The Staff Nurse will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to the highest professional and ethical standards within the model of nursing care practiced in the relevant care setting. The staff nurse will provide holistic, person centred care, promoting optimum independence and enhancing the quality of life for service users.

A panel may be created from which permanent and specified purpose vacancies for Staff Nurse positions of full or part time duration for the following specialist areas may be filled;
1. Emergency Department
2. Endoscopy
3. Medical
4. Stroke
5. Surgical
6. Theatre – Anaesthetics and Recovery
7. Theatre – Scrub

The HSE has created six new health regions. Each region is responsible for providing both hospital and community care for the people in that area. Bringing community health services and hospitals together means we can take a more patient-centred approach to healthcare.

HSE Dublin and North East region which provides health and social care to North Dublin, Louth, Meath, Monaghan and most areas of Cavan. Connolly Hospital is situated within the North Dublin area of the region.

Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown is a model 3* major teaching hospital providing a range of acute services including:

• acute medical in-patient services
• elective surgery
• 24 hour emergency care
• acute psychiatric services
• intensive care
• diagnostic and support services
• outpatient care

Multi-disciplinary teams representative of medical, nursing, allied health professionals, management, administration and general support staff play a pivotal role in the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of these services.

The hospital is affiliated to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) for medical education, to Dublin City University (DCU) for nursing education and to University College Dublin (UCD), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and the Institute of Technology for allied health professional education.

Connolly Hospital can offer ambitious, motivated and compassionate qualified nurses opportunities for achieving their potential through training support, experienced practice development staff and opportunities for training and work rotations. Situated 10 minutes from the airport and Dublin City Centre, Connolly Hospital is a preferred work location offering accessible road, sea and other links.

Connolly Hospital offers a variety of working options to help achieve a good work life balance i.e. parental leave, flexible working.

Connolly Hospital also offers:

• Robust Orientation Programme

• Funded Post Graduate Education opportunities

• Culture of strong staff engagement

• Free onsite parking

Informal Enquiries

We welcome enquires for the roles:

Care of the Elderly

Ruby Jose ADON email: ruby.jose@hse.ie

Emergency Department Queries:

Liz Lawlor ADON email: elizabeth.lawlor@hse.ie

Endoscopy Queries:

Eileen Daly, ADON email: eileen.daly1@hse.ie

Medical Queries:

Aoife Clare ADON/ Rachel Gannon ADON email: adonmed.chb@hse.ie

Surgical Queries:

Bowas Jayaprakasam ADON email: bowas.jayaprakasam@hse.ie

Theatre Nursing-Anaesthetics/Recovery nurses, Theatre Nursing Scrub/Circulating nurse Queries:

Orlaith Leane, CNM 3 email: orlaith.leane@hse.ie 

Recruitment Queries:

For any queries relating to the recruitment process, please email hr.connolly@hse.ie

Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc

Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:

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 Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, (including a high standard of clinical and administrative capacity), for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

Annual registration

On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the General Nurse Division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

Practitioners must confirm annual registration with the NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC)

Health

A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

Character

Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character.

Relevant Attachments: 

Job Specification - Staff Nurse December 2025

Additional Campaign Information Booklet