Clinical Nurse Manager 1 (Mental Health) – Community Housing First Team | Dublin

CNM1 Jobs Dublin | Mental Health Nurse Manager Ireland

Location: Dublin 1, North Inner City
Contract: Fixed-Term (5 years, extension subject to funding)
Salary: €61,443 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week (part-time considered)
  
This is a leadership role for nurses who know community mental health — and know how to lead.
We are recruiting a Clinical Nurse Manager 1 (Mental Health) to join a new, specialist community-based Multidisciplinary Health Team delivering Housing First, wrap-around mental health and addiction supports to people transitioning out of homelessness in Dublin 1.
This role blends hands-on clinical practice with visible, values-led leadership. You will support nurses and MDT colleagues to deliver trauma-informed, recovery-oriented and harm-reduction focused care to individuals with complex mental health, addiction and dual-diagnosis needs.
This is not a desk-based post. It’s leadership at street level — grounded, practical and human.
  
Your Role as Clinical Nurse Manager 1
As CNM1, you will provide clinical leadership, governance and direct care within the MDT.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing clinical leadership, supervision, coaching and mentoring to nursing staff
• Leading mental health assessments, care planning, interventions, reviews and discharge planning
• Supporting harm reduction, overdose response, wound care and health promotion
• Managing a mental health nursing caseload within community and home-based settings
• Carrying out home visits, outreach and follow-up with clients in their own homes
• Working closely with Housing First case managers and external partners including GPs, addiction services, CMHTs, housing providers and community agencies
• Embedding trauma-informed, evidence-based and recovery-focused practice across the service
• Ensuring care aligns with Housing First principles: choice, rights, inclusion and unconditional support
• Maintaining compliance with NMBI, HSE, Mental Health Commission, HIQA and internal clinical governance frameworks
• Contributing to audits, risk management, policy development, service review and quality improvement
• Supporting induction, reflective practice, CPD and professional development within the MDT

  
Essential Requirements:

• Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) registered in the Mental Health Division of NMBI
  (Active PIN for 2025 or full eligibility at final registration stage)
• Minimum 4 years post-registration experience, including at least 2 years in mental health services
• Demonstrated experience in clinical leadership, supervision or senior nursing roles
• Proven ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary and interagency teams
• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
• Strong communication, organisational and IT skills
• Experience working across community and outreach settings
• A pragmatic, compassionate, person-centred leadership style

  
Desirable Experience:

• Working with people experiencing homelessness, addiction, trauma or social exclusion
• Involvement in service development, quality improvement or managing change
• Experience within Housing First, community mental health or addiction services

  
Salary & Benefits:

• €61,443 annual salary
• 35-hour working week (part-time considered)
• Monday–Friday working pattern between 8am–8pm (flexibility required)
• Fixed-term contract (5 years) with potential extension subject to funding
• 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays, pro rata)
• Access to ongoing CPD, specialist training and clinical supervision
• A values-driven, progressive community mental health service
• Leadership role with real influence on practice and outcomes
• Work that delivers measurable, life-changing impact for people exiting homelessness

  
This role suits a confident, grounded mental health nurse leader who believes good governance and good care are inseparable — and that recovery starts with housing, dignity and consistent support.