Clinical Nurse Manager II

Enable Ireland; Dublin; On-site; EUR 58,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Flexible Working

Long service reward scheme

Pension

Job summary

Enable Ireland in Dublin is seeking a Clinical Nurse Manager II to lead and coordinate disability health services for children and young people aged 0–18, within an interdisciplinary, family-centred framework.

The post is based in Dublin South East (CHO6) with duties to support staff and students, ensure high quality evidence-based care, and uphold professional standards.

Qualifications

• Recognised nursing degree (Intellectual Disability/General or Children’s Nursing).
• Registered with NMBI or eligible for registration.
• Minimum 5 years post-registration experience, 2 in children’s disability.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality, evidence-based care to children and young people 0–18 years within an interdisciplinary, family-centred framework.
• Support staff and students; contribute to programme aims for unified national disability health service delivery.
• Carry out duties in line with professional standards and annual registration requirements.

Skills

Nursing degree

NMBI registration

5+ years post-registration

Children’s disability experience

CPD evidence

Eligibility to work in Ireland

Education

University degree in Nursing

Job 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 Clinical Nurse Manager II to join our team in Dublin South East (CHO6). We have full-time opportunities within our teams in Sandymount and Leopardstown.

Contract Type: Permanent Post

Contract Hours: Full Time Post, 37.5 hours per week

Salary Scale: €58,245 – €69,260 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 34 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service. This may increase in line with experience, as per INMO guidelines on annual leave.

Overview of the Post

To work as a Clinical Nurse Manager II as a member of the Dublin Children’s Services, providing a quality, evidence based service to children and young people 0 – 18 years within an interdisciplinary framework and family centred practice and to support other staff and students as assigned. The aim of this programme is to provide a unified national approach to delivering disability health services so that each child has a clear pathway to the services they need, regardless of where they live, what school they attend or the nature of their disability or delay.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

Please See Job Description For Full List Of Duties.

The successful candidate will have:

Essential Criteria

• A recognised validated University Degree or an equivalent qualification in Intellectual Disability/ General or Children’s Nursing.
• Are registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnaimhseachais na hEireann)or entitled to be so registered.
• Have at least 5 years post registration experience (or an aggregate of 5 years full-time post registration experience) of which 2 years must be in the area of children’s disability.
• Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
• Demonstrated evidence of continuous professional development.
• Be eligible to work in the State.

Annual Registration

• 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 (Bord Altranais agus Cnaimhseachais na hEireann).
• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with NMBI to Enable Ireland.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working with children with disabilities and their families.
• Experience of interdisciplinary team working.
• Good knowledge of child protection and child development.
• Experience of working in a community based setting

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
• Flexible Working
• Long service reward scheme
• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
• Wellbeing benefits
• Pension

What now?

Closing date for applications: 27th August 2026

Interview date for successful applications: TBC

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.

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