Director of Nursing

RecruitNet International Ltd specialises in relocating qualified healthcare professionals across Ireland and internationally. We support candidates throughout the professional registration, job placement, visa, and employment permit processes.

We are currently seeking an experienced and dedicated Director of Nursing to join our client's nursing home in Cork, Ireland. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading the nursing service and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe, and person-centred care to residents.

Our commitment is to provide exceptional care in an environment where quality, dignity, respect, compassion, and individual choice are at the heart of everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective clinical and professional leadership throughout the nursing home
  

• Promote a person-centred approach to care, ensuring residents' individual needs, preferences, choices, dignity, and quality of life are prioritised
  

• Lead and maintain effective clinical governance, quality assurance, and risk management systems within the home
  

• Ensure the service operates in line with relevant legislation, HIQA standards, organisational policies, and professional requirements
  

• Oversee the development, implementation, and regular review of residents' care plans and clinical records
  

• Ensure residents' changing care needs are appropriately assessed, monitored, documented, and addressed
  

• Drive continuous improvement through regular clinical audits, quality improvement programmes, action plans, and review of outcomes
  

• Lead the appropriate management and investigation of incidents, complaints, safeguarding concerns, and other clinical or quality-related matters
  

• Ensure learning from incidents and complaints is identified and incorporated into service improvements
  

• Lead, support, and develop the nursing and care teams while promoting accountability, teamwork, engagement, and professional standards
  

• Assist with staff recruitment, induction, supervision, performance management, training, and ongoing professional development
  

Requirements

• Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)
  

• Minimum of 3 years' experience as a Director of Nursing or Person in Charge
  

• Hold a post-registration management qualification in health or a related discipline, or be willing to complete one within 3 years
  

• Proven experience in strategic planning, clinical leadership, and service management
  

• Comprehensive knowledge of HIQA standards, regulations, policies, procedures, and relevant guidelines
  

• Strong leadership and people-management skills with the ability to lead and motivate a multidisciplinary team
  

• Excellent communication, organisational, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
  

• Strong financial, budgetary, administrative, and resource-management skills
  

• Demonstrated commitment to delivering high-quality, safe, and person-centred care
  

• Commitment to promoting residents' dignity, independence, wellbeing, choice, and overall quality of life
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
  

• 25 days of annual leave
  

• Paid sick leave
  

• Pension scheme
  

• Death-in-service benefit
  

• Free on-site parking
  

• Pharmacy discount
  

• Education and professional development support