Safe Medication Management Nurse

Location: On site / Dublin, Ireland
job type: Temporary / Part-time
Sector and subsector: Medical & Healthcare Nursing & Midwifery
Annual Salary range:from € 38,166.00 to € 56,592.00

Enabling people with an intellectual disability to have full and meaningful lives through quality person-centred services in partnership with families.

Cheeverstown is a voluntary organisation regulated by the Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA). We provide a wide range of person-centred services, including residential, respite, and day services, supporting almost 400 adults with an intellectual disability across the south Dublin and Kildare area

The nurse liaises and works closely with:

• Individuals supported by Cheeverstown services and their families
• The pharmacist & Safe Medication Management Lead
• Managers linked service areas (e.g. Residential services, Day Supports, Respite services, Quality Manager, Risk Manager).
• Staff teams
• The Multi-Disciplinary support team.
• Community partners - local pharmacists, local primary care network, acute hospitals
• External partners such as NMPDU, National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers

Key Responsibilities

• To deliver training to nursing and non-nursing personnel on Responsible and Safe Medication Management, ensuring compliance with National guidance and best practice
• To deliver training programmes to meet Cheeverstown requirements and National direction on Safe Medication Administration in Disability Services
• To ensure clinical assessment and competency review of trainees
• To ensure documentation is in place for medication administration by staff or self administration by individuals, having regard to consent and will & preference of individuals
• To carry out medication audit: to promote a culture of reporting of medication errors and learning; to grade and analyse medication errors
• To understand and apply the principles of open disclosure as it relates to errors & risk
• To have an understanding of HIQA regulations as relevant to safe medication administration in residential services
• To ensure a smooth transition to a local community pharmacy for our decongregating individuals and liaise with community pharmacists to ensure a safe transition with adequate (in partnership with pharmacist)
• To guide on safe medication practice in respite services
• To partake in policy development and policy implementation
• To represent Cheeverstown services at forums
• To maintain wider clinical competencies (e.g. epilepsy, enteral feeding, Suprapubic Catheter management) and undertake and deliver training as required
• To provide direct support to people using services and staff teams if required

Expectations of the Post Holder:

• Will maintain professional nurse registration with NMBI
• Will maintain certification in relevant training to enable course delivery
• Will keep abreast of developments relating to safe medication practices within disability services
• Will report to relevant personnel any unusual incidents that you observe relating to safe practice with medication.
• Will exhibit flexibility in relation to operating times and holiday periods to meet the needs of service users.
• Will attend training as required by the organisation, and also will seek to continuously develop professionally through education, training, networking, updates and other sources as are available.
• Will demonstrate flexibility with regard to supporting across service locations responding to service needs

Note:

The above Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

Hours: Part-time, 18.75 hours per week.

Salary: In line with the HSE Staff Nurse pay scale, calculated on a pro rata basis and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Applicants should note that this role is not eligible for employment permit sponsorship. Candidates must have the appropriate authorisation to work in Ireland.