National Integrated Staff Records and Pay Programme (NiSRP)

The National Integrated Staff Records & Pay Programme (NiSRP) will implement national Staff Records and Payroll systems across the HSE.

These systems will be fully integrated and will support the needs of a modern health system employer, enhancing available workforce information for managers.

A key part of the HBS strategy, the Programme will modernise the way the HSE connects with staff, improving access for them to their staff record and pay details via online employee and manager self-service.

Successful completion of the initial NiSRP implementation took place in the East during May 2019. The programme is next scheduled for roll out in the South East with further areas to follow.

I was delighted to attend one of the courses on offer from the PNA in conjunction with the RCSI. It’s a positive development in Continuing Practice Development. The PNA has optimized access to courses and are using the wonderful facilities and knowledge base of the RCSI. Looking at the courses on offer, I found that there was an interesting and beneficial range of topics to choose from. I enrolled for the Advanced Mental Health Assessment CPD Course. I found there was an ease of access for registration and enrollment. The course itself was attended by a variety of disciplines in nursing and ranged from Liaison, ward based and community focused staff. All nurses had different interpretations and expectations of what the course would offer and had the opportunity to express from the outset, what they hoped to gain from the day.

The Advanced Mental Health Assessment was facilitated by the wonderful Colman Noctor, psychotherapist and Advanced Nurse Practitioner. It was an interactive information sharing session with plenty of reflective opportunities on our own practice, given the practical evidence based knowledge and invaluable skills imparted to us by Dr Noctor. The format was a relaxing learning experience and I came away with added skills to incorporate into my everyday practice.

RCSI/PNA CPD by Leish Caulfield Waterford Mental Health Services

You can Still Register for this years Final Programme on Perinatal Mental Heath with

Steve Lamb Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner December 6th 

 https://pna.ie/index.php/rcsi-pna-cpd/rcsi-pna-courses/rcsi-pna-courses/perinatal-mental-health

Horatio Berlin 2020 Call for those Wishing to Present - Closing date for Abstract Submission is December 31st, 2019

https://www.horatioberlin2020.com/faq

Dear Colleagues,

This year the PNA will continue its sponsorship of Members to attend the Horatio European Congress organised by Horatio and the German Psychiatric Nurses, having done so previously for events in Lisbon, Malta, Istanbul, Stockholm, Prague, Faroe Islands Copenhagen.

The PNA in supporting this Festival are pleased to confirm a number of bursaries which will be offered by lottery to Presenters of Papers, Officer Board Members, Branch Officers and Members.

This year’s bursaries will be worth approximately €1000.This Bursary is based on the combined cost of the Congress Fees, Flights and Accommodation.

Abstracts are being invited under the main theme of:

“Complex Interventions in Mental Health”

These may be associated with one of the following sub-themes:

• Developing complex interventions
• Evaluation of complex interventions
• Implementing complex interventions.
• Collaboration and coproduction in complex interventions

This is the call for those WISHING TO PRESENT in the form of:

• Concurrent session – 20 minutes in length
• Symposium – 1 hour in length containing 2-3 papers on the same topic
• Workshop – 2 hours in length.
• Poster – on the congress theme, topical developments, research, and/or local issues of wider interest. (Poster format is A0 vertical (841x 1189 mm

The congress scientific committee will review your submission.

The Abstract must include: Background, • Aim, • Method, • Result, • Discussion, • Three learning outcomes

Closing date for submissions is Tuesday 31st December  2019

Please be advised acceptance of your abstract is not a guarantee of the PNA Bursary

Once your abstract has been accepted by the scientific committee your name will go forward for the PNA lottery. Please submit a copy of your accepted abstract form to aculhane@pna.ie for inclusion in the PRESENTER’S lottery.

We will be putting out a SECOND call for the for those interested in attending the Congress before year end.

https://www.horatioberlin

Free potentially life-saving programme for members of the PNA Salary Protection Scheme   

1 in 9 women are diagnosed with Breast Cancer in Ireland*

1 in 7 men are diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in Ireland**

Breast cancer and prostate cancer are the second most common cancers in Ireland**

This year, PNA are proud to have teamed up with Cornmarket to launch a vital, and potentially life-saving breast and prostate health assessment & education programme, for members of the PNA Salary Protection Scheme. Under the banner “Pink Power” for women and Blue Power” for men, this campaign was built in response to a high level of cancer amongst members in the Scheme. The aim of the programme is to empower members with education and awareness on the signs and symptoms of breast and prostate cancer. 

What does it involve?

Members are invited to book a GP appointment online. The appointment offers a once-off clinical physical breast/prostate assessment and vital education on the signs and symptoms of breast and prostate cancer. Women are also taught how to self-check. There is no cost to attend the appointment as it is fully covered under the programme. If a member needs further investigation, they will get rapid access to Beaumont Private Clinic or a Bon Secours Private Hospital in Dublin, Cork or Galway, for more extensive tests, like an MRI, Ultrasound, Mammogram or Biopsy. The programme is 100% confidential and is run by independent GP providers, Full Health Medical.

Who is invited?

Female members under age 50 and male members aged 40 – 65 are invited to attend by Cornmarket, the administrators of the Salary Protection Scheme. Given the scale of the nationwide campaign, invites are rolled out by geographic location to ensure enough resources are available to cater for demand. Members from Leinster were invited in August. GP appointments are currently taking place in Leinster. Members in Munster, Connaught and Ulster be invited in January/February 2020.  

If one life can be saved through this initiative, it will be worthwhile. For more info, visit cornmarket.ie/pink-blue-power

‘EOLAS: The Road we travel…’ Photographic Exhibition

Date Tuesday 10^th December

Venue Atrium, Trinity College Dublin

Time 5.30- 7.30

Speakers: Sharon Ferguson, Exhibition Contributor from Donegal

Rosemary Murphy, A/Director of Nursing and EOLAS co-ordinator, Louth/Meath

Mr Jim Ryan, Mental Health Lead Health Service Executive

EOLAS: The Road we Travel…

EOLAS: 'The Road we Travel…' is an exhibition that features the work of service users and family members who facilitate and participate in the delivery of the EOLAS Programme. The exhibition, through the medium of photography and in the words of the service user and family contributors, shares their stories of living with a severe mental health problem, the journey they take towards recovery and how the EOLAS process has helped them on that journey.

The exhibition is an artistic venture developed as part of a collaboration with PhotoVoice and is funded by the Health Research Board (HRB) through a Knowledge Exchange Dissemination Award to Professor Agnes Higgins, EOLAS Principal Investigator, with other support from the Health Service Executive (HSE). 

There wil be a special performance by the Raise Your Voice Choir, another collaboration between people with experience of mental health problems, family members and mental health staff.

For more information please contact Jennifer Barry at JBARRY3@tcd.ie or Agnes Higgins at ahiggins@tcd.ie