Job Descriptions
DESCRIPTION AND VISION OF SERVICES
The Brothers of Charity
Services Ireland – West Region provide a community based, person centred
service focusing on the needs and abilities of children and adults with
intellectual disabilities. The vision of
the service is to support people with intellectual disabilities to achieve a
full and valued life in their community, in line with best practice both
nationally and internationally. Working in partnership with each person
supported by services, and their family and communities, we aim to create
opportunities for people supported by services to have ordinary life
experiences and to be closely connected to family and friends. We are committed
to supporting people to live a life of their choosing, and the provision of
quality services to meet the needs of the people we support.
County Roscommon Adult Services provide a range of community based services including day,
residential, respite, community outreach, family support and a range of
multidisciplinary support services.
People are supported in various types of day settings – day centres,
supported employment, social and micro enterprises, training and education and
these can be in groups or individualised.
People are supported in residential settings in their own homes in the
community individually and in groups with different staffing support levels
depending on their levels of disability.
Our Services are person centred focusing on the
needs and abilities of adults with intellectual disabilities and autism. Our focus going forward is to form a
relationship/partnership with each individual and their family and communities,
supporting people to plan and direct their own service so that they can enjoy a
life with a healthy balance of supports.
We wish to create opportunities for people who use our service to have
valued social roles in their communities and to form friendships.
We wish to recruit innovative, creative and motivated people who
will relish the opportunity to assist in achieving this vision as part of a
team. We are looking for people who will be flexible and adapt to the needs of
particular individuals they support and are open to change.
Various Locations Across County
Roscommon: North – Boyle, Ballaghaderreen, Frenchpark;
South – Athlone; East – Strokestown, Elphin, Tulsk, Ballinagare;
West – Castlerea, Ballintubber,
Ballinlough, Cloonfad; Mid – Roscommon
town, Kilteevan, Athleague, Tremane/Rahara.
Staff allocation could be either within residential/respite/day
settings or in community services or in an individual’s own home. The appointee
will initially commence working in one particular area of the service and this
work location may change due to future service needs.
Reporting/Responsible to:
Team Leader/Residential Services Manager/Area Manager
Working With:
People supported and their families/Team Leader/Multidisciplinary
staff/Service Management.
Qualifications:
Candidates must have -
- A current Live Register
Certificate from the NMBI (An Bord Altranais), RNID or RGN qualification
is essential.
- Candidates must have a
current full clean manual Irish driving licence; this is an essential
requirement of the post.
Experience:
Experience and an appreciation of the responsibilities of the post
and issues affecting the everyday lives of individuals with an Intellectual
Disability is desirable. Full training will be provided.
Skills:
Candidates must demonstrate:
- Good judgement, discretion
and confidentiality.
- The ability to communicate
effectively in both written and verbal forms, and to communicate
sensitively with family members and work with them for the best outcomes.
- Creative problem solving
skills.
- The ability to work
independently and seek support from multi-disciplinary colleagues as
appropriate.
- Patience, flexibility,
creativity and eagerness to become involved in a range of activities.
- Ability to educate other
staff and family members in positive health promotion needs.
- The successful candidate will
be required to co-operate in a team environment with a person-centred
philosophy, participate in person-centred planning, individual reviews,
team meetings, attend and participate in training courses, and actively
contribute to team based performance management.
Working Hours:
Various Contracts -permanent, temporary or
fixed term, full time, part time, Staff Nurse/Enhanced Nurse appointments
All posts are based on a 14-day duty roster. The
successful candidate will be required to
work days, evenings, weekends, public holidays, sleepovers and night duty to
meet service needs.
The Brothers of Charity Services model of service is based on
Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible in their working
hours to provide a quality service delivery for each individual.
Annual Leave:
24 days pro rata per annum (pro-rata for part-time). Appropriate service related leave will be
granted after 5 and 10 years’ service respectively.
Remuneration:
Department of Health salary scales
apply:
Staff Nurse - €32,542 pro-rata
per annum x 12 increments - €48,417 pro rata per annum. Long Service Increment €49,868 pro-rata per
annum is granted after 3 years on the maximum of the scale.
Enhanced Nurse - € 39,291 pro rata per annum x 7 increments -
€50,018. Long Service Increment €51,482 pro-rata per annum is granted after 3
years on the maximum of the scale.
