Position Summary:

The purpose of the Clinical Nurse Manager for the TPN service is to take a lead role in ensuring the care delivered to patients requiring TPN is in line with best practice guidelines and the Safer Better Healthcare Standards. While this role is aligned to the Surgical Directorate the TPN CNM will proved a hospital wise service in conjunction with the relevant disciplines.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Quality
• Use a quality framework plan and deliver a high quality service to patients who require TPN
• Actively participate in clinical audit and research related to TPN and CVAD management at directorate and hospital level.
• Promote the highest standards of care across the hospital in relation to TPN and related CVAD management.
• Take a proactive role in the formulation and provision of evidence based PPPGs relating to TPN.
• Develop and lead quality improvement plans with the relevant stakeholders to address areas where practice is below the required standard
• Participate in additional directorate audits e.g. hand hygiene audits, environmental hygiene audits etc

Patient Focus
• Provide education and support for patients receiving TPN.
• Develop and monitor patient information material in line with hospital policy.
• Promote and participate in the collection of patient feedback for the purpose of service development improvement.

Clinical Focus
• Promote and support the delivery of high quality care to patients receiving TPN
• Maintain a database of patients receiving TPN {capturing key clinical information in respect of TPN activity}.
• Act as a resource and provide clinical expertise in the area of TPN and related Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) management.
• Play an active role in teaching all disciplines as required
• Use relevant educational opportunities to maintain the highest standards and up to date care
offered to patients requiring TPN
• Work with local Clinical Nurse Managers and Clinical Practice Support Nurses to achieve and maintain RGN competence in relation to TPN and CVAD management
• Link with the Microbiology Enhanced Surveillance Team in relation to adverse events associated with TPN

Leadership & Management
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills and the ability to lead a quality service
• Demonstrate the ability to self-manage and meet the needs of the service in a timely manner
• Lead and participate on relevant committees and working groups as required. This will include formulating reports to communicate issues around TPN activity to the Parenteral Nutrition Committee.
• Demonstrate the ability to identify and meet personal professional development objectives related to the role

Communication
• Develop strong communication links with the relevant stake holders both internally and externally
• Foster a strong interdisciplinary approach to all aspects of the role
• To maintain an activity database on an ongoing basis and create an annual report on the activity pertaining to the role for the Directorate Nurse Manager and the Director of Nursing
• Present data as required at service meetings
• Keep relevant clinical areas up to date on current trends in relation to TPN

Selection Criteria:

Selection criteria outline the qualifications, skills, knowledge and/or experience that the successful candidate would need to demonstrate for successful discharge of the responsibilities of the post.

Applications will be assessed on the basis of how well candidates satisfy these criteria.

Mandatory:

1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc
(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:
(i) Are registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives
maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord
Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) or entitled to be so registered.

(ii) Have at least 5 years post registration experience (or an aggregrate of 5 years
fulltime post registration experience) of which 2 years must be in the speciality
or related area.

(iii) Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge
the functions of the role.

(iv) Candidates must demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development.

(b) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability including a high standard of
suitability and clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the
functions of the role.

2. Annual registration
(i) On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the relevant
division of the Register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing and
Midwifery Board of Ireland (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

(ii) Confirm annual registration with NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient
Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

3. Health
Candidates 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 such as would indicate a
reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

4. Character
Candidates for and any person holding the office must be of good character.

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