Location of Post

Services are based in Cavan Monaghan Intellectual Disability Services.

If you apply and are successful at interview you will be placed on a panel in order of
merit. Once you are on the panel, you will be notified via email about all Staff Nurse
Intellectual Disability posts as they arise within the Intellectual Disability Services,
Cavan Monaghan.

As each individual job arises, we inform all candidates on the panel via email. The
email tells you about an individual job at a particular site, details include: location, start
date, the service itself, the caseload, the team and the contact details of a Nurse
Manager at that site with whom you can talk if you want to find out more. You can
even arrange a site visit to help you decide if it is the right job for you. If you are not
interested, you can simply ignore it until you see a job that is of interest to you.

Informal Enquiries

Marion McCormack,
Director of Nursing,
E-Mail: marion.mccormack@hse.ie
Telephone No: 086-8234922

Purpose of the Post

The role of the Staff Nurse Intellectual Disability (ID) is to provide holistic, personcentred
nursing care, promoting optimum independence, enhancing the quality of life
for service users with intellectual, physical or sensory disability in all aspects of daily
living.
On occasion the Staff Nurse ID may be expected to take responsibility for a unit or
community facility in the absence of the Clinical Nurse Manager. S/he must practice in
accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct as set out by the Nursing &
Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and within the policies, guidelines, protocols of the
units / settings in which they are employed.

Eligibilty Criteria

Qualifications and / or experience

Candidates must have at the latest date for receipt of applications for the post:-

 Be registered in the Intellectual Disability Division of the Register of Nurses &
Midwives maintained by Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann
(Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland) or be entitled to be so registered

AND

 Have the clinical and administrative capacity to properly discharge the
functions of the role

Note: Post holders must maintain annual registration with Bord Altranais agus
Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland)

Health
A candidate 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.

Character
Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character

Post Specific Requirements

Demonstrate professional knowledge and experience across the Intellectual Disability
scope of nursing practice

Please see attached job spec and addtional campaign information:

5026CHCM Staff Nurse ID Job Spec

Additional Campaign Information CM