Relief Staff Nurse (RNID)

Enable Ireland; Lattin North; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Annual leave entitlement

Flexible working

Long service reward scheme

Maternity Leave pay

Adoptive Leave pay

Paternity Leave pay

Wellbeing benefits

Pension

Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking Relief Staff Nurses (RNID) to support adult services in Nenagh and Thurles. The role involves nursing duties, personal care assistance, mobility support, and helping service users access community and virtual day services, aligned with person-centered plans.

Essential criteria include RNID qualification, NMBI registration, annual re-registration, a clean driving licence, basic IT skills and eligibility to work in Ireland.

Qualifications

• RNID qualification validated for working in the Republic of Ireland.
• Registered in the Intellectual Disability Nurse Division of the live Register of Nurses (NMBI).
• Annual registration with NMBI must be maintained.
• Full clean driver’s licence and willingness to drive service transport.
• Basic IT skills.
• Must be eligible to work in state.

Responsibilities

• The Relief Staff Nurse works as part of a team within the adult day service to deliver nursing duties, assist personal care needs and mobility, and support access to services in the community and virtual day service.

Skills

RNID

NMBI Registered

Annual NMBI registration

Driver's licence

IT skills

Work eligibility

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 highly-motivated Relief Staff Nurses (RIND) to join our team in Enable Ireland Adult Services, in the following locations:

• Nenagh
• Thurles

Contract Type: Variable Hours Contract

Contract Hours: Variable Hours

Annual Leave Entitlement: Annual leave entitlement is 10.7% of hours worked

Salary Scale: €37,801 to €55,193 pro rata per annum.

Overview of the Post

The role of the Relief Staff Nurse is to work as part of a team within the adult day service to facilitate service owners with their daily programmes. This will also include, providing nursing duties, assisting personal care needs, mobility, and supporting access to services in their community and on our virtual day service. The post holder will encourage and support opportunities to help develop a range of options for service owners in line with their person-centred plan.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

Please see Job Description for full list of Duties & Responsibilities

The successful candidate will have:

Essential Criteria

• Have a nursing RNID qualification validated for working in the Republic of Ireland
• Be registered in the Intellectual Disability Nurse Division of the live Register of Nurses kept by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)
• Successful candidate must confirm annual registration with the NMBI to enable Ireland.
• Post holders must maintain annual registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
• Have the clinical and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
• Full clean driver’s licence and willingness to drive service transport.
• Basic IT skills.
• Must be eligible to work in state

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working with adults in a day service setting.
• 1 years’ experience working with adults with disabilities.
• Experience of working in community setting.

In the event of a high volume of applicants Desirable Criteria may be applied in the short listing process

2026 New Graduates eligible to apply for the staff nurse position

Benefits

• 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

For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:

Informal queries to:

• Nenagh: Dolores Shanahan CNM1 by email to [e-mail]
• Thurles: Annmarie O’Gorman CNM1 by email to [e-mail]

Closing date for applications: 4pm Monday 30th November 2026

This is a rolling competition. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview at regular intervals.

Interview date: TBC

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

• The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
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