Enhanced Primary Care Nurse - 6 month Fixed Term Contract
Primary Care
Dublin
Skills:
Recruitment
Insurance
Healthcare
audits
Sustainability
Hygiene
Nursing
Counselling
Quality Improvement
SAT
Description
Enhanced Primary Care Nurse - 6 month Fixed Term Contract (EPC040326)
Contract - Fixed Term
Primary Care
Balally, Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland
Job Details
Role Title: Enhanced Primary Care Nurse
Location: Balally, Dublin 16
Grade: Staff Nurse
Contract: 6-month FTC
Vhi Health & Wellbeing DAC currently recruiting for an Enhanced Primary Care Nurse role. This role is to carry out the screening of patients and enhanced primary care nursing duties and to support the enhanced primary care nurse lead in the delivery of care to the highest clinical standard across enhanced primary care. You will join a multidisciplinary team of health professional including GP’s and AHSCP’s in the delivery of effective and high-quality primary care, encompassing medical screening to all patients across multiple locations.
Clinic Hours Mon-Fri 8.00-20.00, Sat 8:00-13:00
About us
Our purpose at Vhi is to help our customers and patients live longer, stronger and healthier lives. A big part of delivering this purpose is to create a workplace culture where all colleagues feel connected, informed and motivated to do their best work. At Vhi, we have a set of shared values that drive the kind of behaviour we want and that will support colleagues to grow, develop and play a key part in our success.
Leading the way in private healthcare, we now offer an extensive range of healthcare services, including: urgent care, planned care, primary care, health screening, hospital @ home, women’s health, digital health, out of hours emergency dental care, and nurseline 24/7. The efficient running of these services is made possible by our teams of highly skilled healthcare professionals.
What we offer
In addition to offering a competitive basic salary, the offer comes with the following benefits:
What will you do:
What you need to be successful
Education & Knowledge:
Certificates of competence in;
Interpersonal skills
Sustainability
At Vhi, we believe that the health of people and the health of the planet are interconnected. That’s why we’re on a journey towards an integrated model of healthcare that puts people and the planet at its heart.
Our Commitment to Inclusion and Accessibility
At Vhi, we are on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations at every stage of the recruitment process for candidates with disabilities, neurodivergence, or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation, please contact recruitment@vhi.ie, and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch via email.
Any information you provide will be treated confidentially within the recruitment team and used solely for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations during the application and recruitment process.
Vhi is an equal opportunities employer
Ready to start your journey? Apply now.
Location: Balally, Dublin 16
Grade: Staff Nurse
Contract: 6-month FTC
Vhi Health & Wellbeing DAC currently recruiting for an Enhanced Primary Care Nurse role. This role is to carry out the screening of patients and enhanced primary care nursing duties and to support the enhanced primary care nurse lead in the delivery of care to the highest clinical standard across enhanced primary care. You will join a multidisciplinary team of health professional including GP’s and AHSCP’s in the delivery of effective and high-quality primary care, encompassing medical screening to all patients across multiple locations.
Clinic Hours Mon-Fri 8.00-20.00, Sat 8:00-13:00
About us
Our purpose at Vhi is to help our customers and patients live longer, stronger and healthier lives. A big part of delivering this purpose is to create a workplace culture where all colleagues feel connected, informed and motivated to do their best work. At Vhi, we have a set of shared values that drive the kind of behaviour we want and that will support colleagues to grow, develop and play a key part in our success.
Leading the way in private healthcare, we now offer an extensive range of healthcare services, including: urgent care, planned care, primary care, health screening, hospital @ home, women’s health, digital health, out of hours emergency dental care, and nurseline 24/7. The efficient running of these services is made possible by our teams of highly skilled healthcare professionals.
What we offer
In addition to offering a competitive basic salary, the offer comes with the following benefits:
- Bonus: up to 10% of basic salary
- Health Insurance: Comprehensive healthcare cover for you and your family
- Pension: Up to 10% employer contribution
- Income Continuance
What will you do:
- Carry out medical screenings and other enhanced primary care nursing requirements of patients to the highest clinical standard.
- Duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Phlebotomy
- Primary childhood and adult immunisations
- Cervical check
- ECG/ABPM
- Ear syringing/suctioning
- Wound care/suture removal
- Chronic disease management
- Lifestyle management
- Medical screening
- Support the Enhanced Primary Care CNM 2 in ensuring standards are achieved and maintained.
- Provide leadership to agency nurses to ensure they are following policies and procedures.
- Participate in induction training and competency assessment for new starters/ agency nurses.
- Monitor and ensure that all required medical consumables and equipment are available, maintained and calibrated in the Medical Centre and maintain equipment logs.
- Manage clinical waste produced as per Vhi Health & Wellbeing guidelines.
- Answer patient queries as required.
- Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives and take a proactive role in identifying and suggesting areas for improvement.
- Work as part of a team to ensure patients receive excellent clinical and customer-focused experience.
- Support project work in the development of new initiatives within the Screening and primary care services.
- Other duties as may be required but will not expand outside your scope of practice.
- Support Screening services within our nationwide Corporate Sites
What you need to be successful
Education & Knowledge:
Certificates of competence in;
- Venepuncture,
- Infection Control and Hand Hygiene,
- Basic Life Support
- Manual and Patient Handling.
- Minimum of 3 years post graduate clinical nursing experience within the past 5 years.
- Must be registered on the General Division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
Interpersonal skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Professional, courteous manner.
- Competent in computer skills.
- Experience of working in a Health Screening environment/Primary care is desirable.
- Flexibility to travel across multiple locations as required
- Demonstrated alignment to Vhi
Sustainability
At Vhi, we believe that the health of people and the health of the planet are interconnected. That’s why we’re on a journey towards an integrated model of healthcare that puts people and the planet at its heart.
Our Commitment to Inclusion and Accessibility
At Vhi, we are on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations at every stage of the recruitment process for candidates with disabilities, neurodivergence, or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation, please contact recruitment@vhi.ie, and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch via email.
Any information you provide will be treated confidentially within the recruitment team and used solely for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations during the application and recruitment process.
Vhi is an equal opportunities employer
Ready to start your journey? Apply now.
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