Clinical Nurse Manager I

Enable Ireland; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Annual leave

Long service rewards

Maternity leave pay adjustments

Adoptive leave

Paternity leave

Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking a CNM1 for the Children’s Respite Services in Curraheen, Cork. The role is a temporary maternity cover, working 37.5 hours per week, with a salary scale of €54,537 to €64,669 pro rata per annum.

The post involves assisting the manager to offer a safe, homely environment for visiting children and to deliver person-centred care. Applicants must have a recognised Nursing degree, be registered with NMBI, and possess at least 3 years post-registration experience, including

Qualifications

• A recognised validated University Degree or equivalent in Nursing.
• Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) or eligibility for registration.
• Minimum 3 years post-registration full-time experience, including work with children with disabilities and their families.

Responsibilities

• Assist the manager to provide a safe, homely environment for children visiting Enable Ireland Respite House.
• Work with service users through a person-centred approach to meet identified needs during their stay.
• Demonstrate Continuing Professional Development and maintain annual registration in the NMBI division.

Skills

Nursing degree

NMBI registration

Children's care experience

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep

Description

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 CNM1 to join our team in Childrens Respite Serivces, Curraheen, Cork.

Contract Type: Tempoary (specified purpose covering maternity leave)

Contract Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary Scale: €54,537 to €64,669 pro rata per annum.

Overview of the Post:

The purpose of the role is to assist the manager to provide a safe, homely environment for children who are visiting Enable Ireland Respite House. To work with the service users through a person centred approach to meet their identified needs during their stay.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see job description

The successful candidate will have

• 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] or entitled to be so registered
• 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.
• Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
• 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
• Good knowledge of child protection & child development
• Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of residential respite and day services
• Understanding of HIQA standards
• Experience managing rosters and staffing

Additional Information

• The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
• Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.
• Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
• The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.
• Please review the Enable Ireland's External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant's personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with: 1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy

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
• Long service reward scheme
• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

Intervew date: Tuesday 3rd November 2026

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 28th October 2026 before noon

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer