HSE’s nursing job crisis revealed

The ratio of nursing jobs in Ireland to nurses looking for them is four to one, an indication of the challenges faced by HSE that is trying to fill these crucial roles.

An analysis by Global jobs’ search website, Indeed, also reveals that working in a hospital’s emergency department is the least attractive option for nurses with almost two-thirds (63%) of jobs still vacant after 60 days.

It indicates that the health service is finding it difficult to fill other specialist nursing roles, including dialysis nurse, learning disability nurse and endoscopy nurse.