ONMSD and the National Clinical Programme for Anaesthesia
The Anaesthesia Nurse Lead provides the ONMSD, College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland and the Health Service Executive (HSE) with expert leadership, guidance and support in the context of the delivery of evidenced based care to patients requiring anaesthesia services.
The Nurse lead for NCPA achieves this by:
- Supporting the strategic development and implementation of anaesthesia nursing services in conjunction with NCPA
- Strengthening capacity and capability within the workforce
- Acts as an advisor on national policy and guideline development groups
- Liaising with the relevant Divisions of the HSE and health regions to support and promote an integrated approach to implementation of the National Clinical Programme for Anaesthesia (NCPA) to enhance quality care and patient safety
- Creating awareness and recognition of the principle underpinning NCPA within the anaesthesia and nursing community at national, regional and local level
- Actively engaging with local sites to support the implementation of Models of Care and improve key performance indicators
- Providing input, support and feedback to inform the NCPA, NCPA clinical advisory group, and HSE / of developments and progress at implementation sites to ensure alignment with Models of Care
- Providing direction, guidance and support with nursing workforce planning, and the development of specialist and advanced nurse practice
- Developing and overseeing the implementation of national standardised education programmes for nurses and midwives in anaesthesia/post anaesthesia care and preassessment services.
- Liaising with and involving nurses and midwives in the design and development of the NCPA
- Collaborating with other interdependent clinical programmes
- Promoting the use of data at local sites to identify areas for quality improvement and assisting with building internal QI capability
- Support audit across the perioperative patient pathway with a focus on the implementation of results
Nurse Advisory group
The National Clinical Programme for Anaesthesia is supported by a number of Peri-operative nursing groups.
Related topic
Programme Publications and Models of Care
Contact
Aileen O'Brien, Nurse Lead
Phone: 087 663 7922