To assist with the provision of a high level pharmacy service to the wards and departments of Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown.

This is a full-time appointment on a Type B basis under the Consultants’ Contract 2008 by the Health Service Executive to be based at Connolly Hospital.   The Catchment Area extends across West Dublin, Meath and Kildare, where much of the recent housing development has occurred to support the rapid growth of Greater Dublin and its commuter belt hinterland. The Catchment area population has grown dramatically over the past 15 years and currently stands at approximately 350,000. Most of this is urban-based but there is a significant rural sector, all dependent on Connolly Hospital for their acute Hospital needs. Noteworthy sub-groups within this catchment population include a large immigrant community, Traveller Community, Nursing Home and Hospice residents. The catchment area workforce is drawn from Industrial, Agricultural and Service/Hospitality sectors.  The catchment includes Areas belong to Fingal, Dublin City, South Co. Dublin, Kildare and Meath Co. Councils.

  The ICT Project Manager will work as part of a local team in the planning, analysis and implementation of new ICT systems within Cavan and Monaghan Hospital.   The post holder will also be involved in the analysis and enhancement of existing systems.  As part of a local team the post holder will be expected to work closely with the national HSE ICT department (OoCIO) in progressing these projects.   The post holder will be responsible for the: - Project management and implementation of new IT systems in Cavan and Monaghan hospitals. - Support for existing Information Systems and users - Provision of Business Intelligence and Management Reporting to meet local and national requirements - Implementing national ICT policies and procedures across Cavan and Monaghan Hospital  

The Staff Nurse will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to the highest professional and ethical standards within the model of nursing care practiced in the relevant care setting. The staff nurse will provide holistic, person centred care, promoting optimum independence and enhancing the quality of life for service users.

To provide operational support to the Business Managers and supervise assigned staff. To implement and manage G2 Speech Report Digital Dictation System.  

The purpose of this post is to support the Quality & Patient Safety function within the Cavan & Monaghan Hospital Group.  Risk and Incident Management is an essential process for the delivery of Quality & Safe Services.  This post will primarily support the coordination of the C&MH incident review process in line with the HSE’s Incident Management Framework 2020, to include the provision of full administrative support to the Quality & Patient Safety Manager for Internal and External clinical review process and other associated quality and patient safety projects. The post will also include administration support and coordination of medico legal files in conjunction with State Claims Agency requests.  This post includes provisional of full administrative support to the Quality & Patient Safety Manager in terms of diary management and other PA skills. A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign, from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

The Senior Clinical Engineering Technician is directly responsible for carrying out all Clinical Engineering duties in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.   A panel may be formed upon completion of this campaign for posts in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda and Louth County Hospital.

The post of Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (CNM 2) End of Life Care Coordinator will have pivotal role in service planning and development, co-ordinating and managing activity and resources within the clinical areas. The CNM 2’s responsibilities will include: overseeing the quality of nursing care, the development and implementation of policy and procedures, the monitoring of activity and the delivery of agreed levels of service for the designated area(s) in relation to end of life care. The CNM 2 will promote the values of the organisation. The post of CNM 2 End of Life Care Coordinator’s role will be to lead on, support and coordinate all activities associated with the hospital End-of-Life Care Quality Improvement Plan designed to implement the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Quality Standards for End-of-Life Care in Connolly Hospital.   The CNM 2 will: - Provide professional / clinical leadership in the designated area(s) of responsibility. - Oversee the management of resources as appropriate to End of Life Care in Connolly Hospital including staffing and staff development. - Facilitate communication across the healthcare teams.  The Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme is a multidimensional and is focussed on enhancing all aspects of end-of-life care in our hospitals. The following model was developed to best describe the five core elements of the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme in hospitals participating in this programme: The CNM2 EOLC will encompass all these roles as outlined below: - Audit and Research - Education and Training - Advocacy - Improving the Hospital Environment - Practical Resources and Support for Relatives

The Staff Nurse will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to the highest professional and ethical standards within the model of nursing care practiced in the relevant care setting. The staff nurse will provide holistic, person centred care, promoting optimum independence and enhancing the quality of life for service users.

Location of post: Cavan & Monaghan Hospital,  (RCSI) Hospital Group There is currently 1 x permanent whole-time vacancy available in Renal Unit, 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.   Vascular Access coordinator has a pivotal role: - Service planning, co-ordinating, and managing activity and resources In the coordination of vascular access - Management and treatment of patient’s, to ensure that the optimum standard of care is provided. Details of service: The Renal Dialysis Unit (RDU) facilitates Maintenance Haemodialysis for End Stage Renal failure patients The Unit has 17 stations & one isolation room The provision of a Vascular Access Coordinator at Cavan General Hospital will Facilitate an increase in the desired vascular access of choice – the Arteriovenous fistula, with the added associated advantages of:   - Establishing a pre-operative and surveillance vein mapping service for haemodialysis patients within their local renal services - Establishing a virtual clinic together with the renal consultant and the vascular surgeons in Beaumont Hospital. - Reducing notable access failures consequent in hospitalisation and CVC insertion through surveillance - Enhanced quality of life. The service will include: - Assessment at point of entry to service. - Patient education and informed consent - Pre-operative ultrasound vein mapping. - Continued liaison with the vascular access nurse and surgeons in Beaumont, organising arteriovenous fistula formation. - Post-operative scan at six weeks to assess maturation and detect early complications. - Three monthly surveillance - Ongoing renal staff education and training. Implementation of ultrasound guided cannulation for all new arteriovenous fistula’s and AVFs difficult to cannulate.   Reporting to:  Reports to the Assistant Director of Nursing Accountable to the Director of Nursing.

