Mental Health Staff Nurse in Dublin

About the Role

Saint John of God University Hospital is seeking a Mental Health Staff Nurse. Located in Dublin, this is a full-time, permanent position with a salary of €38,908–€56,948 per year. The closing date for applications is 21 Oct 2026, 22:59.

Saint John of God University Hospital is a leading provider of compassionate, person-centred mental health care in Ireland. As an acute university teaching hospital, we offer a full continuum of mental health services through both inpatient and outpatient programmes. Our expert multidisciplinary teams support individuals experiencing conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and psychosis. We also deliver specialist programmes in areas including Eating Disorders, Addiction, Psychiatry of Later Life, and Adolescent Mental Health, alongside unique services. Our care is grounded in our core values of hospitality, compassion, and respect, with a strong emphasis on dignity, recovery, and personalised care pathways.

As an affiliated of University College Dublin, we also collaborate with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, and the University of Limerick, we are committed to training the next generation of healthcare professionals and advancing clinical research to improve patient outcomes. As a Mental Health Commission-approved centre under the Mental Health Act 2001, we maintain the highest standards of clinical excellence and governance. With 180 inpatient beds and a growing portfolio of innovative outpatient services, we accept referrals nationally and internationally. Our aim is to be a centre of hope and recovery for individuals and families across all stages of mental health.

We are very interested to receive applications from all 2026 Undergraduates/Graduates (Pre-Reg) who are interested in working as a Mental Health Staff Nurse within St John of God University Hospital. Undergraduates successful at interview can be offered specific purpose contracts until a time they are qualified and provide evidence that they have registered with NMBI, formal permanent job offers can progress thereafter if advised.

Responsibilities

• Practice Nursing according to the Code of Professional Conduct as laid down by Bord Altranais agus CnáimSJOGUHachais na hÉireann (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland) and Professional Clinical Guidelines.
• Maintain a high standard of professional behaviour and be accountable for their practice.
• Staff will work in accordance with the principles and values of recovery as described in the National Framework for Recovery for Irish Mental Health Services 2018-2020.
• Promote the health, welfare and social wellbeing of patients within our services.
• Promote and recognise the patients’ social and cultural dimensions of care and the need for links with their local community.
• Collaborate and work closely with the patient, their family, the multi-disciplinary / inter-disciplinary team, external agencies and services to facilitate discharge planning, continuity of care and specific care requirements.
• Provide appropriate and timely education and information to the patient, their family and be an advocate for the individual patient and for their family.
• Participate in innovation and change in the approach to patient care delivery particularly in relation to new research findings, evidence based practice and advances in treatment.

Requirements

• Be registered in the Psychiatric Division of the Register of Nurses kept by Bord Altranais agus CnáimSJOGUHachais na hÉireann (Nursing Midwifery Board of Ireland) or be entitled to be so registered.
• Have the clinical and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.