Clinical Nurse Manager 1 Acute Medical Mallow General Hospital

Mallow General Hospital (MGH) is a Model 2 Hospital as defined by the Acute Medicine Programme.

Mallow General Hospital is a 95 bed Acute General Hospital providing inpatient outpatient and Day Patient Services. The services provided in the hospital include General Medicine Cardiology Respiratory Endocrinology Gerontology and Gastroenterology.

In patient medical activity is supported by a Medical Assessment Unit and a High Dependency Unit.

Mallow General Hospital also provides elective Day Surgery Minor Procedures and addition there is an Injuries Unit and Outpatient Department

Specialist and advanced Nursing includes Cardiology Dementia Older Persons Respiratory Diabetes Tissue Viability Obesity Cardiac Rehabilitation Haemovigilance and Infection Prevention and Control.

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

Midlands Louth Meath Community Health Organisation

Community Healthcare Organisation Dublin North City and County

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 will become part of HSE South West health region from 3rd March 2025 and the transition to the new structures will be taking place throughout 2025.

Purpose of the post

To be responsible for the management care and treatment of service users to ensure that the optimum standard of care is provided within the designated area(s) of responsibility.

The primary role of the CNM 1 will be one of clinical and professional leadership and development in the nursing team including the development of nursing staff by means of in-service training orientation of new staff and arranging for clinical experience and supervision of student nurses where this is appropriate.

The CNM1 will participate actively in the Nursing Management structure by acting up when required in all areas within the hospital

We welcome enquiries about the role.

Contact Patricia Moloney Director of Nursing 087/1301584

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Required Experience:

Manager