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New Maternity Hospital

Monday, August 9th, 2010
Sandyford Maternity gets Go Ahead!

Sandyford Maternity gets Go Ahead!

A new Maternity Hospital planned for Sandyford has finally received approval for planning permission.

The new state of the art maternity hospital will be in Sandyford and will exist for women and children’s hospital needs.

It will hold 127 single patient rooms with the divisions being paediatric, maternity and gynaecolgy sections. It will hold 6 delivery rooms, 12 neonatal intensive care and special care beds.

Alongside these, the maternity hospital will comprise of 4 new theatres, 30 daycare beds 16 clinical suites and 8 urgent care beds.

“The women’s and children’s hospital at beacon would be happy to enter a service level agreement with the HSE to alleviate the present and future capacity issues” said the Beacon Medical Group spokesperson.

Initially privately run, the new Maternity Hospital at Sandyford will also open it’s doors for both public and private patients.

Looking for a Change?

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Be Happy in your Nursing Job!

Be Happy in your Nursing Job!

How is your career in Nursing going for you these days?

Have you had enough of the recruitment freeze or not knowing whether your contract will be extended or time out?

Are you HAPPY in your Nursing job?

Have you thought about working in a Nursing Home environment? They say that sometimes a change is as good as a rest!

We may have the job for you!

Check out the link below for some Staff Nurse jobs in Nursing homes in Galway and West Wicklow!

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/jobs_ireland.php?url=jobs

Disability Nursing Anyone?

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Nurses at Work!

Nurses at Work!

Everyday at Jackie Brown Medical we get different jobs in ranging from Nurses to Medical Sales Rep to Medical Device Engineering.

Today’s hot job is in Nursing - Disability Nursing anyone?

We are looking for Senior Staff Nurses for a Care Centre in the Co. Galway region.

Nurses must have experience in Disabilities, Care of the Elderly and some Neurology would be great.

This is a state of the art complex in the heart of the Galway community.

Take a look on the jobs page for some further information, and if that has tweaked your interest then send us your up to date CV and we will take it from there!

Enjoy the sunshine…..while it lasts!

Caffeine gets the thumbs up!

Friday, May 21st, 2010
Caffeine gets the thumbs up

Caffeine gets the thumbs up

Caffeine gets the thumbs up it seems as shown by a recent study by Cochrane Researchers.

Caffeine can help to reduce errors made by shift or night shift workers according to this study.

As all us Nurses know, it’s no joke keeping alert, never mind awake during night shift number 4 of 7 on a quiet Ward on a long 12 hour uneventful night shift.

These researchers reviewed the data taken from 13 trials studying the effects of caffeine on performance of shift or night shift workers.

Caffeine appeared to reduce the errors compared to placebos or naps and improved the performance in various neuropsychological tests.

The average age on these trials was between 20 - 30.

Your Best Foot Forward

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Be the Best

Be the Best

When reviewing or re-doing your CV, stop and rethink it. You need to think of your CV as your representative on first look! Put your best foot forward with your CV.

  • Do not tweek your CV to the job, rather include the relevant details in each position you have held and that should speak for itself.
  • Pur your jobs in chronological order and not in terms of relevancy to the job you are applying for. i.e. in date order not your Nursing jobs first then your Medical Sales jobs.

It is easier to read a CV when put in chronological order. If your CV has all the relevant duties worked per job, then it will speak for itself and your best foot will be put forward to potential employers.

So rethink when revising your CV - simply make sure all the details are up to date and it will speak for itself!

It’s All in the Details

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Details Details Details

Details Details Details

Whether you are applying for a Medical Sales job, a Nursing Job or a job in the Medical Device industry, your CV says everything about you from first glance. Whether you get that second glance depends on the contents of your CV. It’s all in the details you have provided.

Where as once upon a time, your title in the medical company you worked for and the dates you worked there were all self explanatory, these days a little more fine tuning is required in the details of your CV.

For example, if you are a Nurse, it is no longer acceptable to simply give the name of the hospitals you have worked in and your title of “Staff Nurse” and hope for the best. You need those extra details of not just the hospital, but the type of ward, the specific duties you carried out on a daily basis. Whether you are Orthopaedics or Cosmetics… it is all in the details.

Similarly, if you are working in the Kitting Department of a Medical Device company, you cannot just assume that your next potential employer will automatically know what your current job entails:

  • Do you deal with QA? How so?
  • Do you have regular contact with R&D? In what capacity?
  • Do you have detailed involvement with Product Development? Explain the details.
  • Have you named or detailed the specific projects you have worked on?

It is a very difficult mission, and although a bit daunting it will be worth it in the end. It is those extra details in this day and age that could get you that second glance.. possibly the job!

New Nursing Rules

Friday, April 23rd, 2010
New Rules

New Rules

This week, the Board of An Bord Altranais have discussed new nurses rules to be drafted, to ascertain the accreditation of

  • advance nurse practitioners  and
  • advanced midwife practitioners positions.

These new rules will accommodate the registration of individuals in these new sectors of An Bord Altranais’ Register.

This will be renamed as the advanced nurse practitioner division and the advanced midwife.

These new rules, which are to replace those of 2007, must be approved by the Board of An Bord Altranais and signed into effect by Health Minister Mary Harney.

Format your CV

Monday, April 12th, 2010
Tidy it Up

Tidy it Up

Please format your CV!

A few key points to note before sending your CV out:

  • Font - is it clear and concise
  • Font Size - trust me, 12 is big enough!
  • Bold/ Italics - Bold is best for titles, the rest in plain text. I find that Italics can be a bit hard on the eye
  • Use the tab button for spacing!
  •  Do not forget the dates, the company name and your job title

So whether you are a Nurse, a Medical Sales Rep, a Chief Medical Scientist or a Radiographer, it helps those reading it to format your CV!


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