Clinical Nurse Manager 1 (Mental Health)

Bloomfield Care Centre Limited; Dublin; Vor Ort; EUR 65.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Free onsite staff parking

Subsidized on-site restaurant

Contributory pension

Comprehensive training programmes

Further education support

Employee Wellbeing Programmes

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Zusammenfassung

Bloomfield Hospital in Dublin delivers inpatient mental health services and seeks a Clinical Nurse Manager 1 to lead a team of Registered Nurses and Healthcare Assistants. The role focuses on strategic development, high-quality care, and regulatory compliance, within a dynamic multidisciplinary environment in Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham.

The successful candidate will bring substantial nursing leadership experience in mental health, decision-making ability, and a commitment to patient-centred care

Qualifikationen

• Registered Psychiatric Nurse with An Bord Altranais is essential.
• 3 years post-registration nursing experience with at least 1 year in adult mental health services.
• Flexibility to cover night shifts, bank holidays, and weekends.
• Experience in healthcare/hospital settings including acute mental health care.
• Desirable: clinical experience in palliative care and knowledge of Mental Health Commission requirements.

Aufgaben

• Provide strategic and operational development and management following national standards.
• Ensure nursing service delivery to high standards of treatment and care with safety emphasis.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory programmes including Health & Safety and Risk Management.
• Lead change programmes in the nursing service as an active leader.
• Collaborate with residents, families, and staff in goal setting and care planning.
• Participate in the multidisciplinary team and work with colleagues across departments.
• Ensure practices, procedures, and policies align with organisation plans.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Staff management

Budget management

Clinical governance

Ausbildung

Registered Psychiatric Nurse with An Bord Altranais

Jobbeschreibung

Bloomfield Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Manager 1 to jointly lead and develop a team of Registered Nurses and Healthcare Assistants, to play an integral role in a committed multi-disciplinary team, and to make a significant contribution in the area of inpatient mental treatment and care.

Work Location: Stocking Lane, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Ireland

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time

Working Hours: 78 hours fortnightly

Reports to: Director of Nursing and accountable to CNM2/Assistant Director of Nursing

About Bloomfield:

We are a 131-bed inpatient mental health service, registered as an approved centre with the Mental Health Commission. Our ethos is rooted in honouring the dignity of every person who comes through our doors.

Bloomfield Hospital provides a spectrum of neuropsychiatric services to adults with a range of serious and enduring mental health needs such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's Diseases, as well as individuals with early onset dementias, schizophrenia, and mood disorders. We are the only facility in Ireland that provides a high level of specialized care for people with Huntington's disease.

In Bloomfield Hospital there is a focus on creating a therapeutic environment by using recovery-oriented clinical practices and therapeutic interventions, which are evidence-based, to enable and support patients to achieve their highest level of functioning and quality of life. This care is delivered through a Multidisciplinary Team including colleagues in Psychiatry, Psychology, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language, Dietetics, Physiotherapy, and General Practice.

We have over 200 multidisciplinary team members delivering the highest standards of care in a friendly and inclusive workplace.

Responsibilities will include:

• Provide continued strategic and operational development, coordination, and management following national and regulatory standards and with regard to best practices.
• Ensure that the nursing service provision is delivered to the highest standard of treatment and care, and that safety is maintained.
• Ensure the highest standard of compliance with regulatory programmes including Health & Safety and Risk Management standards.
• As an active leader, have the knowledge and experience to deliver operational change programmes in the nursing service.
• Collaborate with residents, families, carers, nursing and other staff in goal setting and care planning.
• Participate in the multidisciplinary/healthcare team and work in cooperation and collaboration with team members.
• Ensure that all practices, procedures, and policies conform to the service and strategic plans of the organization.

The successful candidates will meet the following requirements:

• A Registered Psychiatric Nurse with An Bord Altranais is essential.
• Possess 3 years post-registration nursing experience consisting of at least 1 year working in adult mental health services.
• Flexibility in covering night shift/bank holidays/weekends.
• Experience in a healthcare/hospital setting, including acute mental health care.
• Clinical experience in palliative care is desirable.
• Possess the requisite knowledge and ability including a high standard of clinical, managerial, and administrative competencies.
• Demonstrate experience in managing staff, budgets, and workforce planning.
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the Mental Health Commission requirements, leadership, and governance.
• Demonstrate clinical experience in working within a team of clinicians and knowledge of the concepts and operations of Clinical Governance.
• Demonstrate ability to lead, teach, manage, participate, in the practice education of students and registered nurses, and to promote and engage in the teaching/training/support of others as appropriate.
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience of health, safety, and other statutory regulations affecting a healthcare organization.
• Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional/personal development.

Employee Benefits:

• Free onsite staff parking
• Subsidized on-site restaurant
• Contributory pension
• Comprehensive training programmes
• Further education support
• Employee Wellbeing Programmes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme

The closing date for applications is 2nd November 2026.

For further information, you can get in touch with a member of the HR Team at 01-4950021 or email [e-mail]