Agency Director of Nursing required - Dublin 10

Cpl Healthcare in Partnership with the HSE are recruiting a full time Agency Director of Nursing for an older persons care facility in Dublin 10

• Must be currently registered with NMBI
• 10 years post registration Nursing experience
• 5 years management experience at CNM2 level or higher
• Hold a post registration management qualification
• Excellent clinical, leadership, managerial and administrative knowledge

• The appointed person will be the Person in Charge (PIC) of ensuring that residential care provided to older persons in the unit is of a high quality and attained as effectively and efficiently as possible within available resources.
• The Director of Nursing will be responsible for the overall management of the Nursing service for the Older Person in line with HSE Corporate Governance. S/he will provide strategic leadership, operating in accordance with the policies of the HSE and in collaboration with other professionals and service managers in achieving service goals.
• The Director of Nursing has a pivotal role in creating the vision and culture for the service. S/he has overarching responsibility for service planning, coordinating and managing activity and resources and will lead the implementation of change. S/he will empower staff to support older people to continue to exercise independence.
• S/he will have a pivotal role in providing leadership for the service.
• The post holder will lead and support the service in response to the emerging needs of an increasing frail elderly population. The post holder will ensure the appropriate allocation of staffing resources to best meet the needs of the older persons in Cherry Orchard
• The Director of Nursing will provide the professional governance to the nursing and care teams in Cherry Orchard, ensuring the delivery of hight quality evidence based care.