Staff nurse - theatre

Staff Nurse - Theatre Permanent Contract.

Full Time Hours.

Expand your knowledge and scope with exciting opportunities for nurses who want to develop their careers and enhance their skills by becoming a member of the Mercy theatre team.

Full training and mentoring is given to all theatre nurses through a preceptorship programme, as well as funding to develop their expertise by supporting post graduate education programmes.

We are committed to the professional development & education of all our nursing team.

Currently our theatre complex comprises 4 theatres, a 6 bedded recovery area, theatre reception area, facilitating DOSA, and St Johns Urology procedure room.

We have 2 new state of the art theatres, one of which is a hybrid vascular theatre with cutting edge technology, both are supported with separate anaesthetic rooms.

MUHspecialises in the provision of general, urology, vascular, colorectal, upper GI, Hepatobiliary, both open and laparoscopic operations, and our theatre nurses expand their skills set in Anaesthetics, Scrub / Circulating, and Recovery as they are rotated between specialities.

We are a tertiary referral centre.

Our department is staffed by a dedicated team of nurses, doctors, anaesthetists, porters and healthcare assistants.

The theatre runs electives lists 5 days a week incorporating non electives surgeries, cooperating emergency out of hours surgeries.

Responsibilities Include : Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the nursing care of assigned patients.

Practice nursing according to the Code of Professional Conduct as laid down by the Nursing Board and Professional Guidelines.

Ensure patients are cared for in the optimum clinical environment, adhering to all nursing and hospital wide policies and guidelines.

Share professional knowledge and skills with colleagues.

Documentation to be recorded in a professional, legible and timely fashion.

Follow appropriate lines of authority within the Nurse Management Structure.

Eligibility Criteria -Candidates : Be registered, or be eligible for registration, in the general nurse division of the register of nurses kept by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI / Bord Altranais agus Cnimhseachais na hireann).

Experience in the acute hospital environment within last three years is essential.

Applications will be welcome from nurses who have recently graduated.

Specialist areas relevant Theatre experience and course desirable.

Please note all applicants will be entitled to apply for an enhanced nurse contract, once that they meet the eligibility criteria of the position, i.e.

on point 4 or greater of the staff nurse scale.

Closing date for applications is 1pm, Thursday 27th November 2025.

MUH reserve the right to create a panel for this post from which permanent, fixed term and specified purpose vacancies of a full or part time duration may be filled.

Mercy University Hospital (MUH) MUH is a growing voluntary hospital in the heart of Cork City.

We have over 1,500 staff providing complex diagnostic, medical and surgical care through our inpatient, day patient, outpatient and emergency services.

We are a teaching hospital, a centre of national and international excellence, and are renowned for our research and tertiary services.

Providing 24 / 7 acute surgical, acute medical and critical care, MUH now has multiple sites across the city and continues to expand.

We recently opened our Blarney Rehabilitation Unit, a post-acute care specialist rehabilitation unit with 50 beds in Blarney, County Cork.

We support staff development with approx.

100 promotions annually.

We prioritise work life balance with 28% of our team working part time hours.

We offer nationally agreed enhanced Salary Scales, Pension Scheme, excellent holidays, canteen, and Study Leave and Assistance.

From Cardiac Care to Intensive Care, our varied specialist services offer real career choice to our team.

For fully registered NMBI recognised nurses, we offer a generous relocation package (if coming from abroad).

We live by our Core Values of Compassion, Excellence, Justice, Respect and Team Spirit.

Skills : NMBI Nursing Degree Theatre Nursing