Staff Nurse

Sacred Heart nursing home is a 48 bedded family run private nursing home with an emphasis on providing excellent patient centred care to each resident.

The role of the nurse will be to provide excellent nursing care while promoting independence and enhancing our residents quality of life to enable them live fulfilled lives with care, respect and dignity. The nurse will be responsible for directing and supervising health care assistants.

• Reporting to the Director of Nursing.
• Maintain the highest standard of nursing care within the home and ensure all staff are performing their duties adequately.
• Ensure that all residents are treated with dignity, privacy and respect and ensuring they are treated as individuals.
• Establish a personal and meaningful relationship with all residents, relatives and visitors, ensuring appropriate support is given at all times.
• Ensure all admissions to the home are carried out correctly and all appropriate documentation completed.
• Ensure that all relevant documentation is completed to the standards required.
• Maintain professional standards in keeping with An Bord Altranais Code of Professional Conduct and understand all An Bord Altranais documents and their implications for nursing practice.
• Maintain clear, concise and accurate records within the home in accordance with legislation.
• Ensures the agreed policies and procedures for the control, administration and custody of all drugs and medicines are adhered to.
• Knowledge and awareness of HIQA standards and ability to participate in inspection process.

Skills and experienced required

• Caring and compassionate, and be passionate about providing high quality person-centred care
• Clinical experience working in a Residential Nursing Care setting
• Registered on the Irish live register (NMBI). Must have active PIN.
• Experience of HIQA Standards and Health Act Regulations 2013
• Fluent in English language (verbal and written) and be eligible to work in Ireland
• Strong communication and listening skills

All posts are subject to satisfactory references, medical and Garda vetting.Nursing and Midwifery board of Ireland registration required (NMBI )

Applicants welcome from general/ psychiatric and children's nursing

Day and night shifts available. Full and part time position available

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Benefits:

• Flexitime

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Johnstown, CO. Kilkenny: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Are you in Ireland at the moment and have the necessary documents to allow you to work

Experience:

• Nursing: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland registration (required)

Work Location: In person