OverviewEnable 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 a Nursing Unit based in School of the Divine Child, Lavanagh Centre, Ballintemple, Cork.Contract Type: Part time (term time) & Specified Purpose (maternity leave cover)Contract Hours: 30 hrs per week, 44 weeks (term time) per annumSalary 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 commensurate with experience pro rata per annumOverview of the PostThe staff nurse will be responsible for working on a dedicated team delivering quality standards of care and support to children with physical and sensory support needs, ID and Autism who attend the School of the Divine Child. The successful candidate will work as part of the school team delivering a coordinated approach to the children/young people enrolled in the school. The staff nurse will work collaboratively with the staff in the nursing unit, liaising with school staff, families and the team around the child to ensure their nursing care needs are met in the school environment. The staff nurse will carry out a high standard of clinical care including assessment, intervention, and training and ongoing service delivery within the scope of the role with clinical oversight provided by the CNM1.Essential CriteriaBe registered in the Intellectual Disability/Children’s Nurse/ General Nurse Division of the live Register of Nurses kept by An Bord Altranais (NMBI);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 NMBI.Hold full clean manual drivers licence and be willing to drive service vehiclesCandidates should be eligible to work in Ireland.Desirable CriteriaExperience of working with children with physical disabilities/ intellectual disabilities/ ASD/ Behaviours of concern.BenefitsExcellent internal and external training opportunitiesGenerous annual leave entitlementsFlexible WorkingLong service reward schemePay adjusted Maternity LeavePay adjusted Adoptive LeavePay adjusted Paternity LeaveWellbeing benefitsPensionWhat 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 dateClosing date for applications: Before noon Tuesday 16th September 2025 before noonAdditional informationA 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.Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.Please review Enable Ireland’s Privacy Policy and Data Protection notices for details on how applicant information is processed.
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