DNE26042 Assistant Director of Nursing – Practice Development (Older Persons Services)

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• Name: Nancy Qureshi Title: Director of Nursing Tel.:Email:

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Details of Service:

Older Persons Services work in partnership with our colleagues across Integrated Health Areas of Dublin North County and Dublin North City & West and have expanded our collaboration and integration with the acute hospital system in recent years. Our aim is to ensure equality of access for the population of the Dublin IHAs to services support the acute hospital system to reduce emergency department presentations and hospital admissions through increased access to short stay rehabilitation and reablement services the specialist resources of the Integrated Care Teams for Older Persons (ICTOP) and social support services.

Older Persons Services provides general and specialist rehabilitation services in St Marys Hospital and Integrated Orthopaedic Hospital Clontarf.

Older Persons Services has responsibility for 231 residential beds across 4 Community Nursing Units Seanchara / Clarehaven (Claremont) Navan Road and the Phoenix Park Community Nursing Units. The Community Nursing

Units are Nurse led long term residential care facilities for adults over 65 years of age with varying conditions abilities and disabilities.

The Assistant Director of Nursing Practice Development (ADONPD) will be instrumental in the development of nursing practice that is safe compassionate and provides quality care throughout the Integrated Service Area. The HSE is committed to prioritising staff development recognition and training. Fostering an environment for learning innovation and creativity is an essential component of this role. The role of the ADONPD will be instrumental in supporting our team to reach their full potential to embrace continuous quality improvement and change to comply with the HIQA Standards. (Health Information and Quality Authority).

The post holder will be required to work with the senior management team and members of the multi-disciplinary team to implement the HSE strategy for Older Persons Services. They will empower staff to support older people to continue to exercise independence and autonomy in leading a full life no matter what their level of dependency.

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