HSEMW26.180 Clinical Nurse Manager 1 Public Health Altrabainisteoir Cliniciúil I Sláinte Phoiblí

The Clinical Nurse Manager 1 appointed to this post will work as a part of multi-disciplinary teams delivering a coordinated approach to the Vaccination Programmes. The Irish Vaccination Programme is designed to ensure the safe effective and efficient administration of vaccines to all who are eligible.

HSE Mid West Health Region

The newly established HSE Mid-West Health Region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services for Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary serving a population of over 413,059 people. The redesign of services will allow new pathways to be developed between acute hospitals, community services, primary care, health & wellbeing and voluntary sectors to develop more integrated, patient-centred care.

Public Health Mid West

Public Health works across the four domains: health protection, health service improvement, health improvement and health intelligence, (hereafter referred as public health domains), and aims to prevent disease and improve health-related outcomes through the design, utilisation and evaluation of effective and efficient healthcare interventions including review of access and pathways of care. Such work will include population health needs assessment, population focused health service prioritisation, health service co-design/redesign (i.e. Models of Care), and health service implementation (including National Healthy Childhood Programme, Education & Training, Monitoring and Evaluation). Public Health Programmes will be organised to support Integrated Care Programmes for population cohorts and priority populations.

Public Health provides a nationally integrated, all-hazards Health Protection service, mandated by the MOH legislation. Specifically, the health protection area teams work across Infectious Diseases, Environment and Health, and Emergency Preparedness and Response to provide a safe, effective, and agile service. The Public Health Service, in accordance with the Medical Officer of Health Legislation, protects our population from threats to health and well-being through the provision of national immunisation and immunisation programmes, the prevention and control of infectious diseases, and response to environmental hazards and emergencies. It seeks to deliver measurable health improvement and provides public health assessment and advice to health and social care service planning, all of which is underpinned by health intelligence.

The HSE Vaccination Programme provides a comprehensive immunisation service across the Mid West region, supporting a population of over 500,000. The service includes vaccination centres, school’s immunisation LAIV programme, and outreach activities, inclusive of engagement with acute and specialist services as appropriate. The post holder appointed to this post will work as a part of multi-disciplinary teams delivering a coordinated approach to the following Vaccination Programmes including but not limited to;

· Winter Vaccination Programme (Influenza and COVID-19) (population & workforce)

· Spring Vaccination Programme

· Catch-up immunisations for Refugees and Applicants Seeking Protection (RASP) population, Rabies, Mpox, Immunisations for Outbreak situations e.g., MMR.

· New and emerging programmes e.g., Selective BCG, RSV Catchup Programme

Working all members of the multidisciplinary team will be core to successful delivery of regional immunisation programmes operating under the governance of Public Health Department Mid West. Staff working in team provides health promotion and education (Making every contact count) and support population health approaches across venues including community outreach, school-based education and immunisation, health facility-based immunisation, and immunisation bases.

While the post holder will be predominately working in Health Protection within the Mobile Immunisation Team, they will also be required to support the whole team in Public Health, inclusive of Health Intelligence, Health Service Improvement, Health Improvement (the Wider Domain Team).