CHE592025 : Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Intellectual Disabilities Positive Behaviours Support / Sain-Altra Cliniciúil (Míchumas Intleachtúil)

Location of the Post :

Dublin South & Wicklow (IHADSW) Community Disability Services and Southside Intellectual Disability Services (SSID) Residential Services. / FSS Bhaile Átha Cliath Theas agus Cill Mhantáin

The post will be based in Bray Civic Centre, Bray, County Wicklow. There will be a requirement to be available to attend MDT meetings in Junction House, Kilnamanagh Primary Care Centre, Tallaght Dublin 24. / Lárionad Cathrach, Bré, Co. Chill Mhantáin

The HSE provides a wide range of community based services for people with Intellectual Disabilities and co-existing conditions in various social circumstances within the Regional Health Area. These services are strategically evolving and developing within the Regional Health Area and the Clinical Nurse Specialist Positive Behaviour Support will have a pivotal role in the provision services within Dublin South & Wicklow. CNS will at times need to base themselves in the various parts of the service based on clinical need

There is currently one permanent fulltime (1 WTE) vacancy available in Eist (Evaluation & Intensive Support Team). Eist is multi-disciplinary team aligned to Southside Intellectual Disability Services and Adult Community Disability Services IHADSW.

A panel may be created from this campaign for Clinical Nurse Specialist (Intellectual Disabilities) Community Healthcare East from which current and future permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full time or part time duration may be filled.

Purpose of the Post :

The purpose of this Clinical Nurse Specialist 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 / Midwife Specialised Posts, 4th Edition, National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (NCNM) 2008. The CNS Positive Behavour Support will :

• Provide a specialist Intellectual Disabilities service to residents and service users of SSID and Adult Community Disability Services, their families and or carers.
• Provide specialist nursing advice to Health Care Staff.
• Implement evidence based practice and relevant best practice on Intellectual Disabilities.
• Collaborate for co-ordination, management and leading the development and delivery of services for adults with disabilities and / or autism within South Side Intellectual Disability and Adult Disability Services in Dublin South Wicklow
• Be required to support the principle that the care of the service user comes first at all times and will approach their work with the flexibility and enthusiasm necessary to make this principle a reality for every resident to the greatest possible degree.
• Maintain throughout the services awareness of the primacy of the individual in relation to all service activities.
• The post holder will liaise with the person, their keyworker, wider staff support and the MDT in order to design and support any plans put in place for each individual. The focus will be person centred and proactive.
• The caseload for the post holder will be adults with intellectual Disability who are currently using South Side Intellectual l Disability Services and IHADSW Disability Services.
• Clinical Nurse Specialist in Intellectual Disabilities will initially focus on the adults referred for interdisciplinary supports via the EIST referral pathway.

This role may expand at some stage, but there will be consultation between the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Area Director of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing