Clinical Nurse Manager I in Dublin
- Salary
- €53,468–€63,401 / year
- Contract
- Other
- Sector
- Public
- Closes
- 12 Aug 2026
About the Role
Clinical Nurse Manager I
Dublin, Ireland
Part-time, Permanent
€53,468–€63,401 per year
Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, independent living, supported employment, social and leisure activities. The demand for our services continues to increase throughout Ireland. We have set ourselves the challenging goal of meeting these needs by providing a full range of high quality services, and expanding into local communities.
Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2025.
Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.
We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Clinical Nurse Manager (CNM1) to join our team in CHO 7 Adult Services Crumlin Rialto and Tallaght.
Contract Type: Permanent Part-time (0.8 WTE)
Contract Hours: 30 hrs per week
Salary Scale: €53,468 to €63,401 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)
This pay scale is subject to increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.
Annual Leave Entitlement: 34 - 37 days pro rata per annum (Dependent on years’ service) and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.
To provide clinical leadership and operational support across Adult Day Services, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person-centred, evidence-based nursing care to adults with physical and sensory disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual Disability.
The post holder will support nursing staff, promote best clinical practice, oversee clinical governance and quality improvement, and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective and responsive services in line with Enable Ireland's ethos, New Directions and professional standards
Requirements
The successful candidate will have
Essential Criteria:
- A recognised validated University Degree or an equivalent qualification in Nursing.
- Are registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI].
- Have at least 3 years post registration fulltime experience (or an aggregate of 3 years post registration full time experience) of which 1 year post registration full time experience (or an aggregate of 1 years post registration full time experience) must be in working with children with disabilities, (physical disability, autism, learning disability) and their families.
- Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
- Candidates must demonstrate evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- On appointment, Practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the relevant division of the Register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.
- Be eligible to work in the state.
- Hold full clean drivers licence and willingness to drive service vehicles.
Desirable Criteria:
- Management course commenced or completed
Details
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 12th August, 2026 @ 12pm
A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.
The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
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How to Apply
To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.
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Frequently asked
- What are the essential criteria for the Clinical Nurse Manager I role?
- The essential criteria include a recognised validated University Degree or an equivalent qualification in Nursing, registration in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, at least 3 years post-registration full-time experience (with 1 year in working with children with disabilities), clinical, managerial and administrative capacity, evidence of Continuing Professional Development, eligibility to work in the state, and a full clean driver's licence.
- What are the desirable criteria for this role?
- A management course commenced or completed.
- What is the closing date for applications?
- Wednesday 12th August, 2026 @ 12pm
- How do I apply for this role?
- To apply, download the Job Description and Person Specification and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.
- What are the benefits of working at Enable Ireland?
- Benefits include excellent internal and external training opportunities, generous annual leave entitlements, flexible working, a long service reward scheme, pay adjusted Maternity, Adoptive and Paternity Leave, wellbeing benefits, and a pension.