Post-Registration Childrens Nursing Student

The Post-Registration Childrens Nursing Programme is a one year fixed programme leading to registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland as a Registered Childrens Nurse. This programme is offered across the CHI by three clinical / academic partnerships:

CHI at Crumlin and University College Dublin

CHI at Temple Street and Dublin City University and

CHI at Tallaght and Trinity College Dublin

Note: The new Childrens hospital is expected to open in 2026.

The post-holder will be an employee of the respective partner hospitals for the duration of the programme and may be required to undertake clinical placement within another CHI site. The post-holder will receive a salary and incremental credit on the staff nurse scale. It is a requirement of this registration programme to have a 100% attendance record.

Essential Criteria:

Registered with NMBI as RGN/RPN/RNID

6 months relevant post-registered nursing experience within the last 2 years

Please note: Students who have English as a second language must satisfy the English language requirements of the university to be eligible to apply.

UCD - If English is not your native language unless you have completed your primary degree through English in an English speaking country an English language qualification is required for all programmes. Please refer to policiesandgeneralregulations/generalrequirements/minimumenglishlanguagerequirements/ for more details.

TCD - All applicants to the School of Nursing and Midwifery whose first language is not English or who have not been educated through the medium of English must have successfully completed the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) assessment within the previous two years of submitting this application.

DCU - International candidates are expected to have educational qualifications of a standard equivalent to those outlined addition where such candidates are non-native speakers of the English language they must satisfy the university of their competency in the English language.

How to Apply & Informal Enquiries

Applications for this post must be accompanied by a cover letter setting out relevant experience that illustrates how the essential criteria listed above is met.

The criterion for short listing is based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria.

* Please note that you must submit a cover letter with your CV this forms part of your application and CVs will not be accepted without a detailed cover letter.

The closing date for submissions of CVs and cover letter is Sunday 1st March 2026 by 11:45pm. Applications must be completed through the advertised post on by clicking Apply for Job.

Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method.

For informal enquiries for this specialty/department please contact ADON Strategic Workforce Planning: