Letterkenny University Hospital is seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Midwife Manager 2 (CMM2) to lead and coordinate high-quality maternity services. This permanent wholetime leadership role offers the opportunity to drive clinical excellence, enhance patient care standards, and support multidisciplinary collaboration within a dynamic hospital environment.
As a senior midwifery leader, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring safe, effective, and woman-centred maternity care across the service.
🔑 Key Responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership and operational management within maternity services.
- Ensure safe, evidence-based midwifery practice aligned with HSE policies.
- Lead, supervise, and support midwifery and nursing staff.
- Coordinate service delivery to maintain high standards of patient care.
- Contribute to service planning, quality improvement, and risk management.
- Manage resources effectively, including staffing and budget oversight.
- Support staff development, mentoring, and performance management.
- Ensure compliance with HIQA standards and clinical governance frameworks.
🎓 Required Skills & Qualifications
- Registered as a Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
- Minimum required years of post-registration clinical experience (as per HSE requirements).
- Demonstrated leadership and management experience in maternity services.
- Strong knowledge of clinical governance, quality standards, and patient safety.
- Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
- Eligibility to work in Ireland.
💰 Salary, Benefits & Working Hours
Salary is aligned with the HSE Consolidated Pay Scales for Clinical Midwife Manager 2 (Grade 2132).
Effective 1 August 2025 Salary Scale:
€61,463 – €77,666 (including LSI)
- Permanent Wholetime position.
- Public sector pension scheme.
- Generous annual leave entitlement.
- Opportunities for continuing professional development.
- Access to HSE employee wellbeing supports.
📍 Location & Employer Information
Letterkenny University Hospital provides acute and specialist healthcare services to the population of Donegal and surrounding regions. As part of the HSE West and North West region, the hospital is committed to delivering safe, high-quality maternity and neonatal services.
This role is open to both HSE and non-HSE applicants.
📝 Application Details
Applications must be submitted online via the official recruitment portal:
👉 Apply here: https://www.rezoomo.com/job/94062/
Informal Enquiries:
Ms Marion Doogan
Director of Midwifery
Tel: 087 1918884
Email: marion.doogan@hse.ie
Proposed interview date: Interviews will be arranged as soon as possible after the closing date.
Last Day to Apply: 13 March 2026, 4:00 PM
