Staff Nurse/ Enhanced Nurse

Fairways Hotel; Cork; On-site; EUR 37,060 - 54,111; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent internal and external training opportunities

Additional benefits as per company policy

Job summary

Fairways Hotel is seeking a highly-motivated Staff Nurse for Children’s Respite in Cork. The role involves providing nursing care in a community-based setting, working with children requiring respite and holiday breaks.

Eligible candidates must be registered nurses in Ireland and have experience working with children with disabilities. The position offers a permanent contract with hours up to 37.5 per week and a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Registered in the live Register of Nurses kept by An Bord Altranais (NMBI).
• Possess high standard of clinical and administrative capacity.
• Maintain live annual registration with NMBI.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to meet the assessed needs of children.
• Work as part of a dedicated and innovative team.
• Participate in audit and evaluation of care provision.

Skills

Clinical capacity

Experience with children with disabilities

Documentation of competencies

Education

Nursing qualification recognized in Ireland

Job description

Description

Enable Ireland is an equal opportunities employer and proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity.

We are seeking a highly-motivated Staff Nurse (RNID/RCN/RGN) to join our team in Children’s Respite, Lavanagh House, Curraheen, Cork.

Contract type: Permanent.

Contract hours: Up to 37.5 hours per week.

Salary Scale: Staff Nurse €37,060–€54,111 pro rata per annum. (Salary scales are subject to LSI’s long service increments.)

Enhanced Nurse €43,206–€56,956 pro rata per annum. (Salary scales are subject to LSI’s long service increments.)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33/34/36 days pro rata (depending on experience).

Overview of the Post

To work as part of a dedicated and innovative team in a 3‑bed community based house providing respite and holiday breaks for children with disabilities, within a quality framework; to provide nursing care to meet the assessed needs of children, young people and their families.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

See Job Description for a full list of duties.

The successful candidate will have:

• Eligible applicants are those who on the closing date for the competition:
• Be registered in the Intellectual Disability/Children’s Nurse/General Nurse Division of the live Register of Nurses kept by An Bord Altranais (NMBI).
• Be eligible to work in Ireland.
• 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: maintain live annual registration on the General Nurse Division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
• Experience of working with children with physical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, ASD, and behaviours of concern.

Enhanced Nurse Essential Criteria

• Have a nursing qualification validated for working in the Republic of Ireland.
• Registered as a Nurse/Midwife on the Register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
• Have 1 year 16 weeks of relevant nursing work experience after graduating.
• Maintain registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland for the duration of employment and provide evidence of registration/renewal annually.
• Have the clinical and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
• Possess documented competencies including care competencies in relation to service user/owner caseload.
• Evidence of skill acquisition from on the job learning.
• Certified skills training – including mandatory training relevant to care required for service user/owner caseload.
• Evidence of participation in audit and evaluation of care provision including collection of quality care metrics where applicable.
• Possess a full clean manual driving licence.
• Be eligible to work in the State.

Benefits

• Excellent internal and external training opportunities.
• Additional benefits as per company policy (details in Job Description).

Application Process

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information. Complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications

Wednesday 17th June 2026 before noon.

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.
• If you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with any virtual service provider we use to host the interview and 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.