Candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner Alpha 1 Anti-trypsin Deficiency.
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Job Description
Overview Post Title: Candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Alpha 1 Anti-trypsin Deficiency (AATD).
Post Status: Permanent Department: Medical DirectorateLocation: Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 Reports to: Professional Reporting Relationship: Professionally reporting to Director of Nursing (Hospital site)Clinical Reporting Relationship: Respiratory Consultant/s Salary:Appointment will be made on Clinical Nurse Manager 3 Grade (€72,146 - €81,478 ) at a point in line with Government pay policy €72,146 - €81,478Hours of work: Full Time, 37.5 Hours Closing Date: 07/10/2026 at midday - Please note the hospital reserves the right to close the competition early should a substantial number of applications be received.
Position Summary:
Beaumont Hospital is the designated National Centre for excellence in Alpha 1 Anti-Trypsin Deficiency (AATD) and houses the HSE funded National Targeted Detection (NTD) programme. It is recognised worldwide as a major centre for the diagnosis, treatment and research in AATD. Any patient who has a positive result on testing is offered the opportunity to attend Beaumont Hospital specialist AATD clinic where they will receive expert assessment, including lifestyle advice, genetic counselling, and determination of the severity of their condition and its trajectory and allow access to new therapies being considered for AATD. The appointment of a candidate ANP in AATD will be the first of its kind in delivering highly specialised care for patient with AATD, with the focus on the MZ (moderate disease) group of patients with AATD.
Responsibilities
The main purpose of the post is to develop the role and supporting documentation under the direction of the Health Care Provider's Advanced Practice Stakeholder Governance Group, to enable the individual nurse to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Criteria for Registration as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner as set out in Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI, 2017).
The individual will have undertaken the academic preparation and developed the clinical and leadership skills, competencies and knowledge required to meet the criteria to be registered as a candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner (cRANP) with NMBI.
The value of the nursing contribution as a distinct profession must be safeguarded and articulated in the development of new services led by advanced nurse practitioners, complementing rather than replacing current services delivered by doctors (NMBI 2017 p.9).
The overall purpose of the post is to provide safe, timely, evidenced based nurse-led care to patients at an advanced nursing level .This involves undertaking and documenting a complete episode of patient care (assess, diagnose, plan, treat and discharge patients) according to collaboratively agreed protocols and scope of practice in the clinical setting; demonstrating advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, clinical leadership and decision making skills.
The advanced practice role demonstrates a high degree of knowledge, skill and experience that is applied within the nurse-patient/client relationship to achieve optimal outcomes through critical analysis, problem solving and accurate decision-making (NMBI, 2017).
Central to this is the provision of quality care, a safe environment and processes for patients using evidence based clinical guidelines that address patient expectations, promote wellness and evaluate care given.
The role will provide clinical leadership and professional scholarship in order to develop nursing practice and health policy at local, regional and national level.
The role will contribute to nursing research to shape and advance nursing practice, education and health care policy at local, national and international levels.
Principal Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the cANP will be to develop a higher level of capability across the six domains of competences as defined by Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI 2017).
• Professional Values and Conduct• Clinical Decision Making Competences• Knowledge and Cognitive Competences• Communication and Interpersonal Competences• Management and Team Competences• Leadership and Professional Scholarship Competences
Domain 1: Professional Values and Conduct
• Demonstrating accountability and responsibility for professional practice as a lead healthcare professional in the care of patients with AATD.
• Collaborating with his/her supervisor and local stakeholder group to scope the caseload and scope of practice for the cANP AATD.
• Collaborating with his/her supervisor and local stakeholder group to determine the exclusion criteria for the cANP AATD.
• Articulating safe boundaries and engaging in timely referral and collaboration for those areas outside his/her scope of practice, experience, and competence by establishing, in collaboration with key stakeholders, referral pathways and locally agreed policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines to support and guide the Respiratory service.
• Demonstrating leadership by practising compassionately to facilitate, optimise, promote and support the health, comfort, quality of life and wellbeing of persons whose lives are affected by AATD.• Selecting a professional practice model that provides him/her latitude to control his/her own practice, focusing on person centred care, interpersonal interactions and the promotion of healing environments.
