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Ability West provides a wide range of high-quality services to children and adults with intellectual disabilities and autism across Galway City and County. Services provided are day, residential, short breaks, community supports, rehabilitative training and multi-disciplinary supports. The ethos of service provision is underpinned by our Vision, Mission, Core Values and Strategic Plan, which is to empower people with disabilities to live self-directed lives in an equal and inclusive society. Each person is supported and valued within an environment which promotes their overall autonomy, health and wellbeing and enables them to reach their potential.
Role: Nurse
Location: Headford
Closing Date for Applications: 10th March 2025.
Role Responsibilities
We are looking for a qualified nurse who will be flexible and adapt to the needs of the individuals they support within a Day Service environment. Someone who is open to change and aims to provide a safe, secure environment where individuals will participate in community and leisure activities, make choices and enjoy a lifestyle that fulfills their potential and expectations with the opportunity for new experiences.
If successful, you will be required to work in a team environment with a person-centred philosophy, participate in person-centred planning, individual reviews, team meetings, attend and participate in training courses, and actively contribute to team-based performance management.
Minimum Requirements
* Possession of a nursing or recognised nursing qualification e.g. R.N.I.D., R.G.N, S.R.N., R.P.N., including current registration with An Bord Altranais agus Cnaimhseachais na hEireann.
* Experience of working with people with an intellectual disability.
* Full current driving license with access to your own vehicle is desirable.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team or on one's own initiative.
* Flexibility and the capacity to embrace change in response to the identified needs of people we support.
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