This is a senior leadership opportunity within Older Persons Services, providing strategic and operational nursing management across community and long-term care settings in Dublin South. The role plays a critical part in ensuring high-quality, safe, and person-centred care for older people, including those in dementia-specific and complex care units.
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The successful candidate will support governance, workforce management, and service development while ensuring full compliance with regulatory and safeguarding standards.
Key Responsibilities
• Provide professional nursing leadership across Older Persons Services
• Support the Director of Nursing in service planning and operational delivery
• Ensure compliance with HIQA standards, safeguarding policies, and reporting requirements
• Oversee roster management, workforce planning, and staff mediation processes
• Promote high standards of clinical governance and risk management
• Lead and support education, training, and continuous professional development initiatives
• Contribute to quality improvement, audit, and service evaluation programmes
Required Skills & Qualifications
• Registered Nurse on the live Register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)
• Relevant post-registration qualification at Level 9 or higher (or working towards)
• Significant senior nursing management experience
• Demonstrated experience in Older Persons Services, dementia-specific, highly complex, or long-term care settings
• Strong working knowledge of safeguarding legislation and HIQA regulatory frameworks
• Proven leadership, communication, and people-management skills
Desirable:
• Gerontological nursing specialisation
• Experience delivering staff education or “train the trainer” programmes
Salary, Benefits & Working Hours
• Salary in line with HSE Director of Nursing 2 – Assistant (Grade 2911) pay scale (August 2025)
• Public service pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Access to structured leadership development and education supports
• Standard HSE working hours with flexibility aligned to service needs
Location & Employer Information
This role is based across Tymon North Community Unit, Maynooth, and Cherry Orchard Hospital, serving Older Persons Services in Dublin South. The post sits within HSE Dublin and Midlands, delivering integrated health and social care services across the region.
Application Details
• Application platform: https://www.rezoomo.com/job/91467/
• Informal enquiries:
– Annamma Abraham, Director of Nursing
– Email: [email protected]
– Tel: 087 430 2783
Related Documents:
- Job Specification
- Applicant Information Document
- Supplementary_Questions_Guide
- Table_Experience_Post_Qualification
Last Day to Apply: 9 February 2026 at 12:00
