Clinical Nurse Specialist Mental Health Services

Overview

Location of Post 

Cavan Monaghan Mental Health Services

 

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health) from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose

vacancies of full or part-time duration will be filled in Cavan Monaghan General Adult Psychiatry or Psychiatry of Later Life Community Mental Health Teams

 

Please state on application/CV if you wish to interview for Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Community Mental Health Service or Psychiatry of Later Life Community Mental Health Service or both

 

Informal Enquiries

Emma McKeown

Acting Director of Nursing, Mental Health

Email: areadon.cmmhs@hse.ie

Phone: 047 95357  

Organisational Context

Purpose of the Post

The purpose of this Clinical Nurse Specialist Mental Health post is to deliver care in line

with the five core concepts of the role set out in the Framework for the Establishment of Clinical Nurse Specialist Posts, 4th edition,

National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (NCNM) 2008.

 

The concepts are:o Clinical Focus (Direct and Indirect Care)o Service user/client Advocacyo Education and Trainingo Audit and Researcho Consultancy (including leadership in clinical practice)

 

The successful candidate will work as a key member of the multidisciplinary community mental health team providing a patient / client centred quality service to patients / clients

and this specialist practice will encompass a major clinical focus which comprises assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care given to patients / clients and their families.CaseloadThe Clinical Nurse Specialist Mental Health will focus on delivering recovery focussed, person centred care in a community to users of Cavan Monaghan General Adult Psychiatry or

Psychiatry of Later Life Community Mental Health Teams

 

Details of Service

The HSE provide a wide range of community and hospital based mental health services in Ireland and these services have been evolving

as we continue to move from the hospital model to providing more care in communities and in clients' own homes.  It is estimated that up to one

in five of us will experience some mental health problems in our lifetime and in order to meet these needs, Mental Health Services are expanding and evolving. 

 

We are committed to providing progressive high standards of recovery-based nursing care to clients with a wide range of mental health

issues which range from basic to complex, severe psychiatric care needs. Services include Adult, Older Adult, Psychiatry of Later Life, and ID with a Mental Health Diagnosis, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

 

Mental Health Services offer more rewarding nursing career opportunities than you may be aware of.  Our nurse led services allow extensive opportunities to fully engage in the delivery of holistic quality care,

working with many other health care professionals such as Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Behavioural Therapists, Counsellors,

Occupational Therapists, General Practitioner’s, Social Workers, to ensure the best outcomes for service users and residents.

 

Mental Health Services actively encourage and support continual professional development as well as extensive access to rewarding career pathways. 

Nurses with experience qualify to apply for a variety of promotional managerial roles such as Clinical Nurse Manager, while those seeking specialist pathways can develop within roles such as complex,

severe psychiatric care needs. Services include Adult, Older Adult, Psychiatry of Later Life, and ID with a Mental Health Diagnosis, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

 

Essential Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

 

Qualifications and/ or experience

 

Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc (a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition: (i) Be a registered nurse/midwife on the active Register of Nurses and Midwives held by An Bord Altranais and Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland) or be eligible to be so registered.

 

AND

(ii) Be registered in the division(s) of Psychiatric in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) Register for which the application is being made or be entitled to be so registered. AND

(iii) Have a minimum of 1 years’ post registration full time e