We are hiring registered psychiatric nurses for positions in our different mental health programmes, working with adult and adolescent services. This is a great chance for nurses to return to the workplace with flexible working hours in a permanent position, desirable job benefits and career development opportunities all on offer.
If you have taken a career break to spend time travelling, raise a family or pursue other interests, we can help you pick your nursing career back up right where you left off. Working with us at SPMHS will give you the opportunity to progress in the field of psychiatric nursing and positively impact on people’s lives.
Enjoy a variety of work with exceptional rewards
Working with us gives you the opportunity to work across multiple programmes specialising in specific mental health difficulties, such as depression, eating disorders, anxiety, bipolar disorder, addiction, older adult mental health, schizophrenia and psychosis, and many more. You will also work with multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and have access to different roles including in inpatient, outpatient and day patient care; acute units; and remote care delivery.
We provide inpatient care through St Patrick’s University Hospital, St Patrick’s Hospitial Lucan (St Edmundsbury), and Willow Grove Adolescent Unit. We provide day programmes through our Wellness and Recovery Centre and community and outpatient care through our Dean Clinics. Additionally, service users can receive inpatient-level care in their own homes through our Homecare Service, along with remote access to all our services.
Our pay and remuneration packages are superior to other healthcare organisations, with a minimum starting salary of €45,466 with incremental rises. We also offer parental and paid study leave packages, as well as a flexible Defined Contribution (DC) Pension scheme and a comprehensive sick leave scheme, including income protection.
Restart your career with a leading mental healthcare provider
We are Ireland’s largest independent, not-for-profit mental health service provider. We consider nurses as being central to quality mental health services and it is very important to us that our staff feel fulfilled in their careers.
Working in SPMHS means you will be able to progress your career and go forward for roles such as Clinical Nurse Manager and Team Liaison Nurse.
You will also be invited to act in a more senior role to gain experience, while you receive support from management and senior colleagues.
We offer many more opportunities for career development, including:
- being part of MDTs and working directly with consultant psychiatrists, psychologists, registrars, addiction therapists, social workers, occupational therapists, cognitive behavioural therapists, pharmacists, dieticians and many more
- being proactive with your career planning, with opportunities to be a key worker across multiple mental health programmes
- working in our inpatient and Homecare services, Willow Grove Adolescent Unit, Dean Clinic community services, day programmes and remote services to get hands-on experience across many different areas.
Benefits of a nursing career in SPMHS
We offer returning nurses a rewarding career, as well as flexible hours, to make sure your transition back to work is as smooth as possible. We give you the reassurance of returning to work in a permanent position and we also offer continuous professional development (CPD) training.
We provide a strong remuneration package with a minimum starting salary of €45,466 - which is Point 2 on our enhanced nurse salary scale - and pay increases for length of service.
Not only are all nurses starting with us are automatically paid in line with this enhanced nursing salary scale, but nurses with prior experience automatically move to a higher point on the scale; for example, if you have five years’ experience in nursing and were on the fifth point on the Health Service Executive (HSE) scale, you will start on the sixth point on the SPMHS enhanced nurse salary scale.
Our other key job benefits include:
- a sign-on bonus of €3,000 (subject to six months’ service)
- ward location allowance of €1,955, in addition to basic pay
- generous annual leave
- enhanced payments for Sunday, public holidays and night duty
- access to funding to pursue postgraduate education
- allowances for specialist training and working, such as a Qualification Allowance or Community Allowance
- Maternity Leave (26 weeks paid, plus up to 16 weeks unpaid), paid Parent’s Leave and two weeks paid Paternity Leave, as well as other protective leaves, including Parental Leave and force majeure
- VHI group health insurance scheme
- flexible Defined Contribution (DC) Pension Scheme with 10% employer contribution
- paperless working, as we were the first mental health provider in Ireland to introduce an Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Employment with SPMHS means working in central Dublin locations. St Patrick’s University Hospital is a three-minute walk from Heuston train station, directly on the LUAS red line, and within walking distance for Dublin buses and cross-county buses. St Patrick’s Hospital Lucan is on the N4 with multiple public transport options. If you are planning to cycle or take public transport to work, we offer Bike to Work and Taxsaver Commuter Ticket schemes, while, for drivers, we have free onsite parking, subject to availability.
Additional benefits for nursing staff include:
- a nursing staff recreational area, which includes showers, a pool table, table tennis and darts
- an active Staff Wellbeing Committee
- a free Employee Assistance Programme
- a subsidised onsite canteen
- an onsite gym
- an award-winning menopause workplace programme.
Gain rich experience in mental healthcare
The work that we do in SPMHS is grounded in human rights and our vision is for a society where everyone is empowered to live mentally healthy lives.
We aim to push mental healthcare forward and to do this we:
- conduct research into mental health and keep staff up to date with training
- advocate for people’s rights and end mental health stigma
- deliver high quality mental health services
- ensure our service users are involved in their own care and treatment.
Apply for a nursing job
Restart your career with us and send in an application today.
Our Human Resources (HR) Department can provide one-to-one assistance throughout the application process.
All successful applicants must:
- show an excellent level of clinical knowledge
- hold current registration or be eligible for registration on the psychiatric register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)
- have proven ability to establish strong working relationships within an organisation and with service users.
Nurses returning to work after a career break may need to renew their membership by completing the NMBI’s Return to Nursing practice courses, depending on the length of the career break if your registration has lapsed. We can help to facilitate this for suitable candidates.
If you are successful with your application, you will be placed on a panel and job offers will be made based on our current requirements.
For non-European Economic Area (EEA) citizens, we can offer you an employment permit at no cost to you.
If you have any questions about working for SPMHS, please contact Emma Cunningham in our HR Department by emailing hr@stpatricks.ie or phoning +353 1 249 3435
