Clement Anburaj
Clondalkin,Republic of Ireland
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in healthcare management, specialising in clinical leadership and nursing informatics. Proven track record in performance metrics tracking, effective mentoring, and regulatory compliance. Adept at risk management, decision-making, and resource allocation to ensure optimal daily operations oversight. Skilled in crisis management, ethics enforcement, and employee management. Demonstrated success in recruiting and hiring top talent, staff development, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Strong background in stakeholder relations and health informatics. Committed to enhancing healthcare literacy and fostering a collaborative team environment to achieve organisational goals.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Interim Director of Nursing
St. Columcille’s Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
2025.05 - 2026.06
- Developed and implemented nursing strategies aligning with organisational care priorities.
- Led quality improvement initiatives to ensure compliance with HIQA and HSE standards.
- Enhanced employee morale by fostering a positive work environment.
- Provided strategic insights to executive management for informed decision-making.
- Implement nursing standards, policies, procedures, and ethical clinical guidelines.
- Fostered a positive work environment, increased employee morale.
- Optimised resource allocation to maximise productivity.
- Drove process improvements, optimised workflow efficiency.
- Instituted cost control measures, mitigated financial risk.
- Directed team to deliver high-quality patient care.
- Provided strategic insights for informed decision-making to the executive management team.
- Facilitated professional development programs, enhancing leadership capabilities within organisation.
- Reviewed reports from scheduled and unscheduled care areas to identify areas of opportunity.
Interim Director of Nursing
St. Columcille’s Hospital
Dublin
2024.09 - 2025.04
Assistant Director of Nursing
St. Columcille’s Hospital
Dublin
2024.01 - 2024.08
Site Nurse Manager (Assistant Director of Nursing)
St. Columcille’s Hospital
Dublin
2021.06 - 2023.12
- Roles and Responsibilities as a Site Nurse Manager:
- Providing leadership to nursing staff to ensure high quality care is delivered to patients at St. Columcille’s.
- Operational management of the nursing department to assure optimum and safe staffing levels are maintained during day and night shifts.
- Monitoring sick leave, absences and poor attendance and initiating measures to manage staff attendance.
- Working closely with the CNM2’s and ward managers in the areas of Quality Risk & Patient Safety and Infection control.
- Working with the bed manager, providing support and advice in the area of patient flow and discharges.
- Monitoring rosters to ensure appropriate skill mix and leave entitlements.
- Being a role model in maintaining a good working relationship with all employees and developing a sense of commitment towards promoting nursing services.
- Ongoing assessment and management of risks and being aware of existing risk management issues.
- Represent nursing department at multi-disciplinary meetings such as Quality Safety & Risk, Food forum, Discharge planning, Infection control, Decontamination and various department user groups.
Decontamination Lead
St. Columcille’s Hospital
Dublin
2018.07 - 2021.06
- Current Roles and Responsibilities as Chair of the Decontamination Committee of the Hospital:
- Act as lead specialist in the field of decontamination ensuring that knowledge and skills are kept up to date.
- To ensure high standards of service safety ensuring the Health & Safety of self and other staff are always maintained.
- To promote best practice of these and ensure they are observed by staff under supervision.
- Lead responsibility for overseeing specialist maintenance on decontamination equipment to relevant standards.
- To provide, receive and interpret complex technical information in relation to services equipment and test results, using appropriate internal and external quality assurance and to carry out corrective action based on hospital policy and best practice guidelines.
- To provide specialist scientific / technical and sensitive information and advice to healthcare staff and customers/ service users
- To ensure the procurement of materials is following the organisations Standing Financial Instructions and that product meets the relevant standards.
- To interpret and record the reporting of test results in the specialities, validating and authorising test results and where appropriate consulting abnormal results with relevant qualified microbiological (consultant microbiologist) and decontamination personnel.
- Lead responsibility for specialist testing services including evaluation of results and use of specialist equipment, to ensure patient safety.
- To be proactive in preventing errors that could adversely affect patient care and provide risk assessments associated with the provision of service.
- To record and manage decontamination risks on the organisation’s risk register.
- To report and investigate any errors – performing root cause analysis if required.
Clinical Nurse Manager - 2 Endoscopy
St. Columcille’s Hospital
Dublin
2017.12 - 2021.06
- Roles and Responsibilities as CNM 2 of the Endoscopy Unit:
- Ensuring efficient management of the Endoscopy Unit to meet and maintain high standards of quality patient care.
- Management of all Nursing, Health Care Assistant and Decontamination Staff.
- Planning, coordination and management of resources.
- Promotion of Multidisciplinary working and maintaining effective communication within the unit.
- Analysis of demand and capacity to ensure the Endoscopy Unit is compliant with service requirements.
- Ensuring high quality, patient focused service within best practice guidelines.
- Address and review complaints and incidents in a timely manner and develop action plans as appropriate.
- Measure and monitor patient satisfaction within the Endoscopy Unit.
- Ensure the efficient and effective use of nursing resources, advice on skill mix and staff allocation.
- Promote and affect a responsible and accountable culture amongst staff.
Clinical Nurse Manager – 2 Nursing Administration
St. Columcille’s Hospital
Dublin
2020.04 - 2020.06
- (Temporary Redeployment)
Staff Nurse (Part-time) Geriatric/Dementia care
Silver Stream Health Care
Ratoath
2009.04 - 2017.12
Acting Clinical Nurse Manager – 2 Endoscopy
St. Columcille’s Hospital
Dublin
2016.01 - 2016.06
- (Maternity Cover)
Staff Nurse - Theatre (Including Endoscopy)
St. Columcille’s Hospital
Dublin
2009.04 - 2015.12
Staff Nurse Surgical Ward
Portlaoise General Hospital
Portlaoise
2006.03 - 2009.04
Staff Nurse Theatre
P.S.G Hopitals
Coimbatore
2002.02 - 2006.02
Education
M. Sc. - Health Care Management
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
IrelandMinor Award-Certificate - Decontamination of Reusable Invasive Medical Devices (Level 6 Minor)
Technological University Dublin - Tallaght
Dublin, IrelandM. Sc. - Health Informatics
University of Dublin Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, IrelandB. Sc. - Nursing
The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University P.S.G College of Nursing
Coimbatore, IndiaHigher Secondary School Leaving Certificate - undefined
St. Joseph’s Anglo-Indian Boys Higher Secondary School
Coonoor, IndiaSecondary School Leaving Certificate - undefined
St. Joseph’s Anglo-Indian Boys Higher Secondary School
Coonoor, IndiaSkills
- Performance metrics tracking
- Effective mentoring
- Regulatory compliance
- Risk management
- Decision-making
- Resource allocation
- Crisis management
- Ethics enforcement
- Employee management
- Daily operations oversight
- Recruiting and hiring
- Nursing informatics
- Healthcare literacy
- Clinical leadership
- Staff development
- People management
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Stakeholder relations
- Health informatics
- Team leadership
Certification
- Tamilnadu Nurses and Midwives Council, Member Since 2002
- Trained Nurses Association of India, Member Since 2002
- An Bord Altranais – Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, Member Since 2006
- AHPRA – Australian Health Professional Registration Agency, Member Since 2012
- Health Informatics Society of Ireland, Member Since 2014
- Irish Computer Society, Member Since 2014
References
Available upon request
Affiliations
- Interested in
Accomplishments
Distinguished Alumni Award November 2024- From PSG College of Nursing, Coimbatore, India.
The Distinguished Alumni Award is one of the highest honors conferred by PSG College of Nursing to recognize undergraduate alumni who have demonstrated exceptional professional achievement, leadership, and dedication to the nursing profession.
Timeline
Interim Director of Nursing
St. Columcille’s Hospital
2025.05 - 2026.06
Interim Director of Nursing
St. Columcille’s Hospital
2024.09 - 2025.04
Assistant Director of Nursing
St. Columcille’s Hospital
2024.01 - 2024.08
Site Nurse Manager (Assistant Director of Nursing)
St. Columcille’s Hospital
2021.06 - 2023.12
Clinical Nurse Manager – 2 Nursing Administration
St. Columcille’s Hospital
2020.04 - 2020.06
Decontamination Lead
St. Columcille’s Hospital
2018.07 - 2021.06
Clinical Nurse Manager - 2 Endoscopy
St. Columcille’s Hospital
2017.12 - 2021.06
Acting Clinical Nurse Manager – 2 Endoscopy
St. Columcille’s Hospital
2016.01 - 2016.06
Staff Nurse (Part-time) Geriatric/Dementia care
Silver Stream Health Care
2009.04 - 2017.12
Staff Nurse - Theatre (Including Endoscopy)
St. Columcille’s Hospital
2009.04 - 2015.12
Staff Nurse Surgical Ward
Portlaoise General Hospital
2006.03 - 2009.04
Staff Nurse Theatre
P.S.G Hopitals
2002.02 - 2006.02
Minor Award-Certificate - Decontamination of Reusable Invasive Medical Devices (Level 6 Minor)
Technological University Dublin - Tallaght
M. Sc. - Health Informatics
University of Dublin Trinity College Dublin
B. Sc. - Nursing
The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University P.S.G College of Nursing
Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate - undefined
St. Joseph’s Anglo-Indian Boys Higher Secondary School
Secondary School Leaving Certificate - undefined
St. Joseph’s Anglo-Indian Boys Higher Secondary School
M. Sc. - Health Care Management
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland