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
