SHAPE THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE FOR AUTISTIC ADULTS
Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (CNM2)
Lead Nurse, Integrated Health, Wellbeing and Practice
Across Gheel services: Dublin, North Kildare Wicklow
Permanent · Full-Time (39 hrs/week)
Reports to: Director of Practice and Innovation
Closing date: Sunday, 9th August 2026, 5:00pm.
Who We Are
Gheel Autism Services CLG supports over 370 autistic adults across Dublin, North Kildare and Wicklow through residential, supported living, day, transition and community services. Founded in 1971 and funded by the HSE under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004, we are a non-profit organisation working to a single purpose: supporting people to live long, healthy, meaningful lives in ordinary community.
We embrace a citizenship-based, neuro-affirmative approach. We see the autistic adults we support as valued members of their communities with rights, relationships, limitless potential and desirable futures.
Salary and Benefits
Gheel Autism Services CNM2 salary scale: €58,246 – €69,261 per annum.
As part of the Gheel team, you'll receive:
Professional growth: training, education, inspiring experiences, and professional development
Wellbeing support: reflective practice, supportive supervision, and Employee Assistance Programme
27 days annual leave, plus maternity and paternity leave (service-dependent)
Competitive salary, annual increments, and pension
Bike-to-Work scheme and Employee Discount Scheme
About the Role
This is a senior nursing leadership role. Its purpose is to lead the development of an integrated model of health and wellbeing support across Gheel - balancing our focus on people being safe, healthy and well, with our commitment to promoting autonomy, choice and access to community life.
Above all, this role is about leadership, coaching and systems. You will lead and coach a small nursing team and build the structures, frameworks and oversight that enable good health and wellbeing support to happen consistently across the service.
As the senior nurse in the organisation, you will set standards, assure competence, advocate for the health of the people we support, and build the partnerships and connections between our services and the wider health system that make good health possible. A central expectation of this role is the active prevention of diagnostic overshadowing - ensuring that an autistic person's real health needs are never dismissed or mis-attributed to being autistic.
You will also design and embed the governance and oversight systems that give Gheel reliable assurance on health and wellbeing, support compliance with HIQA standards and Regulation 6 requirements, and plan ahead for people's changing needs as they age.
Essential Qualifications
Essential Criteria:
A minimum of 5 years' post-registration nursing experience, including experience relevant to intellectual disability, autism, or community/social care nursing
At least 2 years' experience in a leadership, supervisory or management role, with evidence of leading, coaching and developing nursing or care staff
A sound understanding of HIQA regulation, the Regulation 6 health-care duty, NMBI scope of practice, and the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
A demonstrable, values-led commitment to social justice, rights-based and neuro-affirmative practice
Strong communication, advocacy, coaching and partnership-building skills, and the organisational skill to design and embed systems and oversight
A full, clean driver's licence and access to own car, given the role spans services across Dublin, North Kildare and Wicklow
Desirable Criteria:
A nursing management or practice-development qualification, or a willingness to work toward one within an agreed timeframe
Experience of health promotion, ageing-in-place, or palliative and end-of-life care in a disability or social care setting
Experience building partnerships with primary care, community health or acute services
Understanding of supported decision-making and accessible communication, including AAC
Ready to Apply?
Submit your cover letter and up-to-date CV. Applications will be shortlisted based on the evidence provided.
Closing date: Sunday, 9th August 2026, at 5:00pm, with interviews scheduled shortly after. Garda Vetting and verification of NMBI registration are required, and late applications will not be accepted.
Gheel Autism Services CLG is proud to be an inclusive employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to ensure a fair and accessible recruitment process for individuals with disabilities. If you require any adjustments or support to participate fully in any stage of the process, please contact us at [email protected].
