General Staff Nurse Medical/Surgical in Galway

About the Role

General Staff Nurse Medical/Surgical

Galway, Ireland

Temporary, Permanent, Specified Purpose Contract, Wholetime/Part Time

€37,288 – 55,477 per year

The West and North West region provides acute and specialist hospital and community services to the West and North West of Ireland – counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and adjoining counties.

The region comprises of 7 hospitals across 8 sites:

• Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH)
• Mayo University Hospital (MUH)
• Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH)
• Roscommon University Hospital (RUH)
• Sligo University Hospital (SUH) incorporating Our Lady’s Hospital Manorhamilton (OLHM)
• Galway University Hospitals (GUH) incorporating University Hospital Galway (UHG) and Merlin Park University Hospital

The region’s Academic Partner is NUI Galway.

The region covers one third of the land mass of Ireland, it provides health care to a population of 830,000, employs over 20,000 staff.

Our vision is to be a leading academic Hospital providing excellent integrated patient-centred care delivered by skilled caring staff.

Guiding Principles: Care - Compassion - Trust – Learning

Demonstrate depth and breadth of recent nursing experience in acute hospital setting, as relevant to the role.

Access to the Enhanced Nurse/Senior Enhanced Nurse role is available through this campaign (pending eligibility).

Location of Posts: Galway University Hospitals (which comprises of University Hospital, Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital).

Exciting staff nursing opportunities are available across many departments in these hospitals including Medical, Surgical, Critical Care, Coronary Care, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic, Orthopaedics, Urology, Gastro-Intestinal, Plastics, Ophthalmic, ENT, Vascular, Endo-Vascular, Maxillo-Facial, Nephrology, Respiratory, Cancer Services which includes Haematology Oncology Day and Emergency Medicine.

Requirements

Grade Code: 2135, 2283

Staff Category: Nursing & Midwifery

Contract Type: Permanent, Wholetime/Part Time, Specified Purpose Contract, Wholetime/Part Time

Internal/External: External

Proposed Interview Dates: Interviews are held on a rolling basis. Candidates will normally be given at least one weeks' notice of interview.

Details

Informal Enquiries: Recruitment & Retention Office - 091 731952/ 731504

Relocation Package: The HSE offers an International Recruitment Relocation Package to relevant applicants. Please refer to HR Circular 001/2023 at the following link: https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/resources/hr-circulars/hr-circular-001-2023-international-recruitment-relocation-package.pdf

Location of Posts: Galway University Hospitals (which comprises of University Hospital, Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital).

How to Apply

Please ensure you download, save and read the Job Specification & Additional Campaign Information document in advance of applying. Please ensure to complete application form fully. We strongly recommend that you read the Job Specification before submitting your application. Interviews will be competency based.

Please note that any CVs uploaded or sent to the informal enquiries contact will not be accepted. All applicants must complete the application form in full when applying for this post.