This Clinical Nurse Specialist Intellectual Disability role offers a permanent, whole-time opportunity within the Evaluation & Intensive Support Team (EIST), based primarily in Bray, County Wicklow, with a secondary location in Tallaght, Dublin 24. The post sits within HSE Dublin South & Wicklow and plays a pivotal role in supporting adults with intellectual disabilities and complex needs across community services.
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This is a senior specialist nursing role focused on clinical leadership, service development, and evidence-based practice within evolving intellectual disability services.
Key Responsibilities
• Provide specialist clinical expertise to individuals with intellectual disabilities, including complex health needs, dual diagnoses, and behavioural challenges
• Deliver evidence-based interventions, health promotion, and advocacy within community-based services
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and mentorship to nursing and multidisciplinary team members
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and implementation of best-practice guidelines
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team aligned to Southside Intellectual Disability Services and Adult Community Disability Services
• Support the strategic development of intellectual disability health and wellbeing services within the Regional Health Area
Required Skills & Qualifications
• Registered Nurse (Intellectual Disability) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)
• Eligible for appointment to Clinical Nurse Specialist (Intellectual Disability) grade (Grade 2627)
• Demonstrated specialist knowledge in intellectual disability nursing and complex care
• Proven experience in clinical leadership, supervision, and team support
• Strong understanding of evidence-based practice, health promotion, and service user advocacy
• Experience in service development and quality improvement within healthcare or disability services
Salary, Benefits & Working Hours
• Salary scale: €61,463 – €77,666 per annum (Clinical Nurse Specialist Intellectual Disability, Grade 2627, HSE consolidated pay scales effective 1 August 2025)
• Contract type: Permanent, whole-time
• Working hours: Full-time hours in line with HSE nursing contracts
• Benefits include:
• Public service pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Paid maternity, paternity, and sick leave
• Ongoing professional development and education opportunities
Location & Employer Information
This Clinical Nurse Specialist Intellectual Disability post is based with the Evaluation & Intensive Support Team (EIST), primarily at Bray Civic Centre, County Wicklow, with a secondary base at Junction House, Kilnamanagh Primary Care Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24.
The employer is the Health Service Executive (HSE), Ireland’s national public health service, providing community-based and specialist services for people with intellectual disabilities across Dublin South and Wicklow.
Application Details
• Closing date: 2 January 2026 at 12:00
• Reference number: CHE1492025
• Contract: Permanent, whole-time
Apply online via the official HSE recruitment platform
Informal enquiries:
• Sharon Mooney, Director of Nursing (SSID)
Tel: 01 406 1274
Email: [email protected]
• Caroline Farrell, Disability Services Manager, Dublin South Wicklow
Tel: 01 274 4188
Email: [email protected]
Recruitment process queries:
• Tiegan Barnaville, Recruitment Lead
Tel: 01 274 4264
Email: [email protected]
