Registered Nurse / Enhanced Nurse

BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES IRELAND - WEST REGION
PERMANENT FULL-TIME STAFF NURSE / ENHANCED NURSE
REA SERVICES, LOUGHREA, CO. GALWAY
JOB REF: 55/2024E
Location:
Rea Services operates a range of services including day, residential, training, education, employment opportunities, Individualised services, and leisure activities which are geographically dispersed though the East Sector Adult Services. We strive to provide an excellent service, integrating the community as much as possible into the daily lives of the people supported.
This post is based in Starling Centre Loughrea which is a busy day service catering for a range of complex needs. Part of the role will also involve providing professional nursing support from time to time, to other centres / houses in the Loughrea area.
We wish to recruit an innovative, creative, motivated, visionary person who will relish the opportunity to assist in achieving this vision. We are looking for an individual who will be flexible and adapt to the needs of particular individuals they support and are open to change and aim to provide a safe, secure environment where individuals will participate in community and leisure activities, make choices and enjoy a lifestyle that fulfils their potential and expectations with opportunity for new experiences.
Reporting/Responsible To:
Team Leader/ Service Co-ordinator / Area Manager.
Working With:
People supported and their families/Team Leader/Multidisciplinary staff/Service Management.
Qualifications:
A current Live Register Certificate from An Bord Altranais, RNID/RPN qualification is an
advantage. Candidates must have a current full clean driving licence as this is an essential
requirement of the post.
Experience:
Experience working with individuals with an intellectual disability and individuals with challenging behaviour is desirable. Full training will be provided.
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 7 day duty roster. 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 - € 33,943 X 12 increments - € 50,135 per annum. Long Service Increment € 51,628 per annum is granted after 3 years on the maximum of the scale.
Department of Health Enhanced Nurse salary scale - € 40,827 x 7 increments - € 51,783 per annum. Long Service Increment € 53,300 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. Additional payments will be made for weekends, public holidays, and sleep-ins and night duty when worked.
The Brothers of Charity Services 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.
Tenure:
These posts are Permanent full-time and pensionable.
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 Employer's 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.
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 support the implementation of the National Interim New Directions Standards.
• Record outcomes and track progress
• Be aware of and take responsibility in ensuring compliance with standards as outlined by the 2007 Health Act and HIQA Standards.
• Formulate and implement programmes designed for the needs of the individual, in co-operation with the multidisciplinary team as required.
• 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.
• Assist people supported with personal banking and adhering to the National Guidelines on managing individual finances.
• 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.
• Take Ensure that each person supported's 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
• 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.
• 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 high standard of hygiene is maintained in the house's, by carrying out household duties such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry work. 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.
• Participation in hydrotherapy activities is an essential component of the post.
• Facilitate persons supported with holidays and breaks away.
• 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.
• Organise staff cover as required.
• Act up for the Team Leader if required click apply for full job details