Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties, covering childhood to adulthood. Our expert teams work with the individual and their family to develop a plan for each life stage. This role supports children and adolescents through their physical, educational, and social development and offers a range of personal development services for adults.
Overview of the Post
The purpose of the role is to work as a member of the team providing respite and home support services in Carlow and Kilkenny. The successfully appointed staff nurse will work with children and young people using a person‑centred approach to meet their identified needs during their stay, in active partnership with their families. The post will involve weekday and weekend work, sleep‑overs and night duty.
Contract Details
Contract Type: Permanent Full‑Time
Salary Scale: €37,060 to €54,111 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments).
Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 pro rata per annum
Salary increases in 2026 are expected in accordance with the recent WRC agreement for Section 39 organisations.
Duties
Create an environment that promotes each child’s participation in terms of choice and decision‑making and enables them to reach their highest level of independence.
Display a skilled approach to clinical and therapeutic interventions to provide care across various states of health and wellbeing and promote wellness.
Work within your scope of practice, building on your professional development throughout your employment.
Be a lead clinician in assigned clinical areas of responsibility and carry a clinical caseload appropriate to the post.
Be responsible for the co‑ordination, assessment, planning, implementation and review of care for children according to service standards including TUSLA and HIQA regulations.
Ensure the implementation of agreed programmes of care for each child are met in ways that promote dignity and respect for the child.
Identify and understand the health and medical needs of each child and ensure those needs are met appropriately.
Work with individual children in a range of settings, taking the lead to ensure the safety of the children.
Provide leadership, support and mentorship to all support staff in the provision of clinical and care support services across multiple locations.
Take responsibility for the line management and clinical supervision of staff and students within the team/service as required.
Act as facilitator to foster links with the child’s future educators in partnership with parents/carers and the team.
Identify training needs and deliver training to non‑nursing staff as required.
Ensure the care and hygiene of treatment rooms, bathrooms and toileting facilities are to the highest standards.
Plan and manage bus routes and time schedules and act as bus escort in transporting the children to and from home as required.
Display appropriate sensitivity while working closely with families and service users.
Work in accordance with Enable Ireland’s Code of Practice, Guidelines for working with Service Users and other National Policies and Procedures.
Collaborate with the inter‑multidisciplinary team to design, implement and evaluate the programme of activity for each child.
Coordinate and organise paediatric clinics and liaise with health care professionals as appropriate.
Ensure that equipment, toys and furniture are maintained in good order and are well managed for each child’s clothing and personal items.
Planning and Organising of Activities and Resources
Plan and organise activities and necessary resources efficiently and effectively.
Understand the importance of time management for yourself, translating to organising your assigned caseload.
Demonstrate the ability to arrange and schedule activities.
Deal with unexpected scenarios with persistence and flexibility to achieve goals.
Be accountable for regular documentation of children’s progress in their files.
Professional Development and Standards
Ensure all records and technical data are up to date and available as required.
Maintain strict compliance with health and safety standards and operational guidelines, ensuring equipment is checked and working correctly.
Maintain a disciplined and professional performance level under sustained or situational pressure.
Integrity & Decision Making
Hold an appropriate professional values set and behave in line with professional standards as set by Enable Ireland, NMBI and other relevant bodies.
Make timely, well‑judged decisions based on all relevant information.
Use logical analysis to break complex problems into their component parts.
Promote and consistently support evidence‑based service delivery.
Service Delivery & Initiative
Have functional and technical knowledge and skills to contribute credibly to the service.
Collaborate with children, young people, parents, carers and stakeholders to identify and achieve goals.
Strive to achieve quality results at all service levels in line with EFQM.
Show willingness to try new ideas under supervision to add service delivery value.
Be committed to evidence‑based goals and continuous improvement of the service.
Show enthusiasm and motivation when completing projects.
Building and Maintaining Working Relationships
Build strong positive working relationships across all service areas.
Demonstrate a supportive, empathic work style with service users.
Communicate effectively with parents to provide a children‑ and family‑centred service.
Work appropriately with all stakeholders.
Team Working
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in planning and delivery of services, especially the development of person‑centred planning.
Attend and actively contribute to relevant clinical, professional and service meetings.
Participate in training and developmental opportunities as identified.
Support and contribute to research initiatives as required.
Understand the concepts of interdisciplinary team working and its complexity.
Communication
Communicate fluently and persuasively in oral, written and electronic media.
Make a compelling case to influence others positively.
Demonstrate strong listening and interpersonal skills.
Work in partnership with relevant stakeholders.
Leadership
Build credibility and portray the profession positively through professionalism and knowledge.
Show determination and initiative to achieve results and improve the service.
Accept accountability for performance standards within your area of responsibility.
Inspire others to work to high standards through enthusiasm.
Maintain ethical and personal standards at all times.
Facilitate individual and group interventions with skill.
Co‑operate with the Manager and other team members to provide an integrated quality service, taking the lead role as required.
Carry out vaccination of service users and staff as required.
Qualifications
Recognised, validated university degree or an equivalent qualification in Intellectual Disability Nursing or Children’s Nursing.
Registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
Current eligibility to work in Ireland.
Full manual driving licence for within the jurisdiction with access to own transport.
Experience working with children with disability.
Commitment to working in partnership with parents, carers and children in a family‑centred manner.
Good knowledge of child protection and child development.
Understanding of residential respite and day services.
Understanding of HIQA standards.
Experience working with teenagers with challenging behaviours.
Experience with inter‑/trans‑disciplinary working.
Benefits
Excellent internal and external training opportunities.
Generous annual leave entitlements.
Long service reward scheme.
Pay‑adjusted maternity leave.
Pay‑adjusted adoptive leave.
Pay‑adjusted paternity leave.
Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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