Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (RANP) Older Persons Rehabilitation

Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (RANP) Older Persons Rehabilitation

• Peamount Hospital, County Dublin, Ireland
• Full time, Permanent

Who We Are

Peamount Healthcare is an independent voluntary organisation that operates in partnership with the HSE Health Region, Dublin and Midlands to provide a range of health and social care services. Peamount Healthcare is a registered charity and is directly funded by the HSE under Section 38 of the Health Act 2004. The hospital provides consultant led, multidisciplinary, specialist rehabilitation services to patients at the right time and in the right place, which improve patient outcomes.

Skills and attributes

• Clinical Knowledge
• Planning and Organising

Job Specification and Terms and Conditions Overview

• Campaign Reference - RQ1131
• Job Title & Grade - Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (RANP) Older Persons Rehabilitation
• Tenure - Permanent Full Time
• Hours of Work - 37.5 Hours - the allocation of these hours will be at the discretion of the Department Head and in accordance with needs of service
• Location of Post - Peamount Healthcare, Newcastle, Co. Dublin
• Working Model - Fully Onsite
• Annual Leave - As per Health Service Executive (HSE)
• Proposed Interview Date - Week of 25th May (to be confirmed - At least 1 weeks' notice will be provided)
• Take Up Appointment - Successful applicant(s) must be available to take up the role within a reasonable timeframe
• Reporting Relationship - Professionally accountable to the Director of Nursing, Peamount Healthcare. Operationally reports to Assistant Director of Nursing. Clinically accountable to the Consultant Geriatrician.

Our Values

• Person centred - seeing each person as unique, giving them a voice and focusing on ability.
• Respect - creating a supportive environment where everyone is given courteous and respectful care and support.
• Excellence - enabling interdisciplinary teams to deliver high quality integrated care, meaningful outcomes with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Team working - fostering an inclusive, healthy working environment where people are valued and recognised for their individual and shared achievements.
• Quality improvement - supporting teams to embed continuous improvement methodology as part of everything we do.
• Education & Research - partnering with academia to support education, learning, research and evidence based care.

Benefits of Working in Peamount

• Yearly Increment
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Free Parking
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Educational Funding
• Subsidised Canteen
• Award Winning Tranquillity Room
• Staff/Family Fun Days

Purpose of the Post

The RANP Older Persons Rehabilitation will practice at a high level of capability as an independent, autonomous and expert practitioner. The overall purpose of the RANP Older Persons Rehabilitation service is to provide safe, timely, evidence based nurse led care to Older People at an advanced nursing level. This involves undertaking and documenting complete episodes of patient care, which includes comprehensively assessing, diagnosing, planning, treating and discharging patients in accordance with collaboratively agreed local policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines and/or service level agreements/ memoranda of understanding. The RANP Older Persons Rehabilitation demonstrates advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, clinical leadership and complex decision making abilities. The RANP Older Persons Rehabilitation practices in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (NMBI 2014), Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice Framework (NMBI 2015), Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI 2017), and the Values for Nurses and Midwives in Ireland (Department of Health 2016). The RANP Older Persons Rehabilitation service provides clinical leadership and professional scholarship in the delivery of optimal nursing services and informs the development of evidence based health policy at local, regional and national levels. The RANP Older Persons contributes to nursing research that shapes and advances nursing practice, education and health care policy at local, national and international levels. The RANP Older Persons Rehabilitation will address unmet needs with older persons with frailty by supporting the residential care services on campus.

Main objectives of this RANP Older Persons Rehabilitation post at Peamount Healthcare

• To lead on the development of the Advanced Practice Older Persons nursing service at Peamount Healthcare in collaboration with nursing, medical and health and social care professional colleagues.
• To manage an autonomous caseload of patients identified collaboratively within an agreed scope of practice (Domain 1).
• To expertly assess the older adult, providing specialist geriatric opinion through holistic Cognitive Geriatric assessment (CGA) of the person including treatment and diagnosis at advanced level and refer to other health professionals as appropriate.
• Accurately documenting assessment, diagnosis and integrated plan of care.
• To combine skills and knowledge on a range of social, biological, and psychological variables in the provision of holistic care.

Point on Salary Scale

• New appointees coming from the private sector will be placed on the minimum point of the scale
• Clinical and Therapy Grades and Staff Nurses: Incremental credit may be applied for recognised relevant service in Ireland and abroad (Department of Health Circular 2/2011) in the Civil Service, local authorities, public service, health service and other public service bodies and statutory agencies.

Your application must be your own work and reflect your own experiences, competencies and skills. Do not use AI to complete the application form.

We are all too aware that imposter syndrome and the confidence gap can sometimes stop fantastic candidates putting themselves forward, so please do submit an application - we'd love to hear from you.

Peamount Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer