NSS2025112 Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (Clinical Trainer) Co Kerry in County Kerry

About the Role

The National Screening Service (NSS) delivers four national population-based screening programmes – for cervical, breast and bowel screening and for detecting sight-threatening retinopathy in people with diabetes. This role is based in County Kerry and is offered on a 0.2 WTE basis (equivalent to one day per week), with responsibility for supporting GP practices throughout County Kerry as part of the national Screening Training and Education Service. The post holder will work closely with GP practices and primary care stakeholders across the county, acting as a key point of contact to support training, education initiatives, service development, and stakeholder engagement at a local level.

The post of Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (Clinical Trainer) has a pivotal role: In providing a quality educational and supportive service to Trainees on the Cervical Screening education programmes, in enhancing outcomes for clients by assessment of standards of cervical screening providers, the planning and implementation of appropriate education and professional development, in the co-ordination and management of up-to-date educational/clinical programmes for relevant staff, and in providing clinical support to the education and Training programmes in Cervical Check. The Clinical Trainer may also provide support for the other programmes in the National Screening Service as required.

Requirements

For Eligibility Criteria and further information on this post, please view the attached job specification available below. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals who meet the eligibility criteria for this role. Information on the eligibility criteria is available in the Job Specification. For more details on the qualifications and eligibility criteria please see Appendix 1. For information on “Non-European Economic Area Applicants” please see Appendix 2. The HSE welcomes applications from suitably qualified non-EEA Nationals who have refugee status. We would be grateful if such applicants would provide documentary evidence confirming their status.

Details

Location: Kerry

Salary: €62,699–€79,227 per year

Contract type: Part-time, Permanent

Closing date: 24 Sept 2026

How to Apply

You must complete the Application Form particular to this post. Proposed interview dates will be indicated at a later stage. Please note you may be called forward for interview at short notice. As we require the same information from all candidates in order to make fair decisions on their applications we will not be able to process applications by CV or any other method. Online applications will receive a response within 72 hours. We check eligibility of the applicants after the closing date and time therefore it is important that you have fully demonstrated your eligibility for the role in your online application. If you omit information pertinent to the eligibility criteria you will be deemed ineligible and subsequently not called forward to interview. We can only accept applications received by the closing date and time of Thursday 24th September 2026 at 15:00pm. If you submit more than one application the last one received prior to the closing date and time is the version that will be considered. Please note we will only contact you by email therefore it is most important that your email address is included on your application form. It is your responsibility to ensure you have access to your emails. If you choose to use your work email addresses you may receive communications that have a time deadline requirement while you may be working away or on leave. We recommend you use a personal email address to which you have regular access. To ensure that you do not miss out on any email communication it is highly recommended that you check your spam and junk folder on a regular basis.