The appointed person will be assigned to both operational and strategic managerial functions as determined by the Director of Nursing. This will include a strong focus on the provision of professional and clinical leadership across Nursing Services.

The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality evidenced-based nursing practice in designated areas of responsibility and will be responsible for maintaining and developing Nursing Services. In doing so, the post-holder will ensure service user centeredness approach to service development.

The post-holder will have a lead role in the clinical governance of nursing services in defined service areas. This will include; contributing to the development of key process and outcome standards and objectives, the development of Key performance indicators (KPIs) and monitoring of same and taking a lead in quality assurance programmes. To this end, the post-holder will be expected to influence and lead on identified clinical and non-clinical programmes as defined by the Director of Nursing.

The Assistant Director of Nursing role is a key nursing leadership role and as such the post-holder is central to the delivery of the Hospital’s and Dublin & North East Hospital Group Strategy and the national and local Nursing strategies.

Location of Post

HSE Dublin North and East Region: Cavan Monaghan Hospital – Medical Services Permanent; Full-time

Informal Enquiries

Caroline Keyes – Director of Nursing

Email:  caroline.keyes@hse.ie

049 4363543

Candidates must have at the latest date of application: -

1.  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 7 years post registration nursing experience and 3 years nursing management experience at a minimum of Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (CNM 2) in an acute 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 standard 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 on the General Nurse Division of the Nurses & Midwifery Register maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Registration Board [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

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.

4.  Character

Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character. Please note that appointment to and continuation in posts that require statutory registration is dependent upon the post holder maintaining annual registration in the relevant division of the register maintained by Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing Midwifery Board Ireland)

Post Specific Requirements

• Have proven clinical and professional managerial ability, leadership, communication and organisational skills in the delivery of specialty services in the acute hospital setting.
• Demonstrate depth and breadth of management experience in an acute setting.
• Demonstrate depth and breadth of people & change management.
• In depth experience of operational management, including staffing.

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Asst Director of Nursing -Medical Service Job Specification - 29.09.2026