Advanced Nurse Practitioners required for the HSE Enhanced Community Care Programme (ECCP).
ECCP are seeking candidates with experience in Chronic Diseases - Respiratory, Diabetes and Cardiology.
The advanced practice service is provided by nurses who practice at a higher level of capability as independent, autonomous and expert advanced practitioners. The overall purpose of the service is to provide safe, timely, evidenced based nurse-led care to patients at an advanced nursing level. This involves undertaking and documenting complete episodes of patient care, which include 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) demonstrates advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge, critical thinking, clinical leadership and complex decision-making abilities.
The RANP (Older Persons) practices in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (NMBI, 2014), the 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) 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) has a role in the ongoing development of the Integrated Care Programme for older persons in Mid West Community Healthcare.
The RANP (Older Persons) has a role in the ongoing development of the Inpatient Rehabilitation pathway for older adults requiring inpatient Rehabilitation service in St. Joseph’s Hospital.
The RANP (Older Persons) practices to a higher level of capability across six domains of competence as defined by Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (NMBI, 2017).
The six domains of competence are as follows:
• Professional Values and Conduct
• Clinical-Decision Making
• Knowledge and Cognitive Competences
• Communication and Interpersonal Competences
• Management and Team Competences
• Leadership and Professional Scholarship Competences
The RANP (Older Persons) practises nursing according to:
• The Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (NMBI, 2014);
• Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice Framework (NMBI 2015);
• Values for Nurses and Midwives in Ireland – Care, Compassion and Commitment (Department of Health, 2016);
• Advanced Practice Nursing Standards and Requirements (NMBI, 2017);
• National Health Policies and Procedures (latest versions) {list as relevant to the service for example: Houses of the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare (Sláintecare, 2017), National Consent Policy (HSE 2013, revised 2016);
• Local policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines;
• Current legislation as relevant to the role.