Director Of Nursing Band Older Person Services

The Role

The focus of the Director of Nursing 3 role is on improving resident and service experience, quality of care and resident and service user outcomes, in the context of developing a culture of performance improvement within the allocated resources.

The Person

1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.

(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:

(i) Are registered, or are eligible for registration, in the General Nurse

Division, and other divisions as relevant to the specific service, of the

Register of Nurses and Midwives, as appropriate, maintained by the

Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus

Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

(ii) Have 10 years post registration nursing experience and 5 years nursing

management experience at a minimum of Clinical Nurse Manager 2

(CNM 2) level of which 3 must have been in an acute/community, older persons setting.

And

(iii) Have successfully completed a post registration programme of study, as certified by the education provider, which verifies that the applicant has achieved a National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major academic Level 8 or higher award maintained by Quality & Qualifications of Ireland (QQI) or can provide written evidence from the Higher Education Institute that they have achieved the number of ECTS credits equivalent to a Level 8 or higher in a health care or management related area.

And

(b) Candidates must possess the requisite clinical, leadership, managerial and administrative knowledge and ability for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

2. Annual registration

(i) Practitioners must maintain live annual registration in the General Nurse Division, and other divisions as relevant to the specific service, of the Register of Nurses and Midwives, as appropriate, maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

(ii) Practitioners must confirm annual registration with NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

3. Health

Candidates for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

4. Character

Candidates for and any person holding the office must be of good character.

For further information please see the below job specification.

The above Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties, as appropriate to the post, which may be assigned to him / her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

We welcome enquiries about the role:

Name: John Lavelle, General Manager,Older Person Services.

Email: john.lavelle2@hse.ie

For further information about the role.

Name: Reymary Reyes

Email: Reymary.Reyes@hse.ie

For enquiries relating to the recruitment process.

Application Process:

***CV's will NOT be accepted***

Closing date: Tuesday 28th April 2026 @ 12:00noon

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