Safe Nurse Staffing Co-Ordinator Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (11.001 (2025))

Dublin - Ireland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10-11-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

JOB DESCRIPTION

Safe Nurse Staffing Co-Ordinator /Clinical Nurse Manager 2

Permanent Full time

Reference No: 11.001 (2025)

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The primary purpose of this post is to coordinate and support the national implementation and utilisation of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix in Tallaght University Hospital and the associated national nurse staffing IT (information technology) system in order to deliver high quality outcomes for end users and the organisation.
post holder will coordinate the implementation project and imbed the framework hospital wide. This will include education training and utilisation of the national IT system procured to support the rollout. The post holder will also be required to compile progress reports for review working closely with the senior nursing team the Director of Finance and the HR departments.

The post holder will also liaise with the research team where required if the hospital is based in an original pilot site for the duration of the term of research.

Education and training will be provided relevant to executing this post to ensure the successful candidate is competent and confident to lead on implementation and monitoring of the necessary IT programme at site level

QUALIFICATIONS
1. Each candidate must on the latest date for receiving completed application forms for the office:

Be registered in the General Division of the active Register held by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland or be entitled to be so registered.
Have 5 years post registration experience and a minimum of 2 years in the acute sector or related area.
Have the clinical managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrate evidence of continuing learning and professional development
Be able to demonstrate managerial abilities.
Have a recognised interest in teaching and continuing professional development

Post Specific Requirements

An understanding of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix in General and Specialist Medical and Surgical Care Settings in Adult Hospitals in Ireland
Experience in project management
Experience of implementing a change project across departments/wards
Experience in Clinical Leadership (Nurse Manager or similar)
A good basic knowledge of IT systems and data bases use for workflow staffing and data analysis
Experience in education and training

2. Age Restrictions In Relation To Applications
Age restriction shall only apply to a candidate where he/she is not classified as a new entrant (within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004). A candidate who is not classified as a new entrant must be under 65 years of age on the first day of the month in which the latest date for receiving completed applications for the office occurs.

3. Health
A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

4. Be of good character.

5. Garda Vetting
Garda Vetting is sought for all employees and prospective employees of Tallaght University Hospital. Given the specialised nature of the services provided your appointment will be subject to satisfactory Garda Vetting and re-vetting in circumstances where the Hospital deems it appropriate. The Hospital will then process the necessary documentation to endeavour to obtain satisfactory Garda clearance for you. You are obliged to disclose previous and any criminal convictions acquired during the course of your employment. Should the Hospital obtain information from the Garda Vetting Unit to indicate that your Garda clearance report is not satisfactory and / or if you have supplied the hospital with false or misleading information in relation to your Garda clearance status the Hospital reserves the right to withdraw or terminate this contract in accordance with Tallaght University Hospital Garda Vetting policy.

6. Mandated and Designated Persons under Children First Act 2015
Schedule 2 of the Children First Act 2015 specifies the classes of persons defined as Mandated Persons for the purposes of the Act. This includes a range of disciplines that are employed by the hospital including all medical practitioners registered nurses physiotherapists psychologists social workers and others. This includes staff working in adult services. All mandated persons have two main legal obligations under the Children First Act 2015. Mandated persons under the legislation are required to report any knowledge belief or reasonable suspicion that a child has been harmed is being harmed or is at risk of being harmed. The Act defines harm as assault ill-treatment neglect or sexual abuse and covers single and multiple instances. Mandated persons are also required to assist Tusla if requested in assessing a concern which has been the subject of a mandated report. Designated Officer are required to receive reports of suspected child abuse or neglect from any person who is of the opinion that (a) a child has been or is being assaulted ill-treated neglected or sexually abused or (b) a childs health development or welfare has been or is being avoidably impaired or neglected. Full detailed list of mandated and designated staff together with details of their roles and responsibilities can be found on It is the responsibility of all staff employed by TUH to be aware of their roles and responsibilities under the legislation and to complete mandatory Children First Training.

PARTICULARS OF OFFICE

1. The appointment is fulltime permanent and pensionable.

2. Remuneration:
Remuneration is in accordance with the salary scale approved by the Department of Health & Children. Current remuneration with effect from 1st August 2025:

61463 by 11 increments to 77666 incl. 1 LSI

Salary scales will be updated in line with nationally agreed pay agreements and will be updated accordingly and retrospective payments applied as applicable.

