Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (RANP) Childrens Neurology, Cork University Hopsital

Details of Service

Cork University Hospital (CUH) has approximately 800 beds and this will increase further to 1000 beds on completion of the transfer of additional services to the CUH campus. CUH currently employs approximately 4571 (WTE) staff of multiple professions and is the primary teaching hospital for the Faculty of Health and Science in University College Cork (UCC). UCC is the Academic partner of the South/South West Hospital Group. CUH has very strong relationships with each of the six schools within the Science Faculty of UCC and this is a key area for future development to maximise the opportunities for both the service and academia.

CUH is a recommended Major Trauma Centre for the Republic of Ireland due to the wide range of specialties delivered by the hospital including Neurosciences Cardiac Services Orthopaedics General Surgery Renal Internal Medicine Vascular Ophthalmology Urology Plastic Surgery Maxillary-Facial Paediatrics Intensive Care Oncology Obstetrics Gynaecology Neonatology and Emergency Medicine.

CUH is the tertiary referral centre for the HSE Southern area and the supra regional area of Limerick Clare Tipperary Waterford and Kilkenny. CUH therefore acts as a regional centre for secondary and tertiary care for the catchment population of approx. 550000 served by the HSE Southern area and a supra-regional centre for a total a population of 1.2 million.

Six Health Regions have been established within the HSE on the basis of the geographical boundaries agreed by the Government in July 2019 and they will be operational from 2024.

Each Health Region will be tasked with population specific planning resourcing and delivery of health and social care services for the needs of its unique population. This will result in improved accountability and governance in terms of finance and performance while also bringing decision-making closer to the frontline.

Health Regions will enable and empower staff to provide services that are:

Integrated locally planned and delivered

Easier to access and navigate

Available closer to home

Health Regions are geographically based units with clearly defined populations. They align community and hospital services within specific areas. The HSE will retain a strong but leaner central organisation with more service provision developed at a local level.

The HSE South West health region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services in Cork and Kerry. HSE South West includes all hospital and community healthcare services in the region.

This includes:

South / South West Hospital Group S/SWHG

Cork Kerry Community Healthcare CKCH

The Department of Population and Public Health is also now aligned with this health region

Services in the South West health region:

HSE Services working within this region include:

Acute Hospitals

Primary care services

Community services

Social care services

Health and social care professionals

Voluntary sector services

South / South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare became part of HSE South West health region on 3rd March 2025 and the transition to the new structures will continue throughout 2026.

Purpose of the Post

The advanced practice service is provided by nurses who practice at a higher level of capability as independent autonomous and expert advanced practitioners. The overall purpose of the service is to provide safe timely evidenced based nurse-led care to patients at an advanced nursing level. This involves undertaking and documenting complete episodes of patient care which includes comprehensively assessing diagnosing planning treating and discharging patients in accordance with collaboratively agreed local policies procedures protocols and guidelines and/or service level agreements/ memoranda of understanding.

The RANP Childrens Neurology demonstrates advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge critical thinking clinical leadership and complex decision-making abilities.

The RANP Childrens Neurology practices in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (NMBI 2014) the Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice Framework (NMBI 2015) Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI 2017) and the Values for Nurses and Midwives in Ireland (Department of Health 2016).

The RANP Childrens Neurology service provides clinical leadership and professional scholarship in the delivery of optimal nursing services and informs the development of evidence based health policy at local regional and national levels.

The RANP Childrens Neurology contributes to nursing research that shapes and advances nursing practice education and health care policy at local national and international levels.

Reasonable Accommodations

Candidates who require a Reasonable Accommodation/s to support their participation at any stage in the recruitment and selection process should email Eimear O Sullivan Campaign Lead

Required Experience:

IC