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Job Description
Seeking Clinical Nurse Manager to coordinate and deliver Primary Care Service under direction of General Practice CNM2 in line with physical needs of Service Users in SPMHS.
Job Title: Clinical Nurse Manager I Primary Care Service
Company: St Patricks Mental Health Services
About the Organisation: St Patricks Mental Health Services is Ireland's largest independent, not-for-profit mental health service provider.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this post is to coordinate and deliver a Primary Care Service under the direction of the CNM2 in line with the physical needs of Service Users in SPMHS.
Main Responsibilities:
Person Specification:
Terms and Conditions:
Company: St Patricks Mental Health Services
About the Organisation: St Patricks Mental Health Services is Ireland's largest independent, not-for-profit mental health service provider.
Main Purpose: The main purpose of this post is to coordinate and deliver a Primary Care Service under the direction of the CNM2 in line with the physical needs of Service Users in SPMHS.
Main Responsibilities:
- Report to the CNM2 Primary Care Nurse on a day-to-day basis and assist in the development and coordination of the Primary Care Service in consultation with the CNM2, in line with international and hospital practice.
- Process referrals from MDTs to the Clinic, assess/triage all referrals with a method of prioritizing medical illnesses based on need.
- Liaise with MDTs so that MDTs can develop appropriate care plans following assessment, arranging transfer of service users to an Emergency Department if required.
- Maintain proper supplies of medical equipment, liaise with other hospital departments and GPs as appropriate.
- Refer to Physical Health Programme as appropriate, maintain patient, staff, and hospital confidentiality in accordance with hospital policy.
Person Specification:
- Registered with NMBI in the General or Paediatric division of the register (essential).
- Registered with NMBI in the Psychiatric division of the register (highly desirable).
- Minimum of 5 years clinical experience, 3rd level qualification in an appropriate field.
- Previous experience in a Primary Care or Emergency Department setting (desirable).
- Must be knowledgeable about general as well as specific health issues.
- Proven ability to establish solid working relationships within the organisation and service users.
- Good IT skills, willingness to undertake any training necessary.
- Ability to work unsupervised at times, ability to assist in the development of the Primary Care service.
- Experience and appreciation of working within a quality assurance environment.
Terms and Conditions:
- 1.0 WTE Full time, Specified Purpose contract and pensionable.
- Working Week: 37.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday.
- Salary: Dependent on experience and based on the CNMI 2024 salary scale (€54,832 - €64,616).
- Annual Leave: Dependent on post-registration experience.
- Pension: All pensionable staff become members of the pension scheme after successful completion of probation.