Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (Respiratory) Specific Purpose Contract

Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (CNM2) Respiratory (Specific Purpose Contract) Mercy University Hospital

Location: On site / Cork City, Cork, Ireland
job type: Contract / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Medical & Healthcare Nursing & Midwifery
Annual Salary range:from € 62,699.00 to € 79,227.00

Clinical Nurse Manager 2 (CNM2) - Respiratory Disease

Specific Purpose Contract, Full Time Hours.

The CNM2 Respiratory Disease will report to:

• Operationally and professionally accountable to the Assistant Director of Nursing and the Director of Nursing (DON).
• Clinically accountable to the Consultant Physician's in Respiratory Medicine.

Details of Service:

• The Respiratory Service at the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) offers a specialised service to adult inpatients with respiratory disorders.
• The service strives to ensure that individuals with respiratory disorders receive the best possible care. Patients and their families are empowered to actively self-manage their respiratory disorders with a goal of leading a healthy life.
• The team includes Consultants in Respiratory Medicine, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Respiratory Nurse Specialists.

Responsibilities Include:

• Provide a specialist nursing service for patients with a diagnosis of respiratory disease who require support and treatment through the continuum of care.
• Undertake comprehensive patient assessment to include physical, psychological, social and spiritual elements of care using best evidence-based practice in respiratory disease or sleep disorder care.
• Use the outcomes of patient assessment to develop and implement plans of care/case management in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and the patient, family and/or carer as appropriate.
• Identify and agree appropriate referral pathways for patients with respiratory disease.
• Participate in case review with MDT colleagues.
• Communicate, negotiate and represent patient's family and/or carer values and decisions in relation to their condition in collaboration with MDT colleagues in both Primary and Secondary Care as appropriate.
• Develop and support the concept of advocacy, particularly in relation to patient participation in decision making, thereby enabling informed choice of treatment options.
• Maintain clinical competence in patient management within respiratory disease nursing, keeping up to date with relevant research to ensure the implementation of evidence-based practice.
• Establish and maintain a register of patients with respiratory disease within the CNM2 Caseload.
• Maintain a record of clinically relevant data aligned to National Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) as directed and advised by the DON.
• Provide leadership in clinical practice and act as a resource and role model for respiratory disease.
• Generate and contribute to the development of clinical standards and guidelines and support implementation.
• Participate and cooperate with legislative and regulatory requirements regarding quality, risk, and safety.
• Participate and cooperate with local quality, risk and safety initiatives as required.
• Provide an efficient, effective, and high-quality service, respecting the needs of each patient, family and/or carer.
• Effectively manage time and caseload to meet changing and developing service needs.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Candidates must be registered in the relevant division of the Register of Nurses & Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI/Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) or entitled to be so registered.
• Have at least 5 recent years post registration experience (or an aggregrate of 5 years full time post registration experience) of which 2 years must be in the speciality or related area.
• Have the clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.
• Candidates must demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development.
• Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability including a high standard of suitability and clinical, managerial and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role.

Closing date for applications is 1pm on Tuesday 24 th November 2026.

MUH reserve the right to create a panel for this post from which permanent, fixed term and specified purpose vacancies of a full or part time duration may be filled.

Mercy University Hospital (MUH):

• MUH is a growing voluntary hospital in the heart of Cork City. We have over 1,800 staff providing complex diagnostic, medical and surgical care through our inpatient, day patient, outpatient and emergency services.
• We are a teaching hospital, a centre of national and international excellence, and are renowned for our research and tertiary services. Providing 24/7 acute surgical, acute medical and critical care, MUH now has multiple sites across the city and continues to expand.
• We support staff development with approx. 100 promotions annually. We prioritise work life balance with 28% of our team working part time hours.
• We offer nationally agreed enhanced Salary Scales, Pension Scheme, excellent holidays, canteen, and Study Leave and Assistance. From Cardiac Care to Intensive Care, our varied specialist services offer real career choice to our team.
• For fully registered NMBI recognised nurses, we offer a generous relocation package (if coming from abroad).
• We live by our Core Values of Compassion, Excellence, Justice, Respect and Team Spirit.