• The chosen professional practice model for nursing will emphasise a caring therapeutic relationship between the cANP Alpha 1 Anti-Trypsin deficiency (AATD)and his/her patients, recognising that cANP AATD work in partnership with their multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Articulating and promoting the advanced practice nursing service in clinical, political and professional contexts for example presenting key performance outcomes locally and nationally; contributing to the service's annual report; participating in local and national committees to ensure best practice as per the relevant national clinical and integrated care programme .
Domain 2: Clinical-Decision Making Competences
• Conduct a comprehensive holistic health assessment using evident-based frameworks, policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines to determine diagnoses and inform autonomous advanced nursing care.
• Synthesise and interpret assessment information particularly history including prior treatment outcomes, physical findings and diagnostic data to identify normal, at risk and subnormal states of health.
• Demonstrate timely use of diagnostic investigations / additional evidence-based advanced assessments to inform clinical-decision making.
• Exhibit comprehensive knowledge of therapeutic interventions including pharmacological and non-pharmacological advanced nursing interventions, supported by evidence-based policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines, relevant legislation, and relevant professional regulatory standards and requirements.
• Initiate and implement health promotion activities and self-management plans in accordance with the wider public health agenda.
• Discharge patients from the service as per an agreed supporting policy, procedure, protocols, guidelines and referral pathways.
Domain 3: Knowledge and Cognitive Competences
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Post Status: Permanent Department: Medical DirectorateLocation: Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 Reports to: Professional Reporting Relationship: Professionally reporting to Director of Nursing (Hospital site)Clinical Reporting Relationship: Respiratory Consultant/s Salary:Appointment will be made on Clinical Nurse Manager 3 Grade (€72,146 - €81,478 ) at a point in line with Government pay policy €72,146 - €81,478Hours of work: Full Time, 37.5 Hours Closing Date: 07/10/2026 at midday - Please note the hospital reserves the right to close the competition early should a substantial number of applications be received.
Position Summary:
Beaumont Hospital is the designated National Centre for excellence in Alpha 1 Anti-Trypsin Deficiency (AATD) and houses the HSE funded National Targeted Detection (NTD) programme. It is recognised worldwide as a major centre for the diagnosis, treatment and research in AATD. Any patient who has a positive result on testing is offered the opportunity to attend Beaumont Hospital specialist AATD clinic where they will receive expert assessment, including lifestyle advice, genetic counselling, and determination of the severity of their condition and its trajectory and allow access to new therapies being considered for AATD. The appointment of a candidate ANP in AATD will be the first of its kind in delivering highly specialised care for patient with AATD, with the focus on the MZ (moderate disease) group of patients with AATD.
Responsibilities
- Key Duties: This cANP service will be a national service, the only one of its kind, and novel in delivering highly specialised care in the area of Alpha1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, with focus on the MZ (Moderate disease) group of patients with AATD.
- A weekly clinic will see both new and returning MZ patients. This ANP led clinic will utilise advanced knowledge and skills to establish baseline clinical features.
- The cANP will collaborate with radiology departments both in Beaumont and nationally to carry out baseline and surveillance CT and Ultrasound.
- The cANP will provide essential education to the patient and family regarding new diagnosis, genetics, genetic discrimination and family screening.
- The cANP will use expert knowledge to deliver comprehensive and holistic care, referring patients to smoking cessation, dieticians, pulmonary rehab as required (MDT collaborations Model of Care).
- The cANP will together with the consultant triage appropriate patients and will manage the risk to those who access the service through collaborative risk assessment and promotion of safe environment.
- A cANP will be a regular feature and point of contact for this patient group, which will ensure continuity of care and service provision.
- The patient will have a direct point of contact and will be receiving expert care and knowledge in this unique and specialised area.
- This cANP will attend weekly AATD MDM and discuss patients reviewed at cANP-led service, any changes to care of each patient will be discussed with the consultant.
- The role of the cANP will include collaboration with the national integrated care hubs for pulmonary rehab, oxygen assessment and physiotherapy and nursing support local to the patient.
- The cANP will also have clear communication with GP and local reginal hospitals to facilitate CT and ultrasounds for patients not living in Dublin. The Targeted Detection Programme (TDP) running in the Beaumont RCSI lab is the first of its kind in the world. This programme has successfully detected 458 people with this MZ form of Alpha-1 in 2025 alone.