Salary quoted is based on a 39 hour working week.
The successful candidate will be
granted incremental credit subject to satisfactory verification of previous
relevant nursing service.
The Brothers of Charity Services model of service is based on
Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible in their working
hours to provide a quality service delivery for each individual.
Additional payments will be made for weekends, public holidays, and
sleep-ins and night duty when worked.
Tenure:
A panel may be formed as a result of this process from
which subsequent permanent, temporary or fixed term Staff Nurse / Enhanced
Nurse appointments within the Service location may be offered over the next 6
months.
Probation:
A probationary period of nine months from the date of appointment
applies to the post. The employment may
be terminated at any time during the probationary period should the employer
find that the appointee is unsuitable to continue employment. The probation period may be extended at the
Employer’s discretion.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Brothers of Charity Services model of service is based on
Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible and creative in
their approach and in their working hours to provide a quality service delivery
for each individual.
Specific Conditions
- Staff must have a positive
attitude towards working with persons with an intellectual disability and
help to ensure that they lead as normal and enjoyable a life as possible.
- Staff must treat each person
with an intellectual disability as an individual and at all times
acknowledge and respect the rights and personal dignity of the person with
an intellectual disability.
- Staff are required to
establish and maintain relationships with adults with disabilities that
are based on respect and equality and that promote their independence.
Main duties and functions:
- Develop a good working
relationship with families and key people involved with the people
supported by the services, as appropriate.
- Actively pursue and ensure
the delivery of a person centred service, through the delivery of Personal
Outcomes. Be involved as a Key Worker and assist other team members in
their role as Key Workers.
- Record and monitor outcomes
and track progress.
- Be aware of and take
responsibility in ensuring compliance with HIQA standards.
- Formulate and implement
programmes designed for the needs of the individual, in co-operation with
the multidisciplinary team as required.
- Take responsibility for the
supply, storage, stock and administration of medications in accordance
with the policy of the Service.
- Take part in the education
and training of care assistants in responsible and safe medication
management and carry out practical assessments of their competence in
their area of work.
- Assist the people we support
with personal banking and ensuring adherence to the National Guidelines on
managing individual’s finances.
- Devise appropriate programmes
of activity for the individual in line with their expressed or felt needs
and desires.
- Keep appropriate records to
enable full reports regarding the people supported to be available
including individual person plans, personal outcomes assessments and
reviews.
- Promote community integration
and maximum participation for the individual.
- Support and direct the work
of Support Workers and provide feedback and direction as required.
- Drive the service vehicle and
escort the people we support on transport as required in order to meet
their needs.
- Be an active member of your
assigned team.
- Ensure that individual’s
money is spent according to their wishes and all that appropriate records
are kept of same in line with policy. Awareness of resource management is
also important with the ability to achieve efficiencies in resource usage.
- Co-operate on all aspects of
programmes with the staff team and the multidisciplinary team.
- Ensure that a good working
relationship is fostered and maintained in the work place.
- Facilitate reporting at
Individual Plan meetings and at people supported review meetings.
- Ensure that all
accidents/incidents to the people supported by the services, staff or
visitors or equipment are reported promptly and that all staff are made
fully aware of the contents of the Safety Statement for the Centre. Record
all incidents/accidents as per the AIRS system.
- Ensure that high standard of
hygiene is maintained in the house’s, by carrying out household duties
such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry work. Be responsible to ensure that
hygiene and infection control standards are actively enforced.
- Operate within the policies
and procedures of the Services at all times.
- Comply with all national
regulations and standards as set down by HIQA.
- Ensure confidentiality is
maintained in all matters concerning the people supported by the services
including the safe storage of reports and records.
- Embrace change and take on
new developments in I.T. around storage of records and inputting of data
onto databases.
- Promote dignity at work and
show respect to the people we support, colleagues and stakeholders in the
course of duty.
- Perform such other duties
appropriate to the post as may be assigned from time to time by the Team
Manager/Deputy. The duties must be
carried out in person at all times.
- As the duties and
responsibilities of any post in the Services are likely to change with the
ongoing need of the people supported by the services, i.e. age, level of
disability, Personal Outcome Measures etc., staff are expected to have a
high level of flexibility, willingness and an ability to develop new
approaches to their work as the people we support needs demand.
