Director of Nursing 1, Assistant (Older Persons Services) in Limerick

About the Role

Director of Nursing 1, Assistant (Older Persons Services) in Limerick. Full time, permanent. Salary €72,843–€89,894 per year. Closing date: November 12, 2026 5:00 PM.

Six Health Regions have been established within the HSE, on the basis of the geographical boundaries agreed by the Government in July 2019 and they will be fully operational from 2024. Each Health Region will be tasked with population specific planning resourcing and delivery of health and social care services for the needs of its unique population. This will result in improved accountability and governance in terms of finance and performance, while also bringing decision making closer to the frontline.

Health Regions will enable and empower staff to provide services that are: Integrated, locally planned and delivered, Easier to access and navigate, Available closer to home.

Health Regions are geographically-based units with clearly defined populations. They align community and hospital services within specific areas. The HSE will retain a strong but leaner central organisation, with more service provision developed at a local level.

The newly established HSE Mid West Health Region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services for Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary serving a population of over 413,059 people. The redesign of services will allow new pathways to be developed between acute hospitals, community services, primary care, health & wellbeing and voluntary sectors to develop more integrated, patient-centred care. HSE Mid-West includes all hospital, community healthcare and public health services in the region. This includes:

• UL Hospitals Group, consisting of University Hospital Limerick, University Maternity Hospital Limerick, Ennis Hospital, Nenagh Hospital, Croom Hospital, St John’s Hospital (voluntary)
• Mid-West Community Healthcare, which deliver a broad range of community services, provided within and outside of the acute hospital system and includes Primary Care, Older Persons, Disabilities, Mental Health and Health & Wellbeing.
• Public Health Mid-West, which work to protect, support, enable and advise on the health and wellbeing of the population. They deliver services across four public health domains: Health Protection, Health Improvement, Health Service Improvement, Health Intelligence.

The post holder will report to the Director of Nursing Band 1 Older Persons Services. Key Working Relationships to include but not limited to: Director of Nursing Older Persons Services, The Older Persons Services Clinical Directorate team, Directors of nursing in all HSE Mid West CNUS and their management teams, Head of Service office, Acute hospital management, RANPs and other Nursing/Midwifery grades, Nurse Practice Development Co-ordinator, Prescribing site Co-ordinator(s), Medical colleagues, Inter professional colleagues, Patients/service users/families and/or carers, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit, Centres of Nursing and Midwifery Education.

Requirements

Fluent English.

Details

Location: Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary. Grade Code: 2910. Initial assignment – Older Persons Services, Pearse House, Raheen.

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Director of Nursing 1, Assistant – Older Persons Services, HSE Mid-West Acute and Older Persons Services from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

How to Apply

Informal Enquiries: We welcome enquiries about the role. Contact Ms. Claire Collier, Director of Nursing, Older Persons Services, HSE Mid-West Acute and Older Persons Services. Email: [email protected]. Contact [email protected] for enquiries relating to the recruitment process. Candidates who require a Reasonable Accommodation/s to support their participation, at any stage, in the recruitment and selection process, should email Jennifer Greene, Campaign Lead [email protected].