Community Nurse ( 12 months Fixed Term Contract )

Base Location: South Dublin & North Kildare

This is an on-the-road type of position, travelling to the wider Leinster area.

This position is 39 hours per week, Monday to Sunday – 3 long shifts per week. This position is a 12-month Fixed-term Contract, but with the strong possibility of becoming a permanent role based on performance and business needs.

The Role:

With a genuine passion for improving patient care, you will be an enthusiastic and experienced registered nurse. With the drive and determination to make our team excel, you will have excellent communication and people skills and be persuasive and motivational when collaborating with our integrated teams. Responsible for ensuring that our service delivers its optimum performance, you will work to achieve a seamless service. Driven to improve patient experience, you will be part of the triage team, assessing referrals in a timely manner and signposting to other teams and services delivering care needs. Your energy and drive will be rewarded with the support of a dedicated team that strives to create a warm and progressive environment in providing outstanding care for our patients.

This position is 39 hours per week, Monday to Sunday – 3 long shifts per week. This position is a 12-month Fixed-term Term Contract.

Responsibilities

• Cannulation & Phlebotomy Experience – Essential.

• Administration/Education of Subcutaneous Therapies.

• IV Administration Therapies in Home Settings.

• Maintain full compliance with company Policies & Procedures.

• Completion of electronic nursing records & ensuring relevant information is recorded in a timely & accurate manner.

• Report details of Adverse Events, Product Complaints and/or Clinical Incidents as per company policy.

• Basic IT/ computer skills.

• Excellent communication skills, ability to develop relationships with new contacts.

• Displays a good deal of flexibility and is adaptable to change.

• Likes to work alone yet values their position within a team.

• Demonstrates good sound judgement.

• Good Time Management Skills

• Willing to travel domestically.

• Experience within the Pharmaceutical industry or similar discipline is desirable, but not essential.

Candidate Requirements :

• An Bord Altranais Nursing Registration.

• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience in an acute hospital or community setting

• Proficient in Cannulation & Phlebotomy.

• Must have a keen interest in Community Nursing

• Full clean driver’s licence

• Willingness to travel domestically

• Experience within the Pharmaceutical industry or similar discipline is desirable, but not essential. Basic IT/ computer skills. COMPETENCIES

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills

• Highly detail-orientated with excellent time management skills · Flexibility to work independently & as part of a team.

• Calm, reassuring & professional manner

• Excellent interpersonal skills - with an ability to positively interact with all relevant personnel

• Highly organised & efficient with ability to prioritise & work under pressure.

• Ability to meet stringent deadlines.

• Flexibility to adapt to shifting team priorities.

Uniphar Background

Uniphar Group is a rapidly expanding diversified healthcare services business with a global footprint and a proud heritage in Ireland.  Since Uniphar became a publicly listed company in 2019, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continue to strengthen Uniphar’s international reach. With a workforce of more than 3,000 spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and medtech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines and treatments around the world.

Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Uniphar Supply Chain & Retail, Uniphar Medtech and Uniphar Pharma

Uniphar Pharma

Pharma is a global division operating across US, Europe, APAC and MENA, bringing a range of pharma services to manufacturers across the product life cycle. We leverage this platform to provide unlicensed medicines, or medicines that are otherwise difficult to source. In addition, we commercialise launch and established brands to HCPs on behalf of pharmaceutical clients across the globe. The core to this division is providing equitable access to medicines globally.

Culture at Uniphar

From our leadership team and across all of our divisions, Uniphar lives and breathes four key culture pillars:

1.We have a People First approach, we do the right thing and take a stand for our people.

2.We foster a strong Entrepreneurial Spirit where Adaptability, Commitment & Resilience is embodied in our way of working.

3.We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people.

4. Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.

Please note that Uniphar is an equal opportunity employer; we do not discriminate and welcome all responses #uniphargroup #pointofcare