The role of the post holder will not be limited by reference to this
Job Description. It would be expected
that the role will evolve as professional, structural and people supported
demands change and the post holder will be expected to demonstrate flexibility
skills that will facilitate
this.
Enhanced Nurse additional duties and
responsibilities if applicable:
The following outline the additional roles and responsibilities
incumbent on you in your new role as an Enhanced Nurse and are in addition to
the duties that are outlined in your job description for your current nursing
role.
- To practice
Nursing according to the Code of Professional Conduct issued by the Bord
Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing Midwifery Board
Ireland) and Professional Clinical Guidelines;
- To work within your scope of
practice and take measures to maintain and enhance the competence
necessary for professional practice;
- Complying with and adhere to all relevant
policies and procedures;
- Promoting the safety, health,
welfare and social wellbeing of persons supported and respect the dignity
and confidentiality of persons supported and their families;
- Promoting persons supported
advocacy and maintain persons supported privacy and dignity;
- Performing the full range of
clinical duties appropriate to your area of practice and as determined by
your line manager to ensure a comprehensive nursing service is delivered
to the persons supported you work with;
- Maintaining appropriate and
accurate written/electronic nursing records, person centred plans and care
plans regarding person supported support in accordance with local /
national / professional guidelines
- Utilising appropriate
evidence-based and recognised screening tools, risk prediction models,
assessment and enhanced skills to support person supported in their home
(e.g. Early Warning Scores, Falls Assessment);
- Supporting and cooperating
with the sharing of tasks as per national agreements;
- Engaging in continuous skill
acquisition and be supported as appropriate in doing so to ensure the
ongoing development of the enhanced role
- Taking responsibility for own
competency and learning and development needs and actively contribute to
the learning and development of the wider nursing, multi-disciplinary and
primary care team
- Completing all mandatory
training as deemed necessary by the Director of Nursing, the employer and
Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing Midwifery Board
Ireland);
- Supporting the training and
education of nursing students and participating in the clinical/ workplace
induction of new nursing and clinical support staff (e.g. Care Assistants
and other relevant grades in the ID Sector).
- Contributing to the
identification of training needs pertinent to the clinical area;
- Developing clinical teaching
skills and participating in the planning and implementation of
orientation, training and teaching programmes for nursing students and
other healthcare staff allocated to the service e.g. Preceptorship,
mentoring and coaching.
- Co-operating with and
implement, where appropriate, strategies developed to move work to the
community, including decongregation of settings;
- Co-operate with changes
arising from implementation of the recommendations of the review of
nursing and non-nursing in all areas including areas and changes arising
from the implementation of national policies and legislation.
- Participating in clinical
governance structures within the local / regional / national clinical
governance framework;
- Reporting complaints/
incidents and assist with the investigation of same as appropriate;
- Facilitating and support the
delegation of appropriate tasks to other clinical support grades as part
of the nursing team;
- Co-operating with the
implementation of the agreed new structures developed to support
Integrated Care Organisations and Government policy in the sector.
- Supporting the implementation
of all recommendations from the HCA review including development of
appropriate policies and guidelines to promote and sustain delegation;
- Co-operating with the
introduction of ICT systems including those to support the Safe Nurse
Staffing Framework, or any agreed alternative as may apply in the ID
sector, and input, utilise and analyse the data;
- Collecting and input data on
nursing metrics or other metrics relevant to persons supported;
- Ensuring that records are
protected and managed as per HSE / local policy and in accordance with
relevant legislation;
- Working closely with
colleagues across health services in order to provide a seamless service
delivery to the persons supported as part of integration;
- Participating in and
contributing to and providing data as required to any verification process
at local, regional or national level for the purposes of documenting and
assuring delivery of the range of duties specified in this Contract;
- Undertake any other duties in
accordance with your scope of practice as may be assigned by the Assistant
Director of Nursing, Clinical Nurse Manager II or Employer.
[1] For example; Time to Move on from Congregate settings; New
Directions; Assisted Decision Making legislation
[2] Including Time to Move on from
Congregate settings; New Directions; Assisted Decision Making legislation.
Engagement and Consultation on these matters with the relevant trade union will
occur
