Clinical Nurse Manager II - Disability Services

Location of Post:

Permanent Clinical Nurse Manager II post, Disability Services, Community Healthcare CDLMS, Cavan Monaghan.

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Clinical Nurse Manager II, Disability Services in CH CDLMS, Cavan Monaghan from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

Informal Enquiries:

Marion Mc Cormack, Director of Nursing Cavan Monaghan Disability Services

Mobile: 0868234922 Email: [email protected]

Reporting Relationship:

Reports directly to the Director and Assistant Director of Nursing.

Accountable to the Disability Services Manager as appropriate.

Purpose of the Post:

The post of Clinical Nurse Manager II has a pivotal role in service planning, co-ordinating, and managing activity and resources within the clinical area. The main responsibilities are: quality assurance, resource management, staffing and staff development, practice development, facilitating communication and professional / clinical leadership.

Cavan and Monaghan Disability Services provide:

• Day, Residential and Community based health and social care services.


• There are fourteen statutory Community based Residential Services (Designated Centres) one of which provides respite services for Adults and Children with Intellectual Disability/Autism; and another which provides for people residential and respite services for Adults with physical, sensory and/or palliative care needs.


• 76 adults receive full time residential support through the provision of HSE residential services.


• 67 adults who access residential services supported through Service Arrangements.

Community based health and social care services are provided through:

• A Community Intellectual disability Team for Adults;


• A Physical and Sensory Community Team for Adults;


• Two Children’s Disability Network Teams (0 -18 yrs);

Eligibility Criteria Qualifications and/ or experience

Each candidate must, at the latest date for receipt of completed applications for the post:

1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.

(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:

(i) Are registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses &; Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) or entitled to be so registered.

And

(ii) Have at least 5 years post registration experience (or an aggregate of 5 years fulltime post registration experience) of which 2 years must be in the speciality or related area.

And

(iii) Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.

And

(iv) Candidates must demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development.

(b) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability including a high standard of suitability and clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.

2. Annual registration

(i) On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the relevant division of the Register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

(ii) Confirm annual registration with NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

3. Health

A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

4. Character

Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character.

Post Specific Requirements: Experience working with individuals with Disabilities.

Other requirements specific to the post: Full Driving Licence