Registered Psychiatric Staff Nurse -12 Month Fixed Term contract)

Location : Lucena Clinic, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services

Initial Base : Century Court, Upper Georges Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co.

Lucena Clinic provides a comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service to defined catchment areas, with a population under 18 of 172,585, residing in South Dublin City and County plus North and West County Wicklow . Clinical Teams are based throughout the catchment area operating clinics in Tallaght, Rathgar, Dun Laoghaire, Bray, Wicklow town and Arklow.

Registered Psychiatric Staff Nurse

Full -Time 37.5 hours, 12 Month Fixed Term Post)

Saint John of God Community Services, Community Mental Health Services Lucena Clinic are now inviting applications for the post of Registered Psychiatric Staff Nurse. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, flexible, innovative and committed to providing a quality service that responds to the needs and priorities of our service users.

Role Summary

We are currently seeking to expand our community team by employing a dynamic and enthusiastic Staff Nurse to work as part of a service for children and adolescents with mental health challenges. The Service actively promotes multidisciplinary teamwork, continuing professional development and innovation in Community Psychiatric Nursing. This includes Nurse prescribing and Advanced Nurse Practitioners roles for those people wishing to advance their education, responsibilities and skills.

Minimum Requirements

The successful candidate must :

a)    Be registered within the psychiatric nursing division with NMBI.

b)    Provide evidence that they are engaging in continuing professional development.

c)    Have excellent communication, teamwork, organisational and interpersonal skills, embracing the recovery philosophy of Mental Health Nursing.

Experience of working with children and adolescents, preferably in a mental health setting, is desirable but not essential.

Remuneration

Salary Grade 2674 Mental Health Staff Nurse on the Consolidated HSE Pay Scale

37,647 - 55,273 per annum pro rata

Initial location

The initial location of this role is Lucena Clinic, Dun Laoghaire. However, you may be required, from time to time, to work at SJOG CS's other places of business or / and the premises of such associated s companies or organisations as SJOG CS may require. You will be given as much notice of any such change of place of work as is reasonably practicable.

Application Process :

The selection process for this competition will compromise several elements to select successful candidates for the position. These may include the following :

• Shortlisting based in the information contained within your application.
• An online video interview.
• Competitive competency-based interview.
• Presentation

A panel may be formed from this competition from which current and future, fixed term and specified purpose vacancies may be filled over the next 12 months.

If your application contains gaps of employment within in your CV, please be advised that under HIQA, TUSLA and CORU regulations we are required to have explanatory information for these time periods. These must be provided with your application.

Why work for us?

Benefits :

St John of God offers a range of benefits to staff including the following :

Closing Date

Monday 14

July 2025 at 5pm

Interview Date

Week of 28

July 2025

Informal enquiries to Mr. Mark McKeown, Team Co-Ordinator / CNM3 01-4923596 or Paul Hawkins, Assistant Director of Nursing, 01 286 6886.

Job description available on request.

A panel may be formed from which future vacancies may be filled.

Occupop Reference : LUC-JUL-2025-01

St John of God Community Services are equal opportunities employers.

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