Staff / Enhanced Nurse (RNID)

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Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2024.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.

We are currently seeking highly-motivated Staff/Enhanced Nurse (RNID) to join our team in Enable Ireland Adult Services, Thurles, Co Tipperary.

Contract Type: Full Time Permanent Contract

Contract Hours: 37.5 Hours per week

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days pro rata per annum

Salary Scale:

Enhanced Nurse: €40,212 to €53,009 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments).

Staff Nurse: €34,492 to €50,362 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments).

Overview Of The Post: The role of the Staff / Enhanced Nurse is to work as part of a team within the adult day service to facilitate service owners with their daily programmes. This will include providing nursing duties, assisting personal care needs, mobility, and supporting access to services in their community and on our virtual day service. The post holder will encourage and support opportunities to help develop a range of options for service owners in line with their person-centred plan.

Overview Of Duties & Responsibilities: Please see Job Description for full list of Duties & Responsibilities.

Essential Criteria:

• Have a nursing RNID qualification validated for working in the Republic of Ireland.
• Be registered in the Intellectual Disability Nurse Division of the live Register of Nurses kept by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).

AND

• 1 Year 16 weeks relevant nursing work experience after graduating (to be eligible for Enhanced Nurse role).
• Successful candidate must confirm annual registration with the NMBI to Enable Ireland.
• Post holders must maintain annual registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
• Have the clinical and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
• Full clean driver's licence and willingness to drive service transport.
• Basic IT skills.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience working with adults in a day service setting.
• 1 year experience working with adults with disabilities.
• Experience of working in community setting.

In the event of a high volume of applicants, Desirable Criteria may be applied in the shortlisting process.

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

Benefits: As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

• Excellent internal and external training opportunities.
• Generous annual leave entitlements.
• Flexible Working.
• Long service reward scheme.
• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave.
• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave.
• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave.
• Wellbeing benefits.
• Pension.

For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here.

Closing date for applications: 12pm Wednesday 9th April 2025

Interview date: TBC

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.

The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.

Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.

The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.