Clinical Nurse Manager I

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 2025.

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 a highly-motivated Clinical Nurse Manager (CNM1) to join our team in CHO 7 Adult Services Crumlin Rialto and Tallaght.

Contract Type: Permanent Part-time (0.8 WTE)

Contract Hours: 30 hrs per week

Salary Scale: €53,468 to €63,401 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 34 - 37 days pro rata per annum (Dependent on years’ service) and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post:

To provide clinical leadership and operational support across Adult Day Services, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person-centred, evidence-based nursing care to adults with physical and sensory disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual Disability.

The post holder will support nursing staff, promote best clinical practice, oversee clinical governance and quality improvement, and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective and responsive services in line with Enable Ireland's ethos, New Directions and professional standards

Key Working Relationships: Enable Ireland delivers services using the social model of disability and has a wide range of stakeholders with whom strong professional relationships need to be forged and fostered on an ongoing basis. These stakeholders will be clearly identified and be relevant to supporting the service owners live independent lives in their local community.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

Essential Criteria:

· A recognised validated University Degree or an equivalent qualification in Nursing.

· Are registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI].

And

· Have at least 3 years post registration fulltime experience (or an aggregate of 3 years post registration full time experience) of which 1 year post registration full time experience (or an aggregate of 1 years post registration full time experience) must be in working with children with disabilities, (physical disability, autism, learning disability) and their families.

And

· Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.

And

· Candidates must demonstrate evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

· On appointment, Practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the relevant division of the Register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.

· Be eligible to work in the state.

· Hold full clean drivers licence and willingness to drive service vehicles.

Desirable Criteria:

· Management course commenced or completed

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:

What now?

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 12th August, 2026 @ 12pm

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.

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