Job Description
Blackrock Clinic is the leading and longest established private hospital and clinic in Ireland. Since it opened in the mid-1980s, the clinic has consistently built an unparalleled reputation in new high-tech surgical procedures, medical treatments, and ground-breaking diagnostics. Blackrock Clinic is now part of Blackrock Health private hospital group along with the Hermitage Clinic, Galway Clinic, and Limerick Clinic, some of the most advanced hospitals in Irish private healthcare. As a JCI accredited hospital, Blackrock Clinic is a progressive and pioneering hospital in which care for the patient is central to everything we do. Job Title CNM3- Nurse Practice Development Department Nursing Administration The role is responsible for the provision of quality education and professional development service in line with the highest standards of nursing practice. The CNM3 Nursing Practice Development & Education will work with the ADONs and DON in developing the strategy for nursing and ensuring the continuous professional development of the nursing across the hospital. As a key member of the senior nurse team, the postholder will demonstrate professional strategic and leadership skills and facilitate effective communication with colleagues in the hospital. The position requires a strategic approach to the development of services and structures, embracing continuous quality improvement and the management of changes necessary to achieve organisational objectives.The successful candidate will also lead the implementation of evidence based nursing practice in keeping with national and international best practice. Key Responsibilities Develop and lead on clinical and professional practice in nursing Promote an environment for professional nursing practice, which is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Blackrock Health Blackrock Clinic. Manage the nursing services quality assurance programmes in such a way as to support and ensure the delivery of the highest standard of patient focused nursing care throughout the hospitals. Ensure that the clinical areas to which student nurses are assigned for clinical placements, provide optimum teaching and learning environments and can meet the learning outcomes for student nurses set by the Third Level College and the NMBI standards for the students. Develop, engage in a promote person centred nursing practices through care processes, which enhance clinical effectiveness and patient outcomes. Facilitate change and play a key role in promoting the nursing and corporate developments and strategies required to sustain innovations in nursing and clinical practice. Management and Organisation Support the ADONs and DON with the strategic and future development of Nursing. Provide cross cover for Senior Nursing managers if and when required Be a member of the Senior Nursing Management Team providing strategic and clinical leadership and direction for nursing and related services which results in the delivery of effective, efficient, quality assured and patient centred care. Provide professional and clinical leadership and vision and facilitate staff team building to provide planned care and develop educational strategies and service goals. Attend meetings with the Director of Nursing, ADONs, Education Facilitators, Clinical Nursing Managers and Staff Nurses and participate in interdisciplinary meetings as appropriate. Attend meetings with third level institutes in relation to student affairs, placements and matters. Attend meetings as requested by the Director of Nursing and represent Department of Nursing as required Lead, manage, and develop a Nursing Practice Development Office which will be a centre for the development and implementation of excellence in nursing practice, and will meet set objectives within set timescales. Provide leadership on quality issues and manage and implement the Nursing service relating to quality assurance strategy including but not exclusive to Quality Care Metrics. Liaise and support the ADONS and Clinical Nurse Managers on Quality Care Metric action plans where performance improvements are required at ward level. In conjunction with the Assistant Directors of Nursing and Clinical Nurse Managers, contribute to addressing practice issues highlighted as part and take remedial actions as appropriate. Develop and implement systems relating to quality improvement. Develop monitoring and audit mechanisms for use in measurement of service quality. Support staff in formulating evidence based policies, protocols, guidelines and procedures that will ensure that the highest standard of patient focused nursing care is provided within available resources. In conjunction with Quality department maintain the online data base of approved Nursing policies, protocols, guidelines and procedures. Evaluate existing electronic and paper nursing records and documentation and where necessary implement changes which meet legal requirements, Joint Commission International standards and facilitate the best recording standards of NMBI. Set achievable, safe standards of nursing care across a broad spectrum of patient categories and to collaborate with any multidisciplinary approach to standard setting. Prepare work schedules and project plans which will achieve the objectives set by the Director of Nursing. Submit regular reports on targets achieved and, where targets have not been met, to indicate action taken to the Director of Nursing. Ensure that the clinical areas where student nurses are assigned for nursing or midwifery practice placements provide the optimum learning/teaching environments and are conducive to the learning requirements of the students. Be responsible for the co-ordination and facilitation of a schedule of ongoing education, professional development and clinical audit. Use Internationally recognised days/ months/ themes to promote best practice in nursing and clinical practice. Initiate, facilitate and take part in relevant nursing research and promote research awareness within the nursing service. Act as Prescribing Site Co-ordinator for Nursing. Ensuring that policies, procedures and structures are in place to develop nurse prescribing practice and provide oversight in nurse prescribing practice. Demonstrate evidence of planning/organisational skills, including time management, the ability to use his/her own initiative. Demonstrate ability to motivate self and others. Be an advocate for nursing in Blackrock Health Blackrock Clinic internally and externally. Support the professional and encourage the ongoing professional