Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care in Limerick

About the Role

Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care

Permanent ,Whole Time & Pensionable

St John’s Hospital, Limerick is a Section 38, Voluntary Hospital founded in 1780 by the Little Company of Mary Sisters. St John’s Hospital is a Model 2S, acute general hospital funded by the HSE and member of HSE-Midwest. It is a longstanding teaching hospital for medical, nursing and allied healthcare professional staff and is an academic partner of the University of Limerick. The hospital provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including general medicine, general surgery, urology, gynaecology and endoscopy services. The hospital also has an Urgent Care Centre incorporating a Local Injuries Unit and Medical Assessment Unit. The Injury Unit is the busiest in the Midwest region and second busiest Unit nationally after the Mercy Hospital (Source: HSE BIU data October 2022).

The purpose of this Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care post is to enable delivery of an efficient and effective Specialist Palliative Care Service that meets the needs of all patients and desired outcomes in line with key national drivers - National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare (HIQA, 2012), National Clinical Programme Palliative Care and Palliative Care Services Development Framework (HSE 2009). The Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care is a key member of the disciplinary Team providing Specialist Palliative Care to adults with malignant and non-malignant conditions. The Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care will deliver care in line with the five core concepts of the role set out in the Framework for the Establishment of Clinical Nurse Specialist Posts, 4th edition, National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (NCNM) 2008. The Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care will provide nursing expertise, education and a consultation service to patients their relatives and nursing staff in all areas of this speciality. The Clinical Nurse Specialist - Palliative Care will work as a member of the interdisciplinary team in the promotion of a patient centred palliative care approach.

Requirements

The candidate will: Demonstrate depth and breadth of nursing experience in the specialist area of palliative care, as relevant to this post. Fluent English.

Details

Location: Limerick

Salary: €62,699–€79,227 per year

Closing date: 19 Oct 2026

Informal enquiries to: Assistant Director of Nursing, St John’s Hospital Email: [email protected]

Applications forms can be accessed on https://www.stjohnshospital.ie/jobs/