Staff Nurse

Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2024.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Staff Nurse to join our team in our Adult Respite Services, Ard na Mara, Ladysbridge, Co Cork.

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary Scale: €34,492 to €50,362 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33/34/36 days depending on experience

Overview of the Post:

To provide a safe, homely environment to adults who are visiting Enable Ireland community homes. To work with the Service Owners to meet their identified needs during their stay. As a member of the team and through a person centred approach work with Services Owners accessing respite service including the delivery of intimate and personal care, housekeeping and social support.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please See Job Description For List

The successful candidate will have

Essential Criteria:

Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, Etc

• Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:
  
  

Be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

• Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, (including a high standard of clinical and administrative capacity), for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
  
  

Annual registration

On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

• Possess a full clean manual driving license
  
  

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of working with adults or children with disabilities desirable.
• Experience of working within a residential/respite setting an advantage.
• Have a minimum of 1 years post registration experience
• Experience of working in a person-centred health or social care setting
• Have such experience as will enable him/her to provide nursing duties as required.
  
  

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

Benefits

As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

• Excellent internal and external training opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlements
• Flexible Working
• Long service reward scheme Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
• Wellbeing benefits
• Pension
  
  

For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:

https://www.enableireland.ie/about-us/careers/employee-benefits

What now?

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 17th April 2025 before noon

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.

• The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
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