Kildare native appointed to senior position at Dublin hospital

Tallaght University Hospital has announced the appointment of Kildare native Sandra McCarthy as the Director of Nursing & Integrated Care (interim).

Sandra joins TUH from Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise where she was the Director of Nursing. She is originally from Nurney, in Co Kildare.

Sandra is a Registered General Nurse & Registered Nurse Tutor with extensive clinical, educational and managerial experience.  She completed her Nurse Training in the Meath Hospital, Dublin and transferred to TUH upon its opening in 1998. During her time in TUH she was a member of the Senior Nursing Executive team and Senior Human Resources Management team as Head of Learning & Development. Her professional portfolio includes an Honours Degree in Nursing from Trinity College Dublin, an MSc in Nursing and a postgraduate qualification in Health Care Education from UCD, Diploma in Leadership from UCD Smurfit Business School and a Diploma in Quality from Royal College of Physicians. Sandra is an experienced health care provider with in-depth knowledge of operations management, administrative management and financial management.  She has 28 years’ experience of effectively delivering in the health arena, including direct and indirect patient care, graduate and postgraduate education.

Commenting on her appointment Ms. Lucy Nugent, Chief Executive of TUH said “I am delighted to welcome Sandra back to TUH in the interim role of Director or Nursing & Integrated Care. She joins the organisation in an important year as we mark our 25th anniversary of the Hospital opening, the introduction of the Regional Health Authorities and implementation of the Enhanced Community Care Programme all of which will bring opportunities to our colleagues to collaborate, coordinate and support integrated care delivery to the benefit of our patients and their families. Her role is pivotal to the organisation as we develop, not only in the diverse roles across the patient healthcare journey, but also in the ongoing development of our staff and environment.”

Sandra McCarthy, Director of Nursing & Integrated Care (interim) said on her appointment, “I am delighted to return to the TUH team at a time of so much change. The Hospital has always valued nursing at all levels and nurtured nursing leadership from the bedside through to specialist and advanced practice and in nursing management of all grades. With such ambitious plans for both the Hospital and healthcare system I am looking forward to working with my nursing colleagues and management in implementing continuous improvement and innovation at all levels, empowering the nursing team to deliver evidence based care and maximise patient outcomes.”