development of nursing staff. Demonstrate evidence of planning/organisational skills, including time management, the ability to use his/her own initiative. Demonstrate ability to motivate self and others. Support the development of advanced practice roles and act as mentor for students undertaking advanced practice courses. Communication and Interprofessional Working Foster good working relationships between colleagues and other staff by maintaining a high professional standard.Develop and deliver programmes relating to practice development and nursing and clinical care initiatives as part of an overall practice development strategy. Collaborate with members of the hospital and hospital group multidisciplinary teams in developing, reviewing policies procedures guidelines and protocols that reflect evidence based practice. Communicate and liaise with a range of education and training providers in the developing, delivering or sourcing a range of education and training programmes relative to the needs of a modern and developing healthcare delivery service. Provide coaching support to nursing colleagues in responding to individual learning and professional development needs relative to the conduct of their roles. Demonstrate effective writing and presentation skills Education and Training Work in collaboration with third level institutes to develop and implement educational frameworks for clinical pathway programmes. Lead on clinical learning environments audits for undergraduate programmes Keep up to date with curriculum developments and be involved in planning for application to practice areas Liaise with service and education providers in facilitating the delivery of workshops to support staff in their role as assessors of students of nursing. Provide support and guidance for student nurses during clinical placement through the effective leadership and supervision of external Clinical Placement Co-ordinators Work collaboratively with Clinical Placement Co-Ordinators and Student Allocation Liaison role to ensure that the clinical areas, to which student nurses are assigned for clinical placements, provide optimum learning environments and are capable of meeting the learning objectives set by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland and the Third Level Education Providers. Professional/Personal Development Keep up-to-date with nursing literature, recent nursing research and new developments in nursing practice, management and education.Attend and participate in learning opportunities in order to be familiar with nursing innovations Identify and participate in activities that enhance own professional development. Support staff in the application of a range of codes and policies of practice, including (but not exclusively): Scope of Practice Framework (An Bord Altranais, 2000) and the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics (NMBI, 2015) in their practice. Audit/Research Participate in the establishment and development of the best possible systems of support for the nursing service from clinical and non-clinical departments and collaborate with appropriate officers to remedy any deficiencies. Lead work on formulation policies, protocols, guidelines and procedures which will ensure that the highest standards of patient focused nursing care is provided within available resources based on appropriate knowledge and research. Facilitate and promote the sharing of a range of practice based initiatives across the acute hospital services. Provide accurate reports of all audits completed to the Director of Nursing, as part of supporting an ongoing quality improvement ethos across the service. Support nursing staff in the conduct of internal and local audit processes as part of service delivery improvement processes and their own professional development. Consultant Facilitate an environment for critical review and appraisal of nursing services and patient care so that front line staff can contribute to changes and innovation in practice Be available to consult to other nurses and midwives, including students and other health care professionals both within and outside the service. Provide support and supportive supervision to professional colleagues and front-line staff where appropriate. Advise nursing staff in relation to evidence-based practice, models of care in order to support the development of appropriate standards of care. Support Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and Advanced Nurse Practitioners and candidates in their roles. Essential Criteria Knowledge/ Experience Be a registered nurse, or be eligible to be registered, in the division relevant to the practice in which the application is being made on the Register of Nurses and Midwives held by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NBMI). (An Bord Altranais agus Cnimhseachais na hireann). Have at least five years post registration nursing experience including a minimum of two years experience/involvement in clinical practice management, practice development, education or quality improvement. Possess a relevant post graduate award at level 8/9 or Higher. Have completed a Teaching and Assessing course/programme/module. Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office. Skills/ Competencies Clinical Skills Leadership skills IT skills Quality focus Risk Management Clinical audit Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Why work at the Blackrock Clinic? At the BlackrockClinic, we are passionate about our people and believe in their development and growth. As a member of the team you can benefit from: Competitive salary Onsite parking Pension Annual bonus* Discounted café Sports and Social club Employee Assistance Programme Discounted onsite pharmacy Please Note: Job descriptions are a reflection of the present service requirements and may be subject to review and amendments to meet the changing needs of the service. Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. ? Blackrock Clinic is an Equal Opportunities employer, and we are committed to creating an environment that promotes equality and dignity at work. Blackrock Clinic is committed to providing reasonable accommodation when needed. Please advise if you have particular requirements, so that we can look into arranging reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. You can contact us at It is essential that you have valid work permission for the Republic of Ireland to take up employment for this position, or in the case of critical skills, you must be eligible for a work permit. Skills: Education Nursing Development