CoAction West Cork provides quality services to support children and adults with an intellectual disability, and children with autism.
This is achieved by helping each service user reach their full potential, working in partnership with their families and carers, within the community.
Children's Disability Nurse/CNS
Spec Purpose Contract - Full and part time hours available
Closing Date: Friday 22nd August 2025
Please note that a 12 month panel may be formed from these interviews from which future positions may be filled.
Job Description
Details of the service/Background to the post
To provide a Nurse Specialist service to the designated geographical areas and to work as part of the community services multi-disciplinary team.
Purpose of the Post
The Overall Purpose Of This CNS Post Is To
To provide a quality, evidence based and family centred nursing interventions and support to children and young people (0 – 18 years) with complex needs within an interdisciplinary framework and to support other staff and students as assigned.
This post will involve having a Key Contact role for children, nursing assessments, intervention, IFSP's with families, programme planning and implementation and reviews.
It will also include Team assessments and joint interventions.
Service provision may include directive, monitoring and consultative approaches.
To work as part of the Clinical Nurse Specialist team and WCCDNTS team to provide Nursing supports .to children within WCCDNT.
To provide clinical support to Coaction's Children's Services.
Working Relationships
To work within the West Cork Children's Disability Network Team (WCCDNT)
To work as a member of the inter-disciplinary team.
Liaise and establish relations with other agencies and services.
Main Responsibilities
Clinical
To deliver a quality service to children and families.
To provide specialist nursing intervention for children and young people who are enrolled in the service.
To be responsible for managing and prioritising within own cases and as part of the team.
Be responsible for assessing the care needs and developing nursing care pathways.
To be responsible for working as part of a team, liaising with other disciplines and fostering good working relationships and practices.
To be responsible for keeping abreast of developments in the assessment and interventions for children and young people with complex needs.
To undertake and participate in audits as required.
To be responsible for fieldwork education of nursing students.
To ensure positive representation of Nursing service at all times.
Provide supervision for other Nurses within the policy, procedures, protocols and guidelines for the team and in agreement with the line management system.
Support staff grade Nurses to identify competency requirements and training/skills required.
To undertake the development of new systems and protocol for service delivery and effective time management.
To impart skills to other staff via training.
To continually enhance presentation skills.
To work as part of an inter-disciplinary team and participate in staff meetings and case conferences.
To assist in the organisation of Universal and Targeted Workshops within Nursing Team and Joint Multidisciplinary Workshops.
To attend, on occasion, meetings outside working hours.
To keep accurate up-to-date records.
Management
Participation in planning groups and committees related to the ongoing development of the service.
Active involvement in the compilation, delivery and evaluation of training with the organisation.
Management of resources, currently available and application for resources where there is a need.
To manage the development of the role of the Children Disability Nurse/ Clinical Nurse Specialist working with children and young people with complex needs.
Be responsible for personal time management and management of caseload.
Department responsibilities or administration duties as required.
Attend and participate in in-service programmes.
Actively engage in professional and personal development initiatives.
To enhance the Nurse Service within the organisation.
Participate effectively in the performance management system that operates within the organisation.
Adhere to Health and Safety regulations at all times.
To maintain the highest level of client confidentiality at all times.
To contribute in a positive and energetic manner to the overall development of WCCDNT and the services it provides.
Display active interest in research development.
Health Safety
Promote a safe working environment in accordance with Health and Safety legislation and, in particular, to comply with employees' obligations as set out in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005.
Be aware of and implement agreed policies, procedures and safe professional practice by adhering to relevant legislation, regulations and standards
Essential Criteria
The successful candidate will have:
A recognised validated University Degree or an equivalent qualification in Nursing – RNID and or RCN
Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience
Minimum of 3 years working at a senior level, or in a supervisory capacity
Minimum of 3 years' experience working with children with disabilities, (physical disability, autism, learning disability) and their families
Have a current Registration with the Nursing Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)
Be eligible to work in the state
Demonstrate the ability to provide staff supervision training and development
Desirable Criteria
Post graduate diploma/ degree in management or health related field
To be eligible to apply for Clinical Nurse Specialist Role requirements as per Nursing Midwifery Planning Development Unit NMPDU is changing to : per 2 years' practice in a specialist area, and a post-registration diploma (minimum level 9 of National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) related to the area of specialist practice
Good knowledge of the disability sector
For full position details and job description or for details on submitting an application please visit our website
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CoAction West Cork is an equal opportunity employer.
The above description is intended to give a broad outline of the post only.
It is neither inclusive nor definitive.
Duties may be altered or amended by the organisation to suit the changing needs of our children and families.
Staff will be given as much notice as possible regarding any such changes.
It is our policy to review job descriptions on an on-going basis.
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