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Purpose of Post:

The post of CNM 2 has a pivotal role in service planning, co-ordinating, and managing activity and resources within the Cardiac Rehabilitation clinical area. The main responsibilities are: quality assurance, resource management, staffing and staff development, practice development, facilitating communication and professional / clinical leadership.

The CNM11 Cardiac Rehabilitation will be a highly competent, visible and experienced clinical practitioner who uses specialist knowledge and advanced skills to support Cardiac Rehabilitation services. They will have a good understanding of the vision of the HSE and Sláintecare, and, Integrated Models of Care (Cardiology), and be able to translate this into a local context for operational implementation within their team and locality area.

The CNM11 Cardiac Rehabilitation will offer dynamic clinical leadership and management to promote and develop a high quality evidenced based cardiac rehabilitation service championing innovation to improve and support service delivery in the Specialist Chronic Disease Ambulatory Care Hub.

The post holder will coordinate resources – personnel, equipment, stocks and supplies - and services for the Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme.

They will act as the representative clinical lead at local and national strategic development meetings disseminating information and acting on initiatives and improvements within the resources available.

The post holder will also act as an expert clinical resource offering supervision, education and on-going support to staff and teams managing complex cardiovascular patients in the hub.