An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Dublin and North east Surgical Hub. The CNM 2 Preassessment/DOSA role is key in moving the service forward to provide the safest and most effective assessment of patients and to continue the integration of pre-operative assessment to day of surgery admission unit(DOSA). Pre-operative -assessment is a vital component of the patient journey to surgery and the CNM 2 will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with surgical and anaesthetic colleagues to ensure the timely optimisation and preparation of patients prior to them undergoing general anaesthetic.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with operational, and improvement leads to monitor the service’s performance and provide crucial clinical insight into decisions about the service’s future strategy.

The CNM2 will be involved in transformation work alongside the rest of the team to imbed best practice and improve processes related to Pre-assessment Clinic /DOSA.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate evidence of Senior Nursing leadership, transformation skills and a willingness and appetite to develop services and to work with teams across the Directorates to deliver excellent patient care.

Candidates must have at the latest date of application:

Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc

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

• 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.

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• 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.

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• Have the clinical, managerial, and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.

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• Candidates must demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development.

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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.

Annual registration

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).

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

Additional Attachments

Additional Campaign Information Guide

HSE Job Spec Clinical Nurse Manager 2 Pre Assessment DOSA