3. Pension Arrangements and Retirement Age
There are three superannuation schemes currently in operation for staff in Tallaght University Hospital:

(a) Voluntary Hospital Superannuation Scheme (Non-New Entrant)
(b) Voluntary Hospital Superannuation Scheme (New Entrant)
(c) Single Public Service Pension Scheme

Please read carefully the summary of the criteria for the three superannuation schemes below. This will assist you in identifying which scheme membership is applicable to your employment circumstances.

(a) If you have been continually employed in the public service prior to the 1st April 2004 and you have not had a break in service of more than 26 weeks you will be included in the Voluntary Hospital Superannuation Scheme (Non-New Entrant) with a Minimum Retirement Age of 60 and a Maximum Retirement Age of 65.

(b) If you have been continually employed in the public service post the 1st April 2004 and you have not had a break in service of more than 26 weeks you will be included in the Voluntary Hospital Superannuation Scheme (New Entrant) with a Minimum Retirement Age of 65. There is no Maximum Retirement Age.

(c) If you have commenced employment in the public service as a new entrant or you are a former public servant returning to the public service after a break of more than 26 weeks you will be included in the Single Public Service Pension Scheme effective from the 1st January 2013 with a minimum retirement age of 66 (rising to 67 and 68 in line with state pension changes). The maximum retirement age under this scheme will be age 70.

4. Duties:
The Safe Nurse Staffing Co-Ordinator/CNM2 will perform such duties as are outlined in this job description.

5. Hours of work:
Normal working hours are 37.5 worked over 5 days. Your contracted hours of work are liable to change to meet the requirements for extended day services in accordance with the terms of the Framework Agreement.

6. Probation:
The successful candidate will be appointed initially for a probationary period of 6 months. During the probationary period progress or otherwise will be monitored and at the end of the probationary period the service will (a) be certified as satisfactory and confirmed in writing or if not satisfactory the probationary period may be extended by 3 months.

7. Annual Leave:
Annual leave entitlement is 25 - 28 working days (pro rata) depending on length of service plus 10 Bank Holidays per annum as they occur. The annual leave year runs from 1st of April to 31st March each year.

8. Sick Leave:
Payment of salary during illness will be in accordance with arrangements as approved from time to time by the Department of Health and Children.

9. Termination of Office:
The employment may be terminated at any time by giving two months notice on either side except where circumstances are dictated by the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973/91. The Managements right under this paragraph shall not be exercised save in circumstances where the Management is of the opinion that the holder of the office has failed to perform satisfactorily the duties of the post or has misconducted himself/herself in relation to the post or is otherwise unfit to hold the appointment.

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY

Maintain throughout the Hospital an awareness of the primacy of the patient in relation to all Hospital activities.
Ensure the provision of a high standard of care to the patient and families is consistent with the mission vision values and strategic plan of the Hospital.
Demonstrate behaviour consistent with the values of the hospital.
Play an active role in patient education and be actively involved in health education and promotion.
Commitment to continuous professional development including completion of relevant internal training programmes available through our Centre for Learning & Development Prospectus.
Reporting relationship is to the Nursing Manpower Manager.
Professional accountability is to the Director of Nursing.

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITY

Managing the Service - Quality & Safety of Service / Delivery of Results (level 3)

