Job Overview
The Eist (Evaluation & Intensive Support Team) is seeking a dedicated Candidate Clinical Nurse Specialist (cCNS) in Intellectual Disabilities to join Community Disability Services across Dublin South and Wicklow. This permanent wholetime opportunity offers the chance to deliver specialist nursing interventions to adults with complex intellectual disabilities and high support needs.
This cCNS Intellectual Disabilities Wicklow role focuses on positive behaviour support, trauma-informed care, and interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance quality of life and promote person-centred outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver specialist nursing assessment and management for adults with complex intellectual disability and associated needs.
- Provide Positive Behaviour Support interventions aligned with best practice standards.
- Contribute to interdisciplinary assessment, care planning and coordinated intervention delivery.
- Apply trauma-informed and person-centred approaches in all clinical interactions.
- Support individuals with mobility, postural and sensory needs.
- Collaborate with families, carers, residential services and community providers.
- Contribute to clinical governance, service development and quality improvement initiatives.
- Participate in practice education, research and evidence-based service delivery.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Registered Nurse Intellectual Disability (RNID) registration with NMBI.
- Demonstrated experience assessing and managing adults with complex intellectual disabilities and/or Autism.
- Experience delivering nursing services in community-based settings.
- Proven ability to work within a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary model of care.
- Experience in trauma-informed practice and person-centred clinical approaches.
- Knowledge of positive behaviour support frameworks.
- Experience contributing to research, clinical governance and service development initiatives.
Salary, Benefits & Working Hours
Salary Scale: €62,078 – €78,443 per annum (LSI applicable in line with HSE pay scales).
Contract Type: Permanent Wholetime (1 WTE).
This role offers competitive public sector benefits including pension scheme, annual leave entitlements, professional development opportunities, and structured clinical progression pathways.
Location & Employer Information
This role is based within Dublin South & Wicklow Community Disability Services (IHADSW) and Southside Intellectual Disability Services (SSID) Residential Services.
Primary Location: Hawhorns Grove, Stillorgan.
Secondary Location: Bray Civic Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
The Eist team operates as a multidisciplinary service aligned to Adult Community Disability Services, supporting individuals with complex and high support needs across the region.
Application Details
Reference: DSECM1226
Category: Nursing and Midwifery
Grade: Clinical Nurse Specialist (Intellectual Disability) 2627
Recruiter: HSE Dublin and South East
Informal Enquiries:
Sharon Mooney, Director of Nursing SSID
Tel: 01 4061274
Email: sharon.mooney1@hse.ie
Caroline Farrell, Disability Services Manager, Dublin South Wicklow
Tel: 01 2744188
Email: caroline.farrell2@hse.ie
Recruitment Process Queries:
Tiegan Barnaville, Recruitment Lead
Email: tiegan.barnaville@hse.ie
Last Day to Apply: 24 April 2026 at 12:00 PM