The main purpose of the post is to develop the role and supporting documentation under the direction of the Health Care Provider's Advanced Practice Stakeholder Governance Group, to enable the individual nurse to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Criteria for Registration as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner as set out in Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI, 2017).
The individual will have undertaken the academic preparation and developed the clinical and leadership skills, competencies and knowledge required to meet the criteria to be registered as a candidate Advanced Nurse Practitioner (cRANP) with NMBI.
The value of the nursing contribution as a distinct profession must be safeguarded and articulated in the development of new services led by advanced nurse practitioners, complementing rather than replacing current services delivered by doctors (NMBI 2017 p.9).
The overall purpose of the post is to provide safe, timely, evidenced based nurse-led care to patients at an advanced nursing level .This involves undertaking and documenting a complete episode of patient care (assess, diagnose, plan, treat and discharge patients) according to collaboratively agreed protocols and scope of practice in the clinical setting; demonstrating advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, clinical leadership and decision making skills.
The advanced practice role demonstrates a high degree of knowledge, skill and experience that is applied within the nurse-patient/client relationship to achieve optimal outcomes through critical analysis, problem solving and accurate decision-making (NMBI, 2017).
Central to this is the provision of quality care, a safe environment and processes for patients using evidence based clinical guidelines that address patient expectations, promote wellness and evaluate care given.
The role will provide clinical leadership and professional scholarship in order to develop nursing practice and health policy at local, regional and national level.
The role will contribute to nursing research to shape and advance nursing practice, education and health care policy at local, national and international levels.
Principal Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the cANP will be to develop a higher level of capability across the six domains of competences as defined by Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI 2017).
• Professional Values and Conduct• Clinical Decision Making Competences• Knowledge and Cognitive Competences• Communication and Interpersonal Competences• Management and Team Competences• Leadership and Professional Scholarship Competences
Domain 1: Professional Values and Conduct
• Demonstrating accountability and responsibility for professional practice as a lead healthcare professional in the care of patients with AATD.
• Collaborating with his/her supervisor and local stakeholder group to scope the caseload and scope of practice for the cANP AATD.
• Collaborating with his/her supervisor and local stakeholder group to determine the exclusion criteria for the cANP AATD.
• Articulating safe boundaries and engaging in timely referral and collaboration for those areas outside his/her scope of practice, experience, and competence by establishing, in collaboration with key stakeholders, referral pathways and locally agreed policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines to support and guide the Respiratory service.
• Demonstrating leadership by practising compassionately to facilitate, optimise, promote and support the health, comfort, quality of life and wellbeing of persons whose lives are affected by AATD.• Selecting a professional practice model that provides him/her latitude to control his/her own practice, focusing on person centred care, interpersonal interactions and the promotion of healing environments.
• The chosen professional practice model for nursing will emphasise a caring therapeutic relationship between the cANP Alpha 1 Anti-Trypsin deficiency (AATD)and his/her patients, recognising that cANP AATD work in partnership with their multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Articulating and promoting the advanced practice nursing service in clinical, political and professional contexts for example presenting key performance outcomes locally and nationally; contributing to the service's annual report; participating in local and national committees to ensure best practice as per the relevant national clinical and integrated care programme .
Domain 2: Clinical-Decision Making Competences
• Conduct a comprehensive holistic health assessment using evident-based frameworks, policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines to determine diagnoses and inform autonomous advanced nursing care.
• Synthesise and interpret assessment information particularly history including prior treatment outcomes, physical findings and diagnostic data to identify normal, at risk and subnormal states of health.
• Demonstrate timely use of diagnostic investigations / additional evidence-based advanced assessments to inform clinical-decision making.
• Exhibit comprehensive knowledge of therapeutic interventions including pharmacological and non-pharmacological advanced nursing interventions, supported by evidence-based policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines, relevant legislation, and relevant professional regulatory standards and requirements.
• Initiate and implement health promotion activities and self-management plans in accordance with the wider public health agenda.
• Discharge patients from the service as per an agreed supporting policy, procedure, protocols, guidelines and referral pathways.
Domain 3: Knowledge and Cognitive Competences
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