Maintain high user engagement for the Safe Staffing and Skill Mix IT System through consultation with users
Maintain organisational satisfaction for the Safe Staffing and Skill Mix IT System through collaboration with all key staff
Engage in effective and professional communication with all users stakeholders and the IT Systems staff
Provide up to date reports to the DON/ADON on implementation using the IT system reporting
Be an active member of the local implementation group or any local group as defined by Director of Nursing
Support Nurse Managers and staff in using the Safe Staffing and Skill Mix IT to develop efficient and effective nursing resource plans.
Support Director of Nursing human resource managers and nurse managers in strategic workforce planning including development of workforce plans for current and future resource requirements.
Monitor acuity and worked hours data and investigate variances from benchmarks.
Provide reports to users managers and executive demonstrating efficiency of resource utilisation.
Support the hospital Nursing Bank manager with production and review of data around agency and nursing bank usage of registered nurses and Health Care Assistants
Ensure a high standard of care is delivered safely in accordance with the hospital policies procedures and guidelines.
Attend meetings and sit on committees of the Department/hospital as required.
Report accidents and incidents. Participate in the investigation and remedial action.
Promote awareness of risk management and appropriate reporting of critical incidents.
Empowers team members to provide exceptional quality of service
Involves others in creating identifying and promoting a safer better Hospital.
Take responsibility for own and team goals set.
Ensure quality checks are in place.
Constructively challenges existing approaches to improve service delivery.
Monitors the implementation of Core Project and multi-tasks.
Delegates work setting clear objectives and timelines.
Enthusiasm for new challenge ensure engagement and co-operation of multi-disciplinary team as required.
Coordinate and collate evidence of data quality for all acuity-rating staff / units (Inter-Rater Reliability testing of all staff and Ward Actualisation Audits for all Acuity-Rating Wards).
Regularly review ward / department maintenance settings with ward / department managers to ensure optimisation of the user interface.
Coordinate data quality improvements by identifying and working with ICT Systems consultants to develop interfaces to other systems to reduce duplication of data entry.
Collate regular reports on unit/ward data quality.
Participate in the Quality Care Metrics audit process and other audit/quality improvement initiatives as determined by the line manager.
Identify changing trends and / or anomalous data analyses and recommends corrective or supportive action.
Analyse the data to identify changing trends and / or anomalies. Provide recommendations and support corrective actions.
Oversee inter-reliability testing to assure data validity supported by regular reviews of the data input process.
Identify and support quality improvement opportunities that can be facilitated by the data collected.

Managing Change - Problem Solving & Decision Making / Communications & Influencing (level 3)

Addresses problems through balanced decisions making while identifying learnings.
Assists with the development of and implementation of strategic and operational priorities through the provision of feedback and key learnings.
Have a can do attitude and implement unpopular decision through effective engagement.
Adopt a range of communication techniques to explain complex information.
Tailors their communication style dependent on the audience and situation.
Manages the adherence to company policy on confidentiality and data protection.
Consult prepare and deliver on IT system implementation and / or upgrades including training and demonstration of new features to relevant services.
Consult and collaboratively work with the national Safe Staffing and Skill Mix DoN in relation to monitoring and reporting on national implementation
Identify user issues and errors and liaise with IT Systems support staff to reach resolution.

Managing Yourself - Team player / Planning & Organising (level 3)

Demonstrate flexibility if and when asked to work in other areas of the Medical Service as needed.
Delegates effectively to the team and ensure timelines are met and efficient use of resources.
Assists in the development and implementation of operations plans to ensure smooth and consistent execution of tasks.
Research and promote quality initiatives that are evidence based.
Builds and uses networks of influences for planning and organising workload.
Develops and implements operational plans essential systems and processes.
Monitors performance evaluates impacts and risks.
Practice in accordance with relevant legislation and with regard to The Scope of Nursing & Midwifery Practice Framework (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland 2015) and the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland 2014)
Maintain a high standard of professional behaviour and be professionally accountable for actions/omissions. Take measures to develop and maintain the competences required for professional practice.
Provide professional leadership in and act as a resource and role model.
Generate and contribute to the development of standards of practice and guidelines relating to Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix
Use specialist knowledge to support and enhance nursing practice.

Managing People People Management / Leadership (level 3)

Effectively manage time and workload in order to meet changing and developing needs within the safe nurse staffing sites.
Implement and manage identified changes.
Ensure confidentiality in relation to patient/client records is maintained.
Maintain accurate and up to date statistics and data reports.
Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records/data on all matters pertaining to the planning management delivery and evaluation of this project in line with national and Hospital Group requirements.
Contribute to service planning process.
Participate in the selection and recruitment of staff.
Monitor and support the retention of staff.
Participate and support named projects in relation to nursing recruitment and retention.
Participate in and support hospital participation in the Magnet4Europe research project.
Coordinate user training to all new staff during orientation.
Plan and deliver focussed training sessions to address common areas for improvement and to motivate and empower staff in the utilisation and understanding of the ICT system and data.
Maintain currency of own knowledge base through networking with other Coordinators through User Groups and annual Refresher Workshops.
Support managers in understanding the data generated by their department.
Completion of relevant training and availing of supports in the Leadership Academy including coaching mentoring and leadership development as applicable.
Provide advice / recommendations to users managers and executive to assist in the planning of efficient resource utilisation.

