Why you should work in SPMHS when you move to Ireland
Deciding to move to a different country can be an exciting but also challenging time. Knowing you have a job lined up for when you make the move can take some pressure off and give you some stability as you settle into life in Ireland.
SPMHS is the largest independent, not-for-profit mental health service in Ireland and can offer permanent and flexible contracts to psychiatric nurses. We provide mental health services from central Dublin locations, meaning you can easily travel to work from anywhere in the country and be close to the city centre to explore all that Dublin has to offer.
If you are a citizen from outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we offer employment permits with no cost to you. Should you apply for a position with SPMHS, we will offer you individual assistance from our Human Resources Department throughout your application.
Here in SPMHS, we have a long history of delivering high quality mental healthcare and treatment for over 270 years.
We consider our staff to be our greatest asset in providing our high quality mental healthcare to people experiencing difficulties. We focus on staff career development and offer continuous professional development (CPD) training, as well as promotional prospects. Working with us will give you the flexibility to continue your career in Ireland and help you develop your nursing skills within a dynamic and multidisciplinary setting.
Our nurses work across all aspects of our services. This includes our:
- inpatient services at St Patrick’s University Hospital; St Patrick’s, Lucan (St Edmundsbury); and Willow Grove Adolescent Unit
- day patient programmes through our Wellness and Recovery Centre
- community and outpatient services through the Dean Clinics
- Homecare Service and remote services, which deliver care to service users directly in their own homes.
Benefits of a nursing career in SPMHS
It is important to us that our staff have a fulfilling career with exciting opportunities for progression.
If you decide to work with us, we will offer you a permanent position and a generous remuneration package, along with many desirable benefits. We offer a higher-than-average starting salary of €45,466, with pay increases for length of service. This is a minimum starting salary which may increase if you have prior experience to ensure you are ahead of your previous pay point.
All nurses who start work with us at SPMHS automatically join our enhanced nurse salary scale, starting on Point 2 at the very minimum. This is a huge benefit of working with us, as you do not need to attend an interview or meet additional criteria before being assigned to this enhanced scale.
You will also be offered a sign-on bonus of €3,000 (after six months’ service) and a ward location allowance of €1,995 on top of your basic pay.
Our locations are central to Dublin and accessible by public transport, making it easy for you to travel to work. We have Bike to Work and TaxSaver Commuter Ticket transport schemes available, as well as free onsite parking if you decide to drive, subject to availability.
St Patrick’s University Hospital is a three-minute walk from Dublin’s biggest railway hub, Heuston train station; it is also directly on the city’s tram system, the LUAS red line, and within walking distance for Dublin and cross-county buses. St Patrick’s, Lucan is on the N4 and close to the M50, two major roads connecting the city and rest of Ireland, with multiple public transport options.
Other key benefits of working with us at SPMHS include:
- flexible working hours and contracts, including some opportunities for remote and hybrid working
- additional payments for working Sundays, public holidays and night duty
- a flexible Defined Contribution (DC) Pension Scheme with 10% employer contribution
- access to internal and external CPD training
- access to funding for postgraduate education
- eligibility for allowances for specialist training and working, including a Qualification Allowance or Community Allowance
- protective leaves, such as Maternity Leave (26 weeks paid, plus up to 16 weeks unpaid), paid Parent’s Leave, two weeks paid Paternity Leave, force majeure and more
- option to join a VHI group health insurance scheme
- paperless working, as we were the first mental health provider in Ireland to introduce an Electronic Health Record (EHR).
We also offer you:
- a subsidised onsite canteen
- an onsite gym
- a nursing staff recreational area, including a games area and showers
- an active Staff Wellbeing Committee
- a free Employee Assistance Programme
- an award-winning menopause workplace programme.
Career development and progression opportunities
We offer many opportunities for career development, such as the chance to act in a more senior role, with the support of your senior team members, to gain experience in new areas and skills. With this, we also offer opportunities for job progression into roles like Clinical Nurse Manager I/II/III for both ward and non-ward nurses, and Team Liaison Nurse.
More opportunities include:
- increasing your skillset and working in a broad range of programmes that specialise in a specific mental health difficulty, such as anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, eating disorders, psychosis recovery, personality disorder, alcohol and chemical dependency, psychiatry in later life and many others
- working with the Willow Grove Adolescent Unit, the Dean Clinic community services, day programmes and remote services to get a full view of services and a more enhanced experience
- working within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) setting, which means directly collaborating with consultant psychiatrists, registrars, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, addiction therapists, cognitive behavioural therapists, pharmacists, dieticians and many more.
Key areas of work in SPMHS
Human rights is the foundation of our work as we move towards a society where each individual is empowered to live a mentally healthy life.
We have key activities and areas of work including:
- to advocate for people’s rights and to end mental health stigma
- to deliver a high quality mental health service
- to do research into mental health and provide training for staff
- to ensure our service users are involved in their own treatment and care.
Apply for a nursing job today
If you are interested in working with us, we would love to hear from you.
Successful applicants must:
- hold current registration or be eligible for registration on the psychiatric register with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)
- have an excellent level of clinical knowledge
- have the ability to grow solid working relationships within an organisation and with service users.
Please be aware that post-registration experience is desirable. If you are an intern nurse due to qualify this year, we also welcome you to apply for a job with us.
Please note also that we work with recruitment agencies only on very rare occasions, and, in these cases, we specify we will accept CVs from recruitment agencies. We only work with agencies which engage in ethical practice. Charging a candidate for a placement is not accepted practice: we do not expect this behaviour from recruitment agencies and do not condone it.
All successful applicants will be placed on a panel and job offers will be made based on our requirements.
Contact us if you have questions about our nursing jobs.
If you have any questions about working for SPMHS or relocating to Ireland for nursing work with us, you can contact Emma Cunningham in our HR Department by emailing hr@stpatricks.ie or phoning +353 1 249 3435.