To provide an effective, consistent and efficient levels of RIS support to all hospital and departmental users requiring access to NIMIS including not only Radiology but currently Cardiology, Respiratory and the Vascular Departments.  Working closing with the PACS Manager to ensure all functionalities of RIS/PACS are managed collectively.

This is a temporary appointment on a Type B basis under the Consultants’ Contract 2008 by the HSE to be based in Connolly Hospital.    The Catchment Area extends into West Dublin, Meath and Kildare, where much of the recent housing development has occurred to support the rapid growth of Greater Dublin. As a result, the population within its service area has experienced considerable change in the inter-censal period and indeed over the past fifteen years. The CSO Census data from the 1991, 1996, 2002 Census as well as the Preliminary release data from Census 2006 can all be used to track the regions changing population. The catchment includes Areas belonging to Fingal, Dublin City, South County Dublin, Kildare and Meath County Councils.

Establish effective communications and working relationships with; Directors of Nursing in our local Nursing Homes, Community Health organisation support and intervention teams, Older Persons Services within our Hospitals and Hospital management.   Ensure the Senior management team within our Hospital and RCSI Hospital Group are appraised of assessments in a timely manner and that issues of concern involving potential risks to the safety of Nursing Home residents are escalated in an appropriate and timely manner. The focus of the role is both to assist with proactive planning towards closer integration involving Hospital services and also to ensure an appropriate and timely response to the defined Healthcare needs of Nursing Home Residents.   Utilising the RCSI Hospitals Nursing Home Check Framework to Proactively assess and monitor the capacity of individual Nursing Homes to manage current or potential threats to the safety of residents, in a manner that may; assist with both early warning and action planning with partners, and inform a capacity building plan to support the Nursing Home Director of Nursing and her team. This may include but is not limited to; Training and Education, access to Expert clinical support (Infection Control, Older persons consultant, RANP etc) that may not be available within the Community Health Organisation support /intervention team or primary care or within the Nursing Homes own resources.   Identify issues of access to acute care services for residents in Private sector Nursing Homes and work with key stakeholders in Community Health Organisation and RCSI Hospitals to enable access to Health services on the principle of Right person, Right place, Right time.   Similarly, identify situations were a Nursing Home resident(s) may present to an acute care services e.g. An  Emergency Department due to issues that may reasonably be deemed avoidable, and work with key stakeholders to proactively put in place more appropriate services, or measures, recognising the principle of Right Person Right Place Right time. This may involve individual care planning solutions with key stakeholders or if required a system redesign solution with key stakeholders   Identify any situation, after consultation with the Community Health Organisation support/intervention team where Nursing homes may require; possible supply of equipment or stock or personnel, and provide an assessment of the resource need (Medical Nursing HSCP Clerical or General Support/vital signs monitors, medical gases, personal protective equipment, iv fluids and administration sets etc) to hospital management.   Identify current opportunities for Hospital management to ensure appropriate and timely access to specialist medical opinion from geriatricians, consultants in palliative medicine, psychiatry of old age and others for Nursing Home residents.  Consistent with policy and strategy this should be achieved on the principle that Care is delivered as close to home as possible e.g. domiciliary care (Hospital Outreach) , or remote expert guidance to Nursing Home Staff or residents via remote/virtual clinic via a suitable ITC platform (e.g. Attend Anywhere, Salasco), or an alternative community facility (such as day hospitals for older people – Louth County Hospital, Cottage Hospital). Work with key partners and Hospital and Group management to develop a ‘Future Access and Integration Plan’ with partners to ensure residents in Private Sector Nursing Homes have timely access to; Frailty assessment and rehabilitation services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy; and other services such as clinical nutrition/dietetics, tissue viability advice, infection prevention and control (IPC), IV antibiotic administration, diabetes management.   Work with Emergency Care, Older Persons Multidisciplinary teams and community support and intervention teams to support and facilitate to the optimum the person’s ability to remain in their own home via  Hospital admission avoidance in line with Right Person, Right Place , Right time.   Ensure a robust procedure is established to ensure a pre- transfer of patients to Nursing Homes fulfils all the required criteria, including; Testing requirements in line with national guidelines. A programme of audit to monitor and verify compliance against this standard should be developed and implemented.   Initially act as primary Hospitals ‘point of contact’ for Nursing Home Directors and GP’s of Nursing Home residents  to enable appropriate communication, access to diagnostic services in line with agreed hospital policy. Thereafter work with Hospital management to ensure systems and processes are in place for same, once issues of access, capacity, and governance etc are addressed.   Advise the Director of Nursing of any opportunities to support leadership or clinical competence capacity building in Nursing homes in the locality e.g. supporting the training of Nurses in Tissue viability, infection control etc.   The Assistant Director of Nursing role Nursing Home Liaison and Support is a key Nursing leadership role and as such the post holder is central to the delivery of the Hospital and RCSI Hospital Group Strategy. The nature and requirements of this role may adapt to reflect this as new strategy emerges.

The Staff Nurse will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to the highest professional and ethical standards within the model of nursing care practiced in the relevant care setting. The staff nurse will provide holistic, person centred care, promoting optimum independence and enhancing the quality of life for service users.   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) for medical education, to Dublin City University (DCU) for nursing education and to University College Dublin (UCD), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and the Institute of Technology for allied health professional education.   Connolly Hospital can offer ambitious, motivated and compassionate qualified nurses opportunities for achieving their potential through training support, experienced practice development staff and opportunities for training and work rotations.   Situated 10 minutes from the airport and Dublin City Centre, Connolly Hospital is a preferred work location offering accessible road, sea and other links.   Connolly Hospital offers a variety of working options to help achieve a good work life balance i.e. parental leave, flexible working.   Connolly Hospital offers - Robust Orientation Programme - Funded Post Graduate Education opportunities - Culture of strong staff engagement - Free onsite parking