National Rehabilitation Hospital Ireland

13/11/2025

We are recruiting for a number of roles at the NRH, including Director of Finance, Procurements & Contracts Manager, Clerical Officer, Healthcare Assistant, and Physiotherapy & Aquatic Assistant.

For Director of Finance applications, see www.rezoomo.com/job/88622/ or www.nrh.ie/careers. For all other roles, see www.rezoomo.com/company/national-rehabilitation-centre or www.nrh.ie/careers.

07/11/2025

Adult Safeguarding Day 2025 focused on the rights and the implementation of Assisted Decision-Making in health services and communities.

To support a human-rights based approach to rehabilitation in line with the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act, the NRH ADMA service was established in 2023 to provide guidance and education to staff and patients. Today, the ADMA Service and Safeguarding Officer at the NRH provided information and advice to staff, promoting awareness of the ADMA and Safeguarding policies.

04/11/2025

Join healthcare leaders, clinicians, forward-thinking professionals, researchers, people with lived experience of rehabilitation and International guest speakers to discuss and exchange, experiences, expertise, insights and ideas related to the field of specialist rehabilitation. This sharing of knowledge and exploring initiatives across the continuum of care is essential to the ongoing development of integrated specialist rehabilitation services in Ireland.

⏳ Early bird rate until midnight on 5th November - don't miss out!
ℹ️ For more information and to register, visit
https://www.nrh.ie/conference2025/

The National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) provides Complex Specialist Rehabilitation services to patients who, as a result of an accident, illness or Injury, have acquired a physