Clinical Nurse Manager 3 ( Medical 2 ) SPC

Overview Post Title:

Clinical Nurse Manager III - Medical 2 Directorate

Post Status:

Specified Purpose Contract

Department

Medical 2 Directorate

Location:

Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9

Reports to:

Directorate Nurse Manager in the Medical 2 Directorate

Salary:

Appointment will be made on Clinical Nurse Manager 3 Grade (€72,146 - €81,478 ) at a point in line with Government pay policy.

Hours of work:

Full time- 37.5 hours per week

Closing Date:

30th September 2026 ( Provisional Interview : 6th Oct 2026 )

Position Summary: In Beaumont Hospital, the Director of Nursing manages and it accountable for the total nursing services at executive level. The Divisional Nurse Manager is accountable to the Director of Nursing for the work of Ward/Departmental Clinical Nurse Managers assigned to his/her Division. The Ward/Departmental Clinical Nurse Managers are in turn accountable to the Divisional Nurse Manager for the performance of the Clinical Nurse Manager 1, Staff Nurses, Student Nurses and ancillary staff working with Nurses on Ward or in Departments. The Medical 2 Directorate, Beaumont Hospital consists of 7 inpatient wards, the Diabetic Day Centre, the Endoscopy Department and Catherisation Laboratory. The main specialist areas within the directorate are Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gerontology, Rhematology, Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Addiction Services.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Management and Leadership

• Provide professional nursing leadership, ensuring that an appropriate structure is in place to support nursing and HCAs at all levels.
• Provide a leading role in areas of professional practice, standards and quality of care, staffing, manpower and personnel management.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager to establish and maintain a working partnership with Consultants, NCHD's, Health & Social Care Professionals and all other members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide an efficient quality service.
• Work with the Directorate Nurse Manager and Endoscopy Clinical Nurse Managers (CNM's) on priority initiatives within the directorate.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager with the implementation of plans for nursing, to include, but not limited to, education, research, practice development and clinical audits, in order to meet service and specialty needs.
• • Establish effective working relationships and communication with all of the directorates, across the hospital.
• • Support the Directorate Nurse Manager with the implementation of plans for nursing, to include, but not limited to, education, research, practice development and clinical audits, in order to meet service and specialty needs.
• • Establish effective working relationships and communication with all of the directorates, across the hospital.
• • Support the Directorate Nurse Manager with the development, maintenance and continuous review of standards of patient care and devise and apply programmes for evaluating compliance and implementing professional nursing policies and standards.
• • The CNM 3 will deputise and carry out delegated duties for the Directorate Nurse Manager as required.
• • Coordinate Monthly meetings with the Nursing management team in Medicine

Professional/Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide safe, comprehensive nursing care to service users within the guidelines laid out by NMBI.
• Promote the development and maintenance of high standards of care and that the care offered is patient centred, sensitive and responsive to service users.
• Practice and promote nursing according to Professional Clinical Guidelines, National and Area Health Service Executive guidelines, local policies, protocols and guidelines, current legislation.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager with the development of a shared sense of commitment and participation among staff in the management of the directorate and the organisational change priorities.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in providing quality of service delivery, ensuring effective, efficient and holistic patient care, education, training and practice development.
• Actively participate in service development initiatives within the directorate and work with the Directorate Nurse Manager to plan at a strategic and local level.
• Create and maintain clear and effective dissemination of information among all levels of the nursing and the wider multi-disciplinary team, as appropriate.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in leading and participating in formalised working groups and committees relating to the ongoing development of the Medical Directorate.
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders in relation to the planning and implementation of patient flow initiatives.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in the analysis, evaluation and the forecast of trends related to service requirements and highlight the wider implications for acute and non-acute services.
• Continuously monitor, suggest and improve upon the services already delivered

Clinical Governance, Quality Assurance, Risk, Health & Safety The Clinical Nurse Manager 3 will:

• Place the values of caring, compassion trust and learning at the core of daily work.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in ensuring effective leadership and systems are in place for the routine audit and collection and evaluation of data relevant to improving patient outcomes.
• Have a working knowledge of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Standards and the HSE Health & Safety Standards as they apply to the role e.g. Standards for Healthcare, National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections, Hygiene Standards, Decontamination Standards etc.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in annual service planning following monitoring and analysis of needs and trends in the previous year.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in leading and participating in clinical audit, for example infection prevention & control, hygiene, decontamination standards, nursing metrics.
• Ensure effective leadership and management in terms of infection prevention control standards, decontamination services, and hygiene services.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in ensuring the directorate has an effective process in place for ensuring risks are assessed, managed and followed up in accordance with hospital procedure.
• Be a visual advocate for safety through preventative action and ensure safety procedures are adhered to and fully implemented.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in the promotion of the reporting of and ensuring adverse incidents are investigated promptly, effectively and with respect for confidentiality.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager in system analysis reviews and investigations relating to the Medical Directorate.
• Support, promote and actively participate in sustainable energy, water and waste initiatives to create a more sustainable, low carbon and efficient health service.

Human Resource Management The Clinical Nurse Manager 3 will:

• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager, ANP's, CNM's & CNS/ CNM2 in managing all nursing and healthcare staff within the service, complying with hospital HR policies and procedures.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager, ANP's, CNM's & CNS/ CNM2 to ensure that nursing staff and HCA's have an established plan in place to complete their mandatory training. Facilitate nursing staff and HCA's to continue their education and personal development to support improved organisational performance.
• Provide support to develop a training module schedule to assist to train rotational staff new to the directorate.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager, ANP's, CNM's & CNS/ CNM2 to regularly review staff complements and skill-mix in assigned areas ensuring that staffing is appropriate for current and projected clinical and operational demands.
• Provide support to CNM's to ensure maintenance of a high level of staff morale, promoting good communications, team spirit and job satisfaction among nursing, multidisciplinary and support staff within the Medical 2 Directorate.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager, ANP's, CNM's & CNS/ CNM2 in managing sickness and absence in accordance with hospital policy.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager with the monitoring of spending in relation to the nursing budget and reporting of trends as appropriate to the directorate.
• Assist in the interviewing process for the recruitment of nursing and healthcare staff for the Directorate as appropriate and ensure effective local induction takes place.

Financial Performance The Clinical Nurse Manager 3 will:

• Actively pursues resource efficiency measures and Value for Money initiatives which contribute to the overall hospital budgetary, financial and headcount challenges.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager by actively participating in the management of the nursing pay and non-pay budget, to highlight variances and take appropriate action, including the management of the pay budget for bank and agency nursing staff within the directorate.
• Support the Directorate Nurse Manager to closely monitor nursing expenditure ensuring effective use of resources. Providing reports on activity, income and expenditure as appropriate.

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