Nursing Management Support

- Nursing Homes - Residential Settings - Homecare Setting - Community Services

- Nursing Homes - Residential Settings - Homecare Setting - Community Services

Our Services

    • Onsite and remote support for the Deputy Person in Charge during the Director of Nursing/PICs annual leave or illness absence

    • Review of current policies and procedures to ensure they are personalised and applicable to the setting

    • Where there are gaps in practice, we will ensure the policy and procedure are coached to all staff involved

    • Assistance with clinical audits and action plans

    • Training needs analysis

    • Training design – individualised training for the needs of the specific nursing home

    • Training workshops for clinical & non-clinical staff

    • Clinical representation on safeguarding inquiries/ investigations

    • Assistance with preliminary screening and inquiries

    • Safeguarding workshops onsite

    • Management coaching on safeguarding culture and proactive measures

    • Quality improvement plan implementation

    • We will work with your nursing management team to create a quality improvement plan where necessary, and ensure that the entire team are coached and involved in the quality improvement process

    • Risk assessment & control measures implementation throughout the service

    • Positive risk taking culture support

    • Practical application of Fire Safety in the service, including awareness of fire prevention and response roles amongst all staff

    • Assistance with applying Health and Safety procedures across the service

    • Careplan assessment & review including implementation of the care goals with the entire team

    • Recruitment/screening and interviews

    • Mentoring and coaching clinical staff

    • Induction of clinical staff

    • Complaints review & response

    • Action plan & learning opportunities

Director of Nursing Support

The role of Director of Nursing or Person in Charge (PIC) is a diverse, demanding and evolving role. We can provide support, both short term and long term to nursing management teams to ensure they are enabled to deliver on their plans and goals for the people they provide the healthcare/care delivery service to.

At Best Practice Healthcare we do more than advise, we work alongside the clinical management team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care delivery pathway for all residents and service users.

We work onsite with the clinical team to support them with the changes on the ground and with the upskilling needed for quality improvement, including personalised action plans for each service based on their needs.

Our Story…

Best Practice Healthcare was developed from a concept into a business from the founders first hand experience of the demands placed on nursing managers in a busy residential setting.

The founder, Deirdre Kennedy has over 22 years experience working in both nursing and education settings, from ‘hands on’ nursing care to nursing management roles designing and implementing plans to reach healthcare service KPIs and service wide quality improvements.

Engaging an experienced nurse manager for a period of time to work alongside the clinical team to improve standards and clear governance backlogs can greatly enhance service delivery, service user/resident satisfaction and staff retention.

We have worked with smaller family run nursing homes to large national nursing home groups, with each setting getting the necessary input from the consultant to achieve their goals. Each setting gets our commitment to supporting their success and a personalised consultancy project for each healthcare service.

Deirdre Kennedy

  • Founder of Best Practice Healthcare

  • Registered General Nurse

  • QQI Level 8 BSc Nursing

  • QQI Level 9 HDip Education

  • QQI Level 6 Training & Development

Can you relate?

  • Have you a high turnover of clinical and nursing management staff resulting in constant leadership changes?

  • Is the implementation of policies and procedures demanding too much of your Directors valuable time?

  • Have you a need for enhanced clinical supervision and mentorship during induction periods?

  • Is it time to be proactive in the area of risk assessment, control measures and quality improvement?