Information Technology

Ensure that the team makes the most effective and efficient use of developments in information technology for both patient care and administrative support in a manner which integrates well with systems throughout the organisation.
Ensure that all staff are trained in the use of computer systems which are used in the management of patient episodes in the Hospital e.g.: EPR Pims Order comms Symphony sap core.

Health & Safety

Ensure the compliance of all your staff with the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005.
Comply and enact Health and Safety responsibilities as outlined in Hospital policies protocols and procedures relevant to your area.
Prepare risk assessments and departmental safety statements as required.

Hygiene/Infection Control

Ensure you are aware of your responsibility for Hygiene awareness. Hygiene is defined as The practice that serves to keep people and environments clean and prevent infection.
Act as a role model and actively promote infection control and prevention and ensure that staff in your area familiarise themselves with the hospital infection control policies and guidelines as outlined in the Infection Control Manual.
Ensure that staff in your area are aware that they work in an area where there is potential for transmission of infection.
Ensure that all your staff are advised that they have a responsibility to prevent the transmission of infection by following good IPC practices such as hand hygiene and standard precautions.

Quality Safety and Risk Management

Support the delivery of the Quality Safety and Risk Management Programme including the appropriate identification reporting and management of risks and incidents throughout the hospital.

Confidentiality

You will be aware of the confidential nature of Hospital work and in particular the right of patients to confidentiality. To this end you will not discuss workings of the Hospital or its patients or disclose any information of a confidential nature except as required to do so in the course of your work. No records documents or property of the Hospital may be removed from the premises of the Hospital without prior authorisation. You must return to the Hospital upon request and in any event upon the termination of your employment all documents or other property of the Hospital which are in your possession or under your control.

Data Management

Ensure compliance with the obligations required by the Data Protection Act 2018.

Development of Hospital Groups

The Hospital Structure is currently under review and therefore reporting relationships may change. The development of Hospital Groups may require the post-holder to adopt a different reporting relationship and additional accountabilities. Full consultation will take place in advance of any such change.

NOTE: The extent and speed of change in the delivery of health care is such that adaptability is essential at this level of appointment. The appointee will be required to maintain enhance and develop their knowledge skills and aptitudes necessary to respond to this changing environment. They will also be required to participate in and support the Hospitals Digital transformation strategy which may impact work processes and role profiles in the future. The Job Description must therefore be regarded as an outline of the major areas of accountability at the present time which will be reviewed and assessed on an on-going basis as advancements and developments evolve.

TUH Core Competencies:

Core Area	Competency	Level
Managing the service	Quality & Safety of Service	3
Managing the service	Delivery of Results	3
Managing Change	Problem Solving & Decision Making	3
Managing Change	Communications & Influencing	3
Managing Yourself	Team player	3
Managing Yourself	Planning and Organising	3
Managing People	People Management	3
Managing People	Leadership	3

Please go to details of the core competencies

GENERAL

Applications can be submitted on-line at by completing the application form and attaching your CV.

Candidates should be aware that when applying for a post through the On-Line Application System (Candidate Manager) they will receive an automated replying acknowledging receipt of their application. Should you for any reason not receive this automated acknowledgement you should notify the Human Resources Department before the closing date otherwise your application will not be considered.

Closing Date: Before close of business on: 21st November 2025

Informal enquiries to Ms. Ann Connolly Nursing Manpower Manager email

All candidates should note that in order to maintain a timely process the closing date and time for receipt of applications will be strictly adhered to.

Required Experience:

Manager

JOB DESCRIPTIONSafe Nurse Staffing Co-Ordinator /Clinical Nurse Manager 2 Permanent Full timeReference No: 11.001 (2025)PURPOSE OF THE ROLEThe primary purpose of this post is to coordinate and support the national implementation and utilisation of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix ...