Assistant Director of Nursing - Mental Health Services Dublin 16

Assistant Director of Nursing - Mental Health Services Dublin 16 Assistant Director of Nursing Jobs Dublin Permanent Mental Health

Location: Dublin 16
Salary: €71,590-€86,387 per annum
Hours: 78 hours per fortnight
Contract: Permanent Full-Time

Lead Nursing Practice. Strengthen Services. Improve Patient Outcomes.

3Q Recruitment is hiring an Assistant Director of Nursing to join a specialist inpatient mental health and neuropsychiatric service in Dublin 16.

This permanent ADON position offers an experienced Registered Psychiatric Nurse the opportunity to provide professional and clinical leadership within a 131-bed mental health service supporting adults with serious and enduring mental health needs.

Working closely with the Director of Nursing, senior management and a specialist multidisciplinary team, you will support the safe and effective operation of the hospital while helping to strengthen clinical governance, nursing standards, staff development and service improvement.

This role combines senior clinical leadership, operational management and strategic input within a recovery-focused and person-centred care environment.

This Role Offers

• Salary scale of €71,590-€86,387 per annum
• Permanent, full-time employment
• 78 working hours per fortnight
• Senior nursing leadership responsibilities
• Specialist mental health and neuropsychiatric experience
• Opportunity to influence nursing practice and service development
• Collaborative multidisciplinary working environment
• Meaningful leadership role focused on quality and patient safety

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This opportunity offers senior nursing leadership within a specialist service committed to dignity, autonomy, recovery-focused care and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do

Clinical and Professional Leadership

• Provide professional and clinical leadership to the nursing team
• Promote high-quality, evidence-based and person-centred nursing care
• Ensure nursing practice complies with professional standards and legislation
• Support and supervise nursing staff in maintaining safe clinical practice
• Promote accountability, reflective practice and continuous learning
• Lead and support staff education, mentorship and professional development
• Support the clinical supervision of student nurses and junior staff
• Advocate for nursing input into service planning and clinical decisions
• Maintain compliance with NMBI standards and professional codes

Clinical Governance, Quality and Risk

• Support effective clinical-governance structures
• Maintain compliance with Mental Health Commission regulations
• Promote proactive risk identification, assessment and management
• Monitor service performance through audits, nursing metrics and KPIs
• Support the management of incidents, near misses and complaints
• Participate in incident reviews and root-cause analysis
• Develop and monitor corrective and preventive action plans
• Support quality-improvement initiatives and clinical-policy development
• Ensure learning from incidents, inspections and complaints is implemented
• Promote safeguarding, medication-management and infection-control standards
• Maintain compliance with health-and-safety requirements

Operational and People Management

• Support the safe and effective day-to-day operation of nursing services
• Assist with roster management, staffing resources and workforce planning
• Monitor staffing levels, skill mix and changing service requirements
• Contribute to operational, workforce and business planning
• Support the effective use of available resources
• Participate in recruitment, selection and induction
• Support staff supervision and performance-management processes
• Facilitate compliance with mandatory and statutory training requirements
• Promote staff coaching, mentorship and succession planning
• Address performance, conduct and capability matters appropriately
• Deputise for the Director of Nursing when required

Service Development and Change

• Contribute to the strategic development of nursing and mental health services
• Lead or participate in quality-improvement and service-redesign projects
• Support innovative and evidence-based models of care
• Use nursing metrics, clinical indicators and data to inform decisions
• Participate in audits, service reviews and regulatory inspections
• Support organisational change and continuous improvement
• Evaluate clinical outcomes and identify opportunities for development

Communication and Collaboration

• Maintain effective communication with the Director of Nursing
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and senior management teams
• Communicate appropriately with residents, patients and families
• Engage effectively with relevant external stakeholders
• Represent nursing services at meetings and working groups
• Promote openness, transparency and shared learning
• Maintain high standards of clinical documentation and reporting
• Support an environment where staff can raise concerns safely

What You'll Need

• Registered Psychiatric Nurse qualification
• Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
• Minimum of seven years' post-registration nursing experience
• Significant experience within adult mental health services
• At least five years' experience at Clinical Nurse Manager level
• Relevant senior clinical and nursing-management experience
• Demonstrated experience in clinical governance and risk management
• Experience leading quality and service-improvement initiatives
• Comprehensive knowledge of Mental Health Commission standards
• Strong understanding of relevant legislation and regulatory requirements
• Experience in staff management and workforce planning
• Experience managing resources and healthcare service delivery
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Strong knowledge of healthcare health-and-safety requirements
• Eligibility to work in Ireland
• Verification of qualifications and NMBI registration
• Satisfactory professional references
• Garda Vetting
• Occupational health clearance
• International Police Clearance where applicable
• Confirmation of eligibility to work in Ireland

Key Skills

• Clinical and professional leadership
• Nursing and people management
• Clinical governance
• Risk and incident management
• Quality improvement
• Workforce planning
• Performance management
• Change management
• Strategic and operational planning
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Communication and stakeholder engagement

What You'll Get

• Salary scale of €71,590-€86,387 per annum
• Permanent, full-time senior nursing position
• 78-hour fortnightly working arrangement
• Opportunity to lead within a specialist mental health service
• Experience in clinical governance and strategic service development
• Collaborative multidisciplinary working environment
• Opportunity to influence nursing standards and patient outcomes
• Continued professional and leadership development