daly – Assistant Director of Nursing (Connolly Hospital) Email: eileen.daly1@hse.ie     Phone: 087-1180175   Claire Staunton- ADON-Public Health Nursing Email claire.staunton@hse.ie     Phone; 01-8975157/0877920991   Dr Lavanya Saiva-Consultant Cardiologist Phone: 0877027940

The role of the CNSp will differ according to the needs and configuration of established respiratory services at each site. The purpose of this Clinical Nurse Specialist Respiratory – Acute Integrated Care post was developed to: provide expertise and specialist nursing services to patients with a respiratory condition both in the ward, hospital outpatient settings and in primary care. The post holder will liaise between acute respiratory services and integrated respiratory services in the community along with other agencies to deliver effective evidenced based care.  They will use resources efficiently to achieve the best possible outcomes in keeping with the NCP Programme model of care and HIQA standards.    The person appointed to this post will work in the overall integrated respiratory service. This post is 50% acute based and 50% community based to work with the Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Lead in Integrated Respiratory Care and General Internal Medicine in further development of integrated care services. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering coordinated evidence based care for respiratory patients. Please note a portion of the appointees work will be carried out “offsite”. This means that the appointee will travel to the hubs to perform duties related to the role.   They will work with colleagues across the integrated care services to develop and implement ambulatory care pathways to improve the transition of patients between primary and secondary care.  The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and in close liaison with their associated Consultant Respiratory Physician to deliver coordinated evidence based care for patients.   In order to ensure continuity of service to patients the CNSp may be required to rotate/cover other parts of the integrated respiratory service such as Respiratory Integrated Care and Outreach.  This will also promote service integration and enhance skillset development.  It will be dependent on identified service needs at each site. If deemed appropriate, site rotation should occur within the first 3-6 months of taking up the post. The Clinical Nurse Specialist’s caseload will focus initially on the following patient groups. - COPD - Asthma - General acute respiratory

The job of a Grade III Clerical Officer can be extremely broad and varies greatly.  The duties will be such as may be assigned to the officer from time to time by their Relevant Line Manager

The Physiotherapy Department provides a comprehensive in-patient & outpatient service.  Specialties include Care of the Older Person, Stroke Service, ED, MSK, Acute Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Respiratory (Medical & Surgical), Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation & Occupational Health.   There is also a COPD Outreach Service, Integrated Respiratory Care and a Frailty Intervention Team.   An out of hour’s emergency service and week-end service is provided.     The post holder will work as part of the Orthopaedic service, delivering the highest standard of care to Orthopaedic patients referred into the service.  The Out-Patient Orthopaedic Physiotherapy service encompasses care of certain Plastics Out-Patients in Connolly Hospital. The Physiotherapists are actively involved in the Virtual Fracture Clinic (vFAC) initiative.  The Orthopaedic Physiotherapists are also embedded in the fracture clinics facilitating more efficient patient care.  Rehabilitation classes are operated by the Out-Patient Orthopaedic Physiotherapy service; providing an efficient and effective management approach to waiting lists.   The post holder will be based primarily in Out-Patient Orthopaedics, however flexibility is required as the post holder may be required to work on occasions, in Orthopaedic In-Patients.  Post holder will work primarily with acute Orthopaedic Out-Patients but will also have input into the management of the musculoskeletal caseload as required.  Currently there are six Orthopaedic Consultant Surgeons providing the Orthopaedic service in Connolly Hospital.   Professional reporting relationship for clinical governance and clinical supervision will be to the Head of Discipline through the professional line management structure.

To be responsible for the management, care and treatment of service users, to ensure that the optimum standard of care is provided within the designated area(s) of responsibility.   The primary role of the Clinical Nurse Manager I will be one of clinical and professional leadership and development in the nursing team, including the development of nursing staff by means of in-service training, orientation of new staff and arranging for clinical experience and supervision of student nurses where this is appropriate.

