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 Enhanced Nurse (RIND) to join our team in Enable Ireland Adult Services Limerick, Newcastlewest/Rathkeale
Contract Type: Full Time Permanent Contract
Contract Hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Annual Leave Entitlement: Annual leave entitlement is 33 days pro rata per annum
Salary Scale: 43,206 to 56,956 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSIs (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.
Overview of the Post:
The role of the Staff / Enhanced 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)
AND
- 1 Year 16 weeks relevant nursing work experience after graduating (to be eligible for Enhanced Nurse role)
- 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 drivers licence and willingness to drive service transport.
- Must be eligible to work in state
- Basic IT skills.
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
If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.
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
For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:
What now?
Applications must be made on the Enable Ireland application form only. CVs will not be accepted.
To apply, please download the job description and person specification for your information and complete the online application form.
Informal Queries: By email to Kathleen Sheahan CNM1 [email protected]
Closing date for applications: 4pm Thursday 16th July 2026
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.
- 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.
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