Job Description
**Job Summary:** Seeking a skilled and experienced Clinical Site Manager to lead nursing services in a healthcare setting, ensuring safe and effective operations, and promoting best practice to improve patient care. **Job Description:** The Clinical Site Manager plays a pivotal role in service planning and development, coordinating and managing activity and resources within the clinical area. The post holder is professionally accountable to the Director of Nursing and has line management reporting arrangements to the Assistant Director of Nursing responsible for the service area. **Key Responsibilities:** * Ensure the safe and effective operations of Nursing services, providing patients with safe and timely access to services, expertise, and support on a 24-hour basis. * Undertake strategic review and management of projects as defined by the Director of Nursing, including project planning and service delivery planning. * Identify and implement operational processes, informed by best practice, to optimize resource use and ensure compliance with statutory requirements. * Promote best practice that is evidence-based to improve patient care. * Provide clinical leadership, support, expertise, and managerial advice to all staff in the clinical area of responsibility. * Rotate on a roster between day and night duty. * Represent the Senior Nursing Executive on committees as assigned by the Director of Nursing. * Ensure the provision of the most efficient and effective standard of services possible within the available resources. * Communicate with Medical Consultants and their teams regarding patient management. * Maintain updated skills and knowledge for all policies dealing with emergencies and other situations. * Deputize for ADON and CNM3 Night Sister in their absence as required. * Ensure adherence to established policies and procedures regarding health and safety, infection control, and medication management. * Participate in quality improvement initiatives and clinical audits. * Create an environment conducive to evidence-based teaching and practice in the out-of-hours service. * Manage nursing resources effectively and keep an accurate record of absenteeism. * Participate in working groups and committees as required. **Eligibility Criteria:** * Be registered in the General Register of Nurses kept by Bord Altranais agus Cnaimhseachais na h Eireann. * Have at least 5 years post-registration nursing experience. * Have adequate knowledge of Gerontological nursing in a HIQA compliant residential setting. * Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development at the appropriate level. * Have the clinical, managerial, and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role. **Terms & Conditions of Employment:** * The post is part-time on a specified purpose basis. * The post is pensionable. * Remuneration is in accordance with the salary scale approved by the Department of Health: Clinical Nurse Manager 3 - General. * The hours allocated to this post are 26.5 hours on a rostered basis. * Participate and cooperate with legislative and regulatory requirements regarding Quality, Risk, and Safety. * Ensure compliance with hospital hygiene standards and guidelines.