Clinical Nurse Education Facilitator (CNM2 Grade) – Maple Ward

Children’s Health Ireland Jobs; Dublin; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Health Ireland seeks an experienced Nursing Education Lead to manage the clinical educational needs within the department and drive the professional growth of staff nurses and nursing students.

You will coordinate orientation, continuous professional development, and in-service training, supervise new staff with CNMs/CNMs 3, and promote best practice while ensuring confidentiality and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Must be on the live NMBI register in the Children’s Division or be entitled to be registered.
• Five years post-registered experience with a minimum of two years in children’s nursing.
• Or five years' experience in children's nursing with General Division registration.
• Current practice in children’s nursing.

Responsibilities

• Manage the clinical educational needs within the department.
• Lead, coordinate and facilitate development of staff nurses and nursing students.
• Oversee orientation, CPD, in-service training and supervision of new staff.
• Support progress tracking and feedback for staff and students.
• Promote high quality standards of care and clinical expertise.
• Ensure confidentiality and maintain documentation, standards and guidelines.
• Support competency development for the new digital hospital and lead quality improvement projects.

Skills

NMBI registration

Pediatric nursing experience

Leadership & supervision

Communication skills

CPD mindset

Clinical education

Education

Level 8 NFQ nursing qualification

NMBI registration eligibility

Job description

• The purpose of this post is to manage the clinical educational needs within the department.
• Lead, co-ordinate and facilitate the creation of a clinical environment that fosters professional growth and development of staff nurses and nursing students.
• Facilitate the development of nursing staff, by means of orientation of new staff and continuous professional development and in-service training of all staff.
• Facilitate the supervision of newly qualified staff and new staff joining the team in collaboration with CNM2’s and CNM3’s.
• Assist staff members in ensuring that individual staff and nursing students are kept informed of their progress and encourage feedback, recognise strengths and weaknesses and the potential need for further clinical education, training and experience.
• Promote high quality standards of care through demonstration of clinical expertise.
• Ensure confidentiality on all matters and information obtained during the course of employment.
• Facilitate the development of documentation, standards and guidelines best practice in order to optimise use of resources and to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
• Support clinical staff to prepare and develop competency for the new digital hospital.
• Encourage and support the development of quality improvement projects within the clinical area.

Purpose of the Role

• The purpose of this post is to manage the clinical educational needs within the department.
• Lead, co-ordinate and facilitate the creation of a clinical environment that fosters professional growth and development of staff nurses and nursing students.
• Facilitate the development of nursing staff, by means of orientation of new staff and continuous professional development and in-service training of all staff.
• Facilitate the supervision of newly qualified staff and new staff joining the team in collaboration with CNM2’s and CNM3’s.
• Assist staff members in ensuring that individual staff and nursing students are kept informed of their progress and encourage feedback, recognise strengths and weaknesses and the potential need for further clinical education, training and experience.
• Promote high quality standards of care through demonstration of clinical expertise.
• Ensure confidentiality on all matters and information obtained during the course of employment.
• Facilitate the development of documentation, standards and guidelines best practice in order to optimise use of resources and to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
• Support clinical staff to prepare and develop competency for the new digital hospital.
• Encourage and support the development of quality improvement projects within the clinical area.

Essential Criteria

• Must be on the live register in the Children’s Division of the Register held by the NMBI or be entitled to be so registered,
• And Have 5 years post registered experience with a minimum of 2 years in children’s nursing
• Or Be registered in the General Division of the Register held by the NMBI with 5 years children’s nursing experience.
• And Be currently in children’s nursing practice.
• Have a relevant professional academic qualification of not less than level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications in the specialist area.
• Have experience in the supervision of nursing staff and students.
• Have experience and knowledge of the recognition and management of the acutely ill child, including but not limited to identification of the deteriorating child.
• 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.

The successful candidate may be required to work across CHI sites and services in line with organisational requirements and the development of the new children’s hospital and associated services.

For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact;

Caitriona Dennehy, Assistant Director of Nursing (Nursing Practice Development Co-ordinator): [e-mail]

Barbara Collins, CNM 3 inpatient units CHI at Tallaght: [e-mail]

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist – [e-mail]