Clinical Nurse Manager 1 | North Dublin

Clinical Nurse Manager 1 in North Dublin

Location: North Dublin
Salary: €57,208 to €61,000 per annum

We are recruiting a Clinical Nurse Manager 1 to join a specialist, community-based multidisciplinary team in North Dublin. The team delivers Housing First, wrap-around mental health and addiction supports to individuals transitioning out of homelessness.

This front-line leadership role blends hands-on clinical practice with visible, values-led leadership. You will support nurses and MDT colleagues to provide trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and harm-reduction focused care to individuals with complex mental health, addiction, and dual-diagnosis needs.

The Role
As CNM1, you will provide clinical leadership, governance, and direct care within the multidisciplinary team, ensuring high standards of practice across community, outreach, and Housing First services.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, coaching and mentoring to nursing staff
• Lead mental health assessments, care planning, interventions, reviews and discharge planning
• Support harm reduction, overdose response, wound care, and health promotion
• Manage a mental health nursing caseload within community and home-based settings
• Conduct home visits, outreach and follow-up with clients in their own homes
• Collaborate closely with Housing First case managers, GPs, addiction services, CMHTs, housing providers, and community agencies
• Embed trauma-informed, evidence-based, and recovery-focused practice across the service
• Ensure care aligns with Housing First principles: choice, rights, inclusion and unconditional support
• Maintain compliance with NMBI, HSE, Mental Health Commission, HIQA and internal clinical governance frameworks
• Contribute to audits, risk management, policy development, service review and quality improvement
• Support induction, reflective practice, CPD and professional development within the MDT

Requirements

• Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) with registration 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 in multidisciplinary and interagency teams
• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
• Strong communication, organisational and IT skills
• Experience working across community and outreach settings
• Pragmatic, compassionate, person-centred leadership style
• Legal right to work in Ireland
• Garda Vetting is mandatory for relevant roles
• International Police Clearance is required where a candidate has lived or worked outside Ireland for 6 months or more since the age of 16

Salary & Benefits

• Generous pay and pension.
• Access to ongoing CPD, specialist training and clinical supervision
• 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