Staff Nurse (Adult Day Services)

Enable Ireland; Cork; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Maternity Leave pay

Adoptive Leave pay

Paternity Leave pay

Job summary

Enable Ireland is seeking a highly motivated Staff Nurse to join Cork Adult Day Services. The post supports Service Owners and families, providing person-centred, evidence-based nursing care in line with New Directions.

The role is permanent for 27 hours per week, with a salary scale of €37,801 to €55,193 pro rata per annum. Applicants must be NMBI-registered, possess a nursing degree, and have a driving license.

Qualifications

• Be registered in the General Nurse Division of the NMBI.
• Maintain live annual registration on the NMBI.
• Full clean Manual driving license.

Skills

Registered Nurse

NMBI registration

Manual driving license

Education

General Nursing Degree

Job description

Who We Are

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

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 Show more

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 2026.

Enable Ireland, is an equal opportunities employer. We strongly 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 Staff Nurse to join our team in Cork Adult Day Services.

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 27 hours per week

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

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33/34/36 days commensurate with experience pro rata per annum.

Overview of the Post:

The post holder will work as part of the Adult Services team supporting Service Owners and their families/carers within the region, providing excellent professional, skilled and effective person centred, evidence-based nursing care in line with New Directions.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc

Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:

(i) Be registered in the General Nurse Division of the Register of Nurses kept by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, (including a high standard of clinical and administrative capacity), for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

Annual registration

On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the General Nurse Division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

Be eligible to work in the state

Experience of working in a person-centred health or social care setting

Have such experience as will enable him/her to provide nursing duties as required.

Possess a full clean Manual driving license.

Experience of working with adults or children with disabilities desirable.

Experience of working within adult day services setting an advantage.

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

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

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

What now?

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 24th November 2026 at noon.

Interviews to take place: Thursday 3rd December 2026

• 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

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer