Location of Post

Services are based in Disability Services, CH  - Cavan Monaghan

If you apply and are successful at interview you will be placed on a panel in order of merit.  Once you are on the panel, you will be notified via email about all Staff Nurse Intellectual Disability posts as they arise within the Intellectual Disability Services, Cavan Monaghan.

As each individual job arises, we inform all candidates on the panel via email.  The email tells you about an individual job at a particular site, details include: location, start date, the service itself, the caseload, the team and the contact details of a Nurse Manager at that site with whom you can talk if you want to find out more.  You can even arrange a site visit to help you decide if it is the right job for you.  If you are not interested, you can simply ignore it until you see a job that is of interest to you

Informal Enquiries

Disability Services

Marion McCormack, Director of Nursing,

E-Mail: marion.mccormack@hse.ie  

or Telephone No: 086-8234922

Purpose of Post 

The role of the Staff Nurse Intellectual Disability (ID) is to provide holistic, person-centred nursing care, promoting optimum independence, enhancing the quality of life for service users with intellectual, physical or sensory disability in all aspects of daily living.

On occasion the Staff Nurse ID may be expected to take responsibility for a unit or community facility in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager. S/he must practice in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct as set out by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and within the policies, guidelines, protocols of the units / settings in which they are employed.

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must have at the latest date for receipt of applications for the post:-

• Be registered in the Intellectual Disability Division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland) or be entitled to be so registered

   And

• Have the clinical and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role

Note: Post holders must maintain annual registration with Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland)

Health
A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

Character
Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character

Post Specific Requirements

Demonstrate professional knowledge and experience across the Intellectual Disability scope of nursing practice

Please see attached Job Spec

4125CHCM Job Spec Staff Nurse ( ID)