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Job Description
Staff Nurse Opportunity
Waterford Intellectual Disability Association is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Staff Nurse to join their team in residential services.
About Us:
WIDA is a community-based voluntary provider of services for adults and children with an intellectual disability and/or autism in Waterford City and County.
We are a registered charity with a voluntary Board of Directors, fully funded by the Health Service Executive.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure the proper organisation, adequate supervision, and running of the Residential/Respite Home, promoting a home-like atmosphere for all clients.
- Promote and adopt a philosophy of care, observing, recording, and informing senior staff of any changes affecting clients' emotional, social, medical, and physical well-being.
- Assist clients with advice, instruction, and support where appropriate, ensuring all documentation is completed in a timely manner, to a high standard, being accurate and detailed to ensure compliance with WIDA procedures, NMBI, and HIQA standards.
- Foster, encourage, and develop each client's social skills and self-care skills, carrying out assigned and delegated tasks involving direct care and all activities of daily living.
- Know and understand each client's abilities, disabilities, behaviors, problems, general medical history, and family background.
- Encourage clients to maintain independence, commensurate to any physical/intellectual disabilities, and stimulate their participation in the Service.
- Be conversant with fire regulations/emergency procedures, report any incidents as or potential incidents which may compromise the health and safety of clients, staff, or visitors, and take appropriate action.
- Further the interests of each client and the services being provided to each client.
- Attend appropriate lectures, courses, staff meetings, and training activities to keep abreast of current developments in services for persons with learning disabilities.
- Facilitate internal communication and the exchange of information, liaise regularly with families, and participate in Multidisciplinary meetings and psychology reviews.
- Organise and participate actively in recreational, educational, and other training programmes, familiarise, understand, and follow all WIDA policies and procedures relevant to your role.
- Carry out risk assessments, care plans, and reviews, and participate in the Key Working System.
- Drive Service Users to and from activities/outings/day services.
Requirements:
- Registered Nurse maintained on NMBI live register essential.
- Registered Nurse in Intellectual Disability preferable.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing desirable.
- Experience of working with people with Intellectual Disabilities essential.
- Full Driving Licence essential.
What We Offer:
- HSE Consolidated Pay scales and rates apply.
- Company Pension.
- Death-in-Service Benefit.
- Continuous Professional Development.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave.
- Bike to Work Scheme.