Job Description
BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES IRELAND - WEST REGION PERMANENT & TEMPORARY FULL-TIME STAFF NURSE/ENHANCED NURSE JOHN PAUL ADULT SERVICES, BALLYBANE, GALWAY JOB REF: 122/2024W A panel may be formed as a result of this process from which subsequent Staff Nurse Appointments within the John Paul Adult Services will be made over the next 6 months. Location: John Paul Adult Services provides a combination of campus and community based services to adults with varying support needs, based on personal outcome measures. Our services are currently undergoing a transition from a campus based service to community living, where we aim to create opportunities for the people we support to be valued citizens in their communities and to have everyday life experiences. Our focus is to form a partnership with the people we support and their families to ensure each individual live their best life. We wish to recruit innovative, creative, visionary people who will relish the opportunity to assist in achieving this vision. Candidates need to be flexible and adapt to the needs of particular individuals they support on a daily basis. The Role: To provide clinical nursing skills in supporting people with an intellectual disability in achieving optimum levels of independence. To work as part of a team to ensure a high quality of service is delivered to people supported. To exhibit and maintain the highest quality of nursing practice and apply his/her skills to ensure the physical, social and emotional needs of the people supported in our care are addressed at all times. Be responsible for the provision of nursing care and also be an informed resource for educating and upskilling support workers and family members to the benefit of the people supported. Reporting/Responsible To: Team Leader/ Service Co-ordinator / Area Manager Qualifications/Experience: A current Live Register Certificate from An Bord Altranais, RNID/RPN qualification is an advantage. One years experience working with people with an Intellectual Disability is an essential requirement of the post. A full clean manual Irish Driving Licence (Class B) is an essential requirement of this post. Skills: The successful candidate must have: Good judgement, discretion and confidentiality. The ability to communicate clearly, sensitively, and effectively in both written and verbal forms, and to communicate with family members and work with them for the best outcome for the person supported. Creative problem solving skills. The ability to work independently while recognising when to seek support from interdisciplinary colleagues as appropriate. Patience, flexibility, creativity and eagerness to become involved in a range of activities. The ability to educate and upskill colleagues and family members in positive health promotion needs The successful candidate will be required to co-operate in a team environment with a person-centred philosophy, participate in person-centred planning, individual reviews, team meetings, attend and participate in training courses, and actively contribute to team based performance management. Working Hours: 75 hours a fortnight based on a 14 day duty roster covering day and night duty. Flexibility will be required in order to meet service needs. A commitment to providing Senior Person cover within the service is an essential requirement of this post. The Brothers of Charity model of service is based on Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible in their working hours to provide a quality service delivery for each individual. Annual Leave: 24 days per annum. Appropriate service related leave will be granted after 5 and 10 years service respectively. Remuneration: Department of Health Staff Nurse salary scale (01/01/2024) - €35,068 per annum x 11 increments - €51,558 per annum (Maximum). Long Service Increment €53,121 per annum is granted after 3 years on the maximum of the scale. Department of Health Enhanced Nurse salary scale (01/01/2024) - €41,952 per annum x 7 increments - €52,948 per annum (Maximum). Long Service Increment €54,449 per annum is granted after 3 years on the maximum of the scale. The successful candidate will be granted incremental credit subject to satisfactory verification of previous relevant nursing service. Tenure: These posts are Permanent full-time and pensionable x 3 and Temporary full-time & pensionable x 2 linked to permanent employees maternity leave. Probation: A probationary period of nine months from the date of appointment applies to the post. The employment may be terminated at any time during the probationary period should the employer find that the appointee is unsuitable to continue employment. The probation period may be extended at the Employers discretion. JOB DESCRIPTION The Brothers of Charity model of service is based on Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible both in their approach and their working hours, in order to work with people supported to achieve their hopes and dreams. Specific Conditions Staff must have a positive attitude towards working with persons with an intellectual disability and help to ensure that they lead as normal and enjoyable a life as possible. Staff must treat each person with an intellectual disability as an individual and at all times acknowledge and respect the rights and personal dignity of the person with an intellectual disability. Staff are required to establish and maintain relationships with adults with disabilities that are based on respect and equality and that promote their independence. The successful candidate must practice in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct as set out by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and within the policies, guidelines, protocols of the Brothers of Charity Services Ireland. The successful candidate