The MSK Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist will work as part of the Physiotherapy Department, while also working closely with the Orthopaedic Consultant Surgeons & Consultant Rheumatologists in their respective clinics.  The person appointed will be required to: - Triage waiting lists and select patient for correct route to Physiotherapy, Orthopaedic surgery/management, Rheumatology Consultant management or other services. - Attend and participate in orthopaedic/rheumatology clinics on site and regionally as covered by consultant services. - Waiting list validation will be undertaken to remove patients who no longer require the service and to check for any duplication between Orthopaedics and Rheumatology - Patients will be sent appointments for clinics - Patients will be triaged in standalone and jointly held clinics by the Physiotherapist Clinical Specialist (Musculoskeletal Triage) and given follow up referral as required to Orthopaedic Consultant, Rheumatology Consultant, physiotherapy service /or other services - Provide physiotherapy treatment to more complex patients. - Improve the Clinical Pathway for Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy in the designated region. - Develop and implement a model of care which will support the HSE Transformation model for Primary and Secondary Care through the development of Interface Clinics. - Work with Orthopaedic Consultants/Registrars and Physiotherapists in outpatient clinics as part of the multidisciplinary team. This team may involve other disciplines involved in those teams’ e.g. nursing, occupational therapy and podiatry services. - The area covered will be as for the regional remit of the designated orthopaedic or rheumatology service within each HSE region and will involve outreach clinics. The Post holder will provide advanced triage and physiotherapy services as part of the SlainteCare Programme (https://assets.gov.ie/22607/31c6f981a4b847219d3d6615fc3e4163.pdf) , to support service redesign initiatives aimed at delivering the safe transition of patient care between Acute & Community/Primary Care services, to facilitate the delivery of integrated care for patients with MSK conditions, and to ensure that patients receive appropriate care at the earliest possible time, as close to home as possible. The Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist will contribute to the mainstreaming of the improved musculoskeletal pathways of care between Community/Primary Care and Acute services, through the establishment of multidisciplinary outreach MSK interface clinics. He/She will work with orthopaedic and rheumatology consultants and GPs undertaking triage of musculoskeletal referrals to improve the pathway of care between Community/Primary Care and Acute services, thereby facilitating efficient access to orthopaedics, rheumatology, physiotherapy or other service as required.   The “Care Redesign Fund” was made available as part of the National Service Plan 2020 to support the delivery of reform initiatives, identified through the Capacity and Access Joint Action Programme, that aim to move scheduled care closer to home, being more responsive to the needs and wishes of patients. It has been estimated that up to 60% of Orthopaedic and Rheumatology referrals could have been managed through an MSK physiotherapist service. This funding aims to enhance the existing MSK service in order meet this level of demand in the Acute setting and to develop Integrated Musculoskeletal (MSK) services through the establishment of community/primary care-based Musculoskeletal Interface clinics nationally.  This long-term aim will be achieved through service expansion and reconfiguration of the existing MSK services to develop an integrated pathway, predominantly based in the community/primary care setting   These clinics will be an extension of the existing MSK Triage Service, in the form of Outreach MSK Interface Clinics, and will also support physiotherapy services in Community/Primary Care for patients with MSK conditions. The Outreach MSK Interface Clinics will be the interface between Acute and Community/Primary Care service providers. The Clinics will comprise Clinical Specialist Physiotherapists, Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Consultants, and General Practitioners.  These clinics will undertake paper, Virtual and Face to Face triage of referrals to ensure patients are assigned to the optimum pathway of care for their referral. The Clinical Specialist Physiotherapists will work as a first contact practitioner at an advanced level in physiotherapy practice in line with competency level and scope of practice.   This model has proven effective in other countries for delivering safe, cost-effective alternatives and can be achieved in the Irish setting through outreach MSK Interface clinics, which will embed Consultant Governance and patient centred care.   The Physiotherapist Clinical Specialist (Musculoskeletal Triage) reporting relationship and accountability for the discharge of his/her contract is to: - Acute Physiotherapy Manager for physiotherapy clinical governance, attendance and service performance management. - Orthopaedic/Rheumatology Consultant for clinical governance in triage, advanced practice remit and service performance management.  

This post is based in the Emergency Department (ED) and the responsibilities include accountability for delivery of direct patient care inclusive of taking an allocation of patients.   The primary role of the CNM 1 will be one of clinical and professional leadership and development in the nursing team, including the development of advanced clinical skills by means of in-service training, orientation of new staff and arranging for clinical experience and supervision of student nurses where this is appropriate.   The post holder will have specific responsibility for the education; professional development and mentoring of staff to ensure staff meet the required competency to deliver on the agreed standards for patients accessing care via the Emergency Department pathway.   The CNM 1 will be liable to work over a 24/7 period and  reports to the CNM 2 shift leader Operationally. Overall reporting relationship to the CNM3 in charge of the ED / AMAU department.   Responsible for the management, care and treatment of service users, to ensure that the optimum standard of care is provided within the designated area(s) of responsibility.   Details on post: There is currently 1 permanent whole-time vacancy available in Emergency Department, Cavan General Hospital.   A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Cavan Monaghan Hospital from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.   Reporting to:  Reports to:   CNM2    ↓ CNM3    ↓ Assistant Director of Nursing     ↓ Director of Nursing 

For January start: During the appointment the successful candidate will, under the supervision of the Consultant / Clinical Director / Employer, participate in and deliver a quality health care service. Appointees will be required to actively engage in continuing professional education and development in accordance with organisational / professional requirements.

For January Start: During the appointment the successful candidate will, under the supervision of the Consultant / Clinical Director / Employer, participate in and deliver a quality health care service. Appointees will be required to actively engage in continuing professional education and development in accordance with organisational / professional requirements.

For January Start: During the appointment the successful candidate will, under the supervision of the Consultant / Clinical Director / Employer, participate in and deliver a quality health care service. Appointees will be required to actively engage in continuing professional education and development in accordance with organisational / professional requirements.

For January Start: During the appointment the successful candidate will, under the supervision of the Consultant / Clinical Director / Employer, participate in and deliver a quality health care service. Appointees will be required to actively engage in continuing professional education and development in accordance with organisational / professional requirements.

To work as part of the hygiene services team to ensure Hygiene Standards and Infection prevention and Control Measures are maintained throughout the Hospital.