2025/2026 HSE Student Public Health Nurse Sponsorship

The HSE has ongoing opportunities for Public Health Nurses.  In order to meet this requirement it is the intention of the National Recruitment Service (NRS) to advertise the Higher Diploma in Public Health Nursing Programme at 12 noon on Thursday 12th December 2024.  Applications will close at 12 noon on Thursday 16th January 2025.

The job advert and application form can be accessed at the link below:

https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/jobs/job-search/nursing/nrs14602.html

A panel will be formed as a result of this recruitment campaign, from which sponsorship places on the 2025/2026 Higher Diploma in Public Health Nursing Programme will be filled.

Successful candidates appointed from the panel, will undertake the Graduate/Post Graduate Diploma in Nursing/Public Health Nursing Programme at University College Dublin (UCD), University College Cork (UCC) or University Galway (UG). The course commencement date will be the end of August/beginning September 2025

The Office of the Nursing & Midwifery Services Director will host an Information Webinar

Further information is also available on the ONMSD website:

https://healthservice.hse.ie/about-us/onmsd/education-and-continuous-professional-development/cpd-for-nurses-and-midwives/onmsd-sponsorship-schemes/student-public-health-nurses.html

There is also an online informational webinar being delivered by University College Cork.

During the Webinar, the course director Dr Lloyd Frank Philpott and a panel of past and present students will provide an overview of the of programme structure including the key modules and topics covered in the programme, the diverse career pathways in PHN, the role of the PHN and the application process for the programme.

Please click on the link below to register your interest:

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/71c1479b-6a8b-4e07-a089-a10e5b18f83a@46fe5ca5-866f-4e42-92e9-ed8786245545

Eligibility Criteria

Please see below the Eligibility Criteria for this campaign:

 Candidates must at the latest date of application:

 i. Be registered in the General Nursing Division of the Register of Nurses maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) or entitled to be so registered

and

ii. have a minimum of 2 years post registration general nursing experience.

OR

 i. Be registered in the General Nursing Division and another Division of the Register (including Registered Midwife (RM), Registered Children’s Nurse (RCN), Registered Nurse Intellectual Disability (RNID) or Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) Divisions of the Register of Nurses and Midwives) maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) or entitled to be so registered

and

ii. have a minimum of 12 months post registration general nursing experience as an RGN,

and

iii. have a minimum of 12 months post registration experience as an RM or RCN or RNID or RPN

AND 

 Meet the HEI academic criteria set by the relevant Higher Education Institutes: as outlined below:

HEI Academic Criteria - Academic Criteria

 Applicants must provide evidence of study at Irish National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) Level 8 (Honours Degree/Level 8 Higher Diploma) or above (Level 9 award) by providing an academic transcript.

 An academic transcript is an official document from a college or university showing the final marks achieved and awarded (total final grade and grades for each module completed over the course of the programme). It is only available to students following the completion of an academic programme.  Only official university academic transcripts will be accepted. If the document does not state ‘Academic Transcript’ the applicant must submit a supporting letter from the university or college confirming the submitted document is equivalent to an academic transcript. The parchment that graduates receive on a graduation day is not an academic transcript. (Please refer to Appendix 2 Recruitment & Selection Process for further information & examples of what we can & cannot accept)

 The academic transcript provided by the applicant will be used as evidence to verify the level of academic course(s) previously undertaken. It must be complete and must demonstrate that the applicant has studied at Irish National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) Level 8 or above and has been awarded an Irish NFQ Level 8 Honours Degree or Level 8 Higher Diploma or a Level 9 award (minimum of 10 ECTS for Level 9 award). It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure the programme of study they are presenting is equivalent to Irish NFQ Level 8 or above, please refer to http://www.nqai.ie or http://www.nfq.ie for further information.

 If an applicant’s award is from a university outside of the Republic of Ireland it is their responsibility to ensure the award is equivalent to Irish NFQ Level 8 or above by submitting a supporting letter from the university.

 The NRS recommend that you visit this advance notice page regularly for updates.

 For further information on the HSE Recruitment & Selection Process please click on the link below:

 https://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/jobs/recruitment-process/

 Further information on the HSE Public Health Nursing Services, can be accessed at the link below:

 https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/2/primarycare/national-phn-service/