will monitor overall healthcare, prevention of illness, and promote healthy lifestyle for all of the people supported by the services. The successful candidate must advocate for the people who use our services and their families and provide information to support them in decision making, goal setting and problem solving. The successful candidate must promote and maintain nursing standards of person centred care, including the promotion of normalisation and quality of life issues. The successful candidate will participate in the development of protocols and guidelines, and the setting of professional standards. The successful candidate must be competent in relation to all relevant clinical policies and procedures. Main duties and functions: Develop a good working relationship with families and key people involved with the people supported, as appropriate. Actively pursue and ensure the delivery of a person centred service, through the delivery of Personal Outcomes. Be involved as a Key worker and assist new staff in this role. Record and monitor outcomes and track progress. Actively promote best possible health for the people supported and provide education to people supported and support workers to ensure optimum health is maintained. Ensure that medical care plans are devised, updated and reviewed in line with best practice. Take responsibility for the supply, storage, stock and administration of medications in accordance with the policy of the Service. Take part in the education and training of support workers in responsible and safe medication management and carry out practical assessments of their competence in their area of work. Be responsible to ensure that hygiene and infection control standards are actively enforced. Ensure full compliance with all Covid-19 precautions in place. Be aware of and take responsibility in ensuring compliance with standards as outlined by the 2007 Health Act and HIQA Standards. Co-operate on all aspects of programmes with the staff team and the multidisciplinary and other stakeholders to maintain, develop and enhance the established partnership model. Assist people supported with personal banking and adhering to the National Guidelines on managing individual finances. Ensure that each person supporteds money is spent according to their wishes and all that appropriate records are kept of same in line with policy. Awareness of resource management is also important with the ability to achieve efficiencies in resource usage. Devise appropriate programmes of activity for the individual in line with the expressed or felt needs and desires of each individual. Keep appropriate records to enable full reports on people supported to be available including individual person plans, personal outcomes assessments and reviews. Promote community integration and maximum participation for the individual. Supervise and direct the work of other staff including support workers and housekeeping staff and provide feedback and direction as required. Ensure that a good working relationship is fostered and maintained in the work place. Embrace change and take on new developments in I.T. around storage of records and inputting of data onto databases. Facilitate reporting at Individual Plan meetings and at service user review meetings. Be conscious of Health & Safety matters in the workplace and, in particular, to comply with employees' obligations as set out under the Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act, 2005. Ensure that all accidents/incidents to people supported by the services, staff or visitors or equipment are reported promptly and that all staff are made fully aware of the contents of the Safety Statement for the Centre. Record all incidents/accidents as per the AIRS system. Ensure that a high standard of cleanliness and décor is maintained in the house by carrying out household duties such as cooking, cleaning and laundry. Be responsible to ensure that hygiene and infection control standards are actively enforced. Operate within the policies and procedures of the Services at all times. Ensure confidentiality is maintained in all matters concerning people supported including the safe storage of reports and records. Promote dignity at work and show respect to the people we support, colleagues and stakeholders in the course of duty. Take an active role and lead out Team Based Performance Management Programme in your assigned area. Support the people supported to participate in hydrotherapy and rebound therapy as required. Facilitate persons supported with holidays and breaks away. Organise staff cover as required. Act up for the Team Leader if required. As the duties and responsibilities of any post in the Services are likely to change with the ongoing need of the people supported by the services, i.e. age, level of disability, Personal Outcome Measures etc., staff are expected to have a high level of flexibility, willingness and an ability to develop new approaches to their work as the service users needs demand. Perform such other duties appropriate to the post as may be assigned from time to time by the Team Manager/Deputy. The duties must be carried out in person at all times. The role of the post holder will not be limited by reference to this Job Description. It is expected that the role will evolve as professional, structural and service user demands change, with the post holder being expected to demonstrate flexibility skills that will facilitate this. Informal enquiries to Anne Dundon, Area Manager or Rita McHugh, Service Coordinator on Closing date for receipt of completed application forms CVs on-line is: 5pm Thursday 19th September 2024 Interviews for these posts will take place on Friday 4th October 2024 The Brothers of Charity Services Ireland is an equal opportunities employer Skills: nurse nursing intellectual disability