HSE West and North West

Listing 9 positions across services in Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, and Tuam, jobs at HSE West and North West cover clinical, therapeutic, and management roles within the public health service's community and mental health divisions. These positions serve some of the most essential — and often difficult to recruit for — healthcare functions in the western region.

Clinical nursing roles feature prominently, with specialist positions including a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Respiratory Integrated Care and a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). These are advanced practice roles requiring post-registration qualifications and significant clinical experience. The Staff Nurse Mental Health Services opening — restricted to 2025/2026 graduates — provides a direct entry pathway for newly qualified psychiatric nurses into Galway, Roscommon, and Mayo mental health services.

Allied health professions are well represented. The Speech and Language Therapist, Senior position works within a Children's Disability Network Team (CDNT), providing clinical services to children with complex needs. The Occupational Therapist, Senior role is based in CAMHS, supporting young people with mental health difficulties. The Principal Specialist Psychologist position carries responsibility for leading clinical psychology services — a senior role requiring extensive post-qualification experience and supervisory capability.

If you're exploring jobs at HSE West and North West in disability services, the Director of Services (Intellectual Disabilities), Mayo Community Living is a senior leadership position overseeing residential and community-based services for adults with intellectual disabilities. The Care Assistant (Disability Services) role provides direct personal care and support — a frontline position that forms the backbone of community disability services.

The Health Care Assistant position at Joe & Helen O'Toole Community Nursing Unit in Tuam, Co. Galway supports the care of older people in a residential setting — a role requiring compassion, physical capability, and ideally a FETAC/QQI Level 5 healthcare qualification.

For healthcare professionals considering jobs at HSE West and North West, these positions offer public sector employment with defined salary scales, pension benefits, and the opportunity to work in community-based services across one of Ireland's most scenic — and underserved — healthcare regions.