Clinical Nurse Manager II (Night Duty) – Aut Even -Kilkenny

Clinical Nurse Manager II (Night Duty) – Aut Even -Kilkenny

Overview of role:

The purpose of this role is to provide clinical support out of hours for night staff and ensure continuity of care for patients.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

The purpose of this role is to provide clinical support out of hours for night staff and ensure continuity of care for patients.

The role is responsible for the direct provision of quality service in line with standards of nursing practice and is central to safe patient care.

The person should be energetic with enthusiasm to both lead and motivate a team.

Key Responsibilities:

The CNM 11 will provide leadership and management to the staff on duty out of hours and on night shift

The CNM 11 will provide direct patient care and have a case load appropriate to their skills and facilitating leadership role.

Ensure the deteriorating patient pathway and patient placement procedures/policies are implemented out of hours.

Proactive redeployment of staff on clinical/acuity requirements.

Support the senior nursing team with staff performance and professional development.

To promote and maintain the highest standard of nursing care, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all patients and staff out of hours.

Support service areas with the out of hours operational delivery of services and manage any professional or operation issues that required action and escalation.

Provide leadership and support to the night staff to enable and empower them to deliver high quality safe patient care and ensure agreed objectives and policies set are achieved.

Contribute to the requirements of NMBI for the practice of professional nursing are met and upheld including the development of an expanded scope of nursing practice.

Take personal responsibility for own professional development and keep up to date with evidence based practice and research.

Take the time away from night shift to attend development programmes on an ongoing basis and sharing knowledge with other members of the nursing team.

Support with KPIs/Quality initiatives in conjunction with the Quality department..

Ensure that there is compliance with all relevant UPMC Aut Even guidelines, policies, procedures and relevant legislation and regulatory requirements. This includes responsibility for dealing with regulatory or professional bodies and inspections.

Encourage continuous review and evaluation of policies, guidelines and existing practices through regular audit programmes and review engaging with the multi-disciplinary team where required.

Promote a culture of continuous quality improvement across the department involving the team in continuous improvement initiatives and encouraging innovation.

Support the senior nursing team with requirements of the hospital’s accreditation process.

Operations

To provide a high level of professional Leadership for the Nursing Care Services taking responsibility for the safe delivery and co-ordination of nursing services for patients, ensuring effective, efficient and quality specialist nursing care service out of hours.

Provide nursing care appropriate to skills and facilitating the leadership role

Provide acute care, professional and specialist advise and support to night staff.

Ensure that nursing care is evidence-based and reflective of best practice

Round on patients at least once on each shift and ensure any care deficits are addressed.

Implement hourly purposeful rounding is implemented on each unit

Ensure best practice is in place in relation to handover, medical and nursing

Liaise with other healthcare facilities relevant to the delivery and enhancement of services.

Facilitate effective communication with patients, relatives, visitors and multi-disciplinary team as necessary ensuring patient confidentiality is respected and always maintained.

Communicate and develop effective relationships with Medical Consultants, Clinical Nurse Managers and other relevant hospital staff to ensure safe, efficient management of the Unit.

Identify opportunities for the development of services that will improve the care of patients.

Liaise with the ADON on a regular basis, as appropriate, providing feedback on Unit/Ward activity and issues.

Ensure that systems for the provision of clinical and non-clinical services are satisfactory and that they are timely and economically utilised.

Contribute to an annual review of nursing services including the preparation of an annual report.

Ensure that all staff within the Unit are familiar with the plan for management of critical incidents and that the Unit is ready to meet such a demand.

Support the CODE Blue and hospital resuscitation services ensuring that the standard for care is maintained 24/7

People Management

Provide clinical and management leadership for Staff Nurses and support staff out of hours and ensure an effective learning environment for the multidisciplinary team and take an active part in the delivery of care as appropriate.

Maintain a high level of staff morale, promoting good communication, team spirit and job satisfaction among members of the multidisciplinary team.?Strive to ensure that staff are accountable, responsible and have authority to practice and manage within their roles.

Support new staff on night duty and provide appropriate time for competency achievement and opportunities for development

Learning and Education

In conjunction with the CNM 2, provide professional and personal development opportunities for all nursing and support staff.

Support CNM 11 on day shift with staff education and development as appropriate

Quality Improvement and Risk Management

Ensure that there is compliance with all relevant UPMC Aut Even guidelines, policies, procedures and relevant legislation and regulatory requirements. This includes responsibility for dealing with regulatory or professional bodies and inspections.

Encourage continuous review and evaluation of policies, guidelines and existing practices through regular audit programmes and review engaging with the multi-disciplinary team where required.

Promote a culture of continuous quality improvement across the department involving the team in continuous improvement initiatives and encouraging innovation.?

Qualifications & Experience:

Qualifications & Experience:

Person Specification

Qualifications: Be registered in the general division of the Register of Nurses maintained by NMBI

Be flexible in approach adapting to meet the needs of an acute service.

Experience:

(Amount and Type) 5 years’ experience in an acute hospital setting working at management level

Critical/Acute Care Experience is essential.

Experience with active management of deteriorating patient and escalation of their care.

Job Specific Competencies and Knowledge: Hold an up-to-date Advanced Cardiac Life Support course or be in pursuit of same

IT skills to include ppt, excel, word and those relevant for audit and data collection.

Hold a recognised qualification for ALERT or be in pursuit of same.

Hold Fire Warden certificate of be in pursuit of same

Desirable:

Have knowledge of JCI standards

Have experience of JCI Survey process

Personal Competencies: Have a recognised post-registration nursing course Higher Diploma or post grad course in Intensive care nursing or equivalent.