Specialist Coordinator for Centre of Education

Post Title: Specialist Coordinator, Nursing
Post Status: Permanent
Department: Centre of Education
Location: Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9
Reports to: Director of Nurse Education
Salary: Appointment will be made on Nurse Tutor Scale (€73,062- € 81,989) at a point in line with Government pay policy.
Hours of work: 37.5 Hours per Week
Closing Date: 12 Noon on October 23rd 2026

*Please note the hospital reserves the right to close the competition early should a substantial number of applications be received*

Position Summary:

To assist the Director to plan, develop and deliver education for midwives, nurses and healthcare support staff in order to contribute to the continued development of an effective, person centred and equitable Health Service.The role involves the planning, budgeting, co-ordinating, implementing and evaluating of a range of educational courses and events. Education should be based on relevant and up to date research and provide a collaborative learning environment to encourage reflection and innovation.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Key Result Areas:
The role of the Specialist Coordinator, General is to assist the Director of the Centre to develop and manage a centre of education that will provide accessible, high quality training, education and development services to all midwives and nurses employed within its geographical remit.

Leadership/Management
• Assist the Director of the Centre in the implementation of an education, training and development strategy for the professional development of nurses/midwives and support staff,
• Participate in the identification of the education, training and development needs of all nurses/midwives and support staff within the Centre’s remit.
• Plan and arrange delivery of a comprehensive training and development programme in accordance with annually agreed objectives as assigned by Director of the Centre.
• Contribute to policy and practice development as appropriate.
• Assist the Director of the Centre in the promotion of cross-divisional and interagency education practices.
• Assist the Director of the Centre in the promotion of the professional development of staff as integral to the management of the nursing and midwifery resource.
• Assist the Director of the Centre in promoting and developing collaboration and partnership with the other Centres of Nursing and Midwifery Education.

Operational
• Assist the Director of the Centre to plan and arrange delivery of a range of education programmes which preserve the integrity of each individual division of the register.
• Assist the Director of the Centre to plan and deliver education programmes to support staff as required.
• Prepare a service plan, annual report and any other reports as requested by the Director of the Centre.
• Provide and deliver education and training programmes as appropriate.
• Source and evaluate internal and external education and training providers.
• Establish and/or maintain systems to record education, training and development activities of staff.
• Undertake regular evaluation of training and development activities.
• Encourage and support the research agenda at local and national level.
• Ensure that education, training and development activities are grounded in sound evidence.
• Monitor the effectiveness of education, training and development programmes on service delivery and professional development.

Advisory
• Advise the Director of the Centre of Nursing and Midwifery Education and other relevant stakeholders on matters related to education, training and development.
• Participate at regional and national level on appropriate issues relating to nursing/midwifery education, training and development as delegated by the Director of the Centre

Other
• Adequately identifies, assesses, manages and monitors risk within their area of responsibility.
• Have a working knowledge of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Standards and other standards as they apply to the role for example, Standards for Healthcare, National Standards for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections, Hygiene Standards etc and comply with associated HSE protocols for implementing and maintaining these standards

The above job specification is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to them from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

Selection Criteria:
Selection criteria outline the qualifications, skills, knowledge and/or experience that the successful candidate would need to demonstrate for successful discharge of the responsibilities of the post. Applications will be assessed on the basis of how well candidates satisfy these criteria.

Candidates must have at the latest date of application:

1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc

(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:

i) Are registered, or are eligible for registration, in the General Division of the Register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

ii) Are registered, or are eligible for registration, as a Registered Nurse Tutor with the Nursing and Midwifery Board Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).

And

iii) Have a minimum of three years post registration clinical experience in the previous five years as a General Nurse at the closing date for receipt of applications for the post.

And
b) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge, leadership and management ability for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

Annual registration
i) On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration on the General Division of the Nurses & Midwives Register maintained by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).
And
ii) Practitioners must confirm annual registration with NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

Informal Enquiries ONLY to:

Name: Sinead Connolly
Title: Director of Nursing
Email address: sineadconnolly@beaumont.ie
Telephone: 01 809 3381

If an appointee has previously been employed in the Civil or Public Service and that appointee is entitled to or in receipt of a pension from the Civil or Public Service or where a Civil/ Public Service pension comes into payment during the appointee’s re-employment that pension will be subject to abatement in accordance with Section 52 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012.

Please note: In applying for this position you are acknowledging that you understand that the abatement provisions, where relevant, will apply. It is not envisaged that the employing Department/ Office/ Body will support an application for an abatement waiver in respect of appointments to this position.

Please be aware that Beaumont Hospital will never ask candidates to pay money at any stage of the recruitment process. Any requests for payment, bank details, or financial information in connection with a job application should be treated as fraudulent. If you receive such a request claiming to be from Beaumont Hospital, please do not respond and report to the recruitment department immediately.