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General Staff Nurse Medical/Surgical

HSE West and North West region

Location
Galway · Ireland
Application deadline
Not provided by source
Field of work
Health & care
Contract
Temporary · Permanent
Listing language
EN
Last checked
27 October 2026

Salary / pay scale

EUR From 37,288 per year

As published by the recruiting institution.

Job description

Grade Code:

2135

2283

County:

Galway

HSE Area:

West and North West Region

Staff Category:

Nursing & Midwifery

Contract Type:

Permanent, Wholetime/Part Time

Specified Purpose Contract, Wholetime/Part Time

Internal/External:

External

Proposed Interview Dates:

Interviews are held on a rolling basis

Candidates will normally be given at least one weeks' notice of interview.

Post Specific Related Information

Demonstrate depth and breadth of recent* nursing experience in acute hospital setting, as relevant to the role.

(*recent - within the last 2 years/24 months)

Access to the Enhanced Nurse/Senior Enhanced Nurse role is available through this campaign (pending eligibility)

Informal Enquiries:

Recruitment & Retention Office - 091 731952/ 731504

Relocation Package

The HSE offers an International Recruitment Relocation Package to relevant applicants. Please refer to HR Circular 001/2023 at the following link: https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/resources/hr-circulars/hr-circular-001-2023-international-recruitment-relocation-package.pdf

International Candidate Support - Youre Never too far from Home - HSE Career Hub

Location of Posts

• Galway University Hospitals (which comprises of University Hospital, Galway and Merlin Park University Hospital)

Exciting staff nursing opportunities are available across many departments in these hospitals including

Medical, Surgical, Critical Care, Coronary Care, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic, Orthopaedics, Urology, Gastro-Intestinal, Plastics, Ophthalmic, ENT, Vascular, Endo-Vascular, Maxillo-Facial, Nephrology, Respiratory, Cancer Services which includes Haematology Oncology Day and Emergency Medicine.

Application Details

Please ensure you download, save and read the Job Specification & Additional Camapign Information document in advance of applying. Please ensure to complete application form fully. We strongly recommend that you read the Job Specification before submitting your application. Interviews will be competency based.

Please note that any CVs uploaded or sent to the informal enquiries contact will not be accepted. All applicants must complete the application form in full when applying for this post.

If you are interested in Adaptation please note if we are running this in the future it will be advertised on www.hse.ie or you can register on the HSE career hub to get weekly updates on advertised posts.

Candidate support

Frequently Asked Questions – Rezoomo https://support.rezoomo.com/en/collections/147587-candidate-faqs

HSE Recruitment Process – https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/jobs/recruitment-process/

Original vacancy: HSE West and North West region · Description checked 27 October 2026

The original vacancy sets the qualifications, nationality rules, pay, required languages and exact closing time. Read the full notice before applying.