Clinical Nurse Manager 2 - Frailty-Ambulatory Emergency Care

Clinical Nurse Manager 2 | Frailty - Ambulatory Emergency Care

Specific Purpose Contract, Full Time & Part Time Hours.

The post-holder is professionally accountable to the Director of Nursing of Mercy University Hospital.

Clinically accountable to the supervising Consultant (Gerontology).

Responsibilities Include:

• Support the ambulatory emergency care pathway for frail older people presenting to Emergency Department (ED).

• Assist in timely comprehensive geriatric assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

• Work closely with the MDT team members including ANPs, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Junior Doctors, and Consultants.

• Use clinical judgement and critical thinking skills to review and manage plans for frail older adults attending the ED, with Consultant and MDT support.

• Responsibile for the clinical environment and for ensuring the provision of quality patient care by acting as an integral member of the team.

• Provide a high level of professional and clinical leadership in all aspects of nursing care.

• Act as positive and accountable role model in providing direct patient care.

• Assess, evaluate and review the requirements of individual patient needs

• Manage patient care to ensure the highest professional standards an evidence-based care planning approach.

• Identify objectives, evaluate and manage the implementation of best practice, policies and procedures.

• Collaborate with the Senior Nurse Managers, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing services.

• Collaborate with the Bed Management unit to ensure timely and accurate transmission of information in relation to admission, transfer and discharge

• Ensure that appropriate mandatory training and professional development programmes are met.

• Adhere to, and uphold the principles of, the code of Professional Conduct and Ethics (NMBI / An Bord Altranais 2025).

• Ensure that modern standards of clinical nursing care are in operation.

• Use the outcomes of audit to develop action plans and support their implementation.

• Ensure adherence to established policies and procedures, e.g. health and safety, infection control, storage and use of controlled drugs etc.

• Ensure completion of incident and near miss forms.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Are registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI / Bord Altranais agus Cnaimhseachais na hEireann) or entitled to be so registered.

• Have at least 5 years post registration experience (or an aggregrate of 5 years fulltime post registration experience) of which 2 years must be in the speciality or related area.

• Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.

• Candidates must demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development.

• Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability including a high standard of suitability and clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.

Closing date for applications is 1pm, Friday 18****th September 2026.

MUH reserve the right to create a panel for this post from which permanent, fixed term and specified purpose vacancies of a full or part time duration may be filled.

Mercy University Hospital (MUH)

MUH is a growing voluntary hospital in the heart of Cork City. We have over 1,800 staff providing complex diagnostic, medical and surgical care through our inpatient, day patient, outpatient and emergency services.

We are a teaching hospital, a centre of national and international excellence, and are renowned for our research and tertiary services.

Providing 24/7 acute surgical, acute medical and critical care, MUH now has multiple sites across the city and continues to expand. We recently opened our Blarney Rehabilitation Unit, a post-acute care specialist rehabilitation unit with 50 beds in Blarney, County Cork.

We support staff development with approx. 100 promotions annually. We prioritise work life balance with 28% of our team working part time hours. We offer nationally agreed enhanced Salary Scales, Pension Scheme, excellent holidays, canteen, and Study Leave and Assistance.

From Cardiac Care to Intensive Care, our varied specialist services offer real career choice to our team. For fully registered NMBI recognised nurses, we offer a generous relocation package (if coming from abroad).

We live by our Core Values of Compassion, Excellence, Justice, Respect and Team Spirit.