We are inviting applications for the position of Hospital and Distribution Sales Account Manager

Promed is expanding its presence in the hospital sector, initially through the sale of examination gloves and hand hygiene products and subsequently through sales of small equipment items.

In a separate development Promed will be acting as a distributor for Ethicon sutures in Ireland.

These developments have created the need for a field based Hospital Account Manager who will develop business with hospitals and distributors on the island of Ireland.

We are inviting applications for the full time position of a

Hospital and Distribution Sales Account Manager

You will be reporting to the Managing Director.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Managing and developing allocated accounts to achieve sales targets.
2. Building long term commercial relationships with hospital clinical and purchasing representatives.
3. Providing training and educational support to hospitals (i.e. gloves and hand hygiene products.
4. Preparing and implementing distributor development plans.
5. Representing Promed at trade shows.

Qualifications:
1. Excellent selling and account management skills ideally with experience in the healthcare sector.
2. Experience of managing and developing distributors.
3. Proven success in delivering sales growth.
4. Good negotiation skills.
5. Ability to work with clinical and administrative staff in the hospitals.
6. Good product presentation and demonstration / training skills.
7. Ability to work on own initiative whilst in the field and as part of the larger Promed team.

As the position involves a large amount of travel across the country a company car will be provided; however, it is expected that the successful candidate will need to stay away from home to fulfil the role.

Please send CV with a covering letter outlining how you meet our requirements on the above qualification criteria by email tohr@promed.ie 

Closing date for applications is Monday 15th May 2011.

Charles Bloe instructing attendees at the 12 lead ECG Workshop in Athlone

Our first Promed Advance Training workshop of the year was held in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Athlone on Friday the 8th of April. We started this year with our popular “Introduction to the 12 lead ECG” workshop presented by Charles Bloe.

Workshop Presenter, Charles Bloe

Charles Bloe has spent his clinical career in a number of senior nursing positions within the critical care setting –and predominantly in cardiac care. He is currently chief executive officer and clinical lead for Charles Bloe Training Ltd, providing on-site and online clinical training to healthcare professionals and he combines this role with his post as clinical ward manager for cardiac care in NHS Highland.

Attendees at the workshop had the opportunity to see an ECG performed on-site by Charles and this greatly enhanced the learning experience. We would like to thank all of the attendees who gave us some fantastic feedback and look forward to meeting them all again at our future workshops and seminars.

Seminar Feedback:

“Really enjoyed the day and have learned so much. Thank you very much” Practice Nurse, Longford

“Very well presented and informative” Practice Nurse, Kildare

“I found the workshop very interesting as I had little knowledge of the subject prior to the course… thank you for the opportunity to avail of this workshop, the tutor was excellent….” Practice Nurse, Laois

Promed is running an extensive programme of training this year with a seminar on “Blood Results Analysis” taking place in Tralee on the 13th of May, an “Introduction to Cryotherapy” workshop in Dublin on the 17th of June and an Earcare seminar and workshop on the 8th of July in Cork. If you would like any further information on these seminars and workshops please contact your account manager on freephone 1800 619 619.

Alternatively click here for details of the upcoming Interpretation of Blood Results Seminar

or you can click here for details of the upcoming Introduction to Cryotherapy Workshop

Last chance to register for the 12 lead ECG training course April 8th

Workshop:
12 Lead ECG Workshop

Date:
8th April 2011

Venue:
Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone Co Westmeath

Who should attend?
This hands-on interactive workshop has been created especially for Primary Care professionals. It is suitable as an introduction for new practice nurses and also as a refresher course for GPs and experienced practice nurses.

What will the course cover?

This workshop covers
•    Patient preparation
•    Placement of monitoring electrodes
•    Limb leads and chest leads
•    The normal 12 lead ECG
•    An introduction to ECG Analysis and Interpretation

Why attend / What will be the benefits to you?
After this workshop all attendees should understand the principles of electrocardiography and its value as an assessment tool as well as being equipped with the skills and knowledge to accurately record a 12 lead ECG.

Where is the course?
The Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, Co Westmeath. Places are limited to 20 per workshop. Tea / coffee breaks and a light lunch are provided. Cost €120.00 Discounts are available for Promed customers, please contact your account manager for details on freephone 1800 619 619.

Please note Registration Time of 9.30am for the morning workshop.

Who is the Presenter?
The workshop will be presented by Charles Bloe BSc (Edin) RN NDN ITU cert. Since graduating in 1984 Charles has spent his clinical career in a number of senior nursing positions in critical care settings, predominantly cardiac care. He is currently Chief Executive Officer and Clinical Lead for Charles Bloe Training Ltd, providing onsite and online clinical training to healthcare professionals. He currently combines this role with his post as Clinical Ward Manager for Cardiac Care at NHS Highland.

An Bord Altranais has granted Category 1 approval (valid for one year) for this course.

To register online for this course please go to 12 lead ECG Workshop on the Promed website.
Promed Advance Training is part of the Promed Advance Programme, for further info please visit Promed Advance.

An Bord Altranais Category 1 Approval

Promed is delighted to announce that we have been granted Bord Altranais Category 1 Approval (valid for one year) on our upcoming 12 lead ECG training, Interpretation of Blood Results and Introduction to Cryotherapy workshops!

To go direct to the seminars section of the Promed website, please click  Upcoming training Events from Promed

As your partner in practice Promed provides opportunities to advance your knowledge and skills through our seminars and workshops, thus enabling you to meet the new challenges these developments present.

Since the launch of our educational workshops and seminars in 2004, Promed has always partnered with leading practitioners or trainers to provide the highest quality education. We are currently working with a team of clinical experts covering a wide range of subjects from Cryotherapy to Blood Results Analysis. We have expanded the range of seminars and workshops provided and have now increased the number of events we will be providing each year.

At Promed we understand that time is a precious resource within the practice and sometimes health care professionals may be unable to attend our seminars and workshops. We have partnered with CB Training, a leader in healthcare education to provide a comprehensive range of online courses which can be completed over time allowing you to work at your own pace. All of our online courses. including 2 free demonstration versions can be found at www.promed.ie

Either through utilisation of our on-line courses or by attending our seminars and workshops primary health care professionals will have access to information on over 100 different clinical areas thus ensuring you can provide the highest quality of care to your patients.

Course information and registration detail for all our educational seminars and workshops can be found on our website.

If you would like further information about Promed Advance TRAINING, please contact us on freephone 1800 619 619 or email sales@promed.ie

The Nurse Training Blog is intended to inform nurses about upcoming seminars, workshops and events which may be of interest to them as part of their ongoing professional development.

Promed has many services and facilities freely accessible to our customers and we would like to draw attention to these and make you, our customer aware of all the information that we have available. Not only do we provide workshops, seminars and online learning modules, but our website offers a large amount of information available to download, as well as the latest news and promotions.

We would like to encourage communication and feedback and would be interested in hearing from you and other Nurses as to what extra information or support you would like to see us provide.

Thanks for checking in!