Clinical Nurse Manager 2 Millstreet Community Hospital Older Persons Residential Services

The person appointed to this post will work within Millstreet Community Hospital HSE South West working as part of multi-disciplinary teams delivering a coordinated approach to client care.

Services provided by Residential Services for Older People Cork & Kerry comprise of Continuing Care Convalescent Care Transitional Care Respite Care and Palliative Care.

Health Regions

Six Health Regions have been established within the HSE on the basis of the geographical boundaries agreed by the Government in July 2019 and they will be operational from 2024.

Each Health Region will be tasked with population specific planning resourcing and delivery of health and social care services for the needs of its unique population. This will result in improved accountability and governance in terms of finance and performance while also bringing decision-making closer to the frontline.

Health Regions will enable and empower staff to provide services that are:

Integrated locally planned and delivered

Easier to access and navigate

Available closer to home

Health Regions are geographically based units with clearly defined populations. They align community and hospital services within specific areas. The HSE will retain a strong but leaner central organisation with more service provision developed at a local level.

The HSE South West health region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services in Cork and Kerry. HSE South West includes all hospital and community healthcare services in the region.

This includes:

South / South West Hospital Group S/SWHG

Cork Kerry Community Healthcare CKCH

The Department of Population and Public Health is also now aligned with this health region

Services in the South West health region:

HSE Services working within this region include:

Acute Hospitals

Primary care services

Community services

Social care services

Health and social care professionals

Voluntary sector services

South / South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare became part of HSE South West health region on 3rd March 2025 and the transition to the new structures will continue throughout 2026.

Purpose of the post

The post of Clinical Nurse Manager 2 has a pivotal role in service planning co-ordinating and managing activity and resources within the clinical area. The main responsibilities are: quality assurance resource management staffing and staff development practice development facilitating communication and professional/clinical leadership.

We welcome enquiries about the role.

Contact Maureen Murphy (029) 70003 Director of Nursing Millstreet Community Hospital for informal enquires

Contact Meagan McGlynn at for enquiries relating to the recruitment process.

Required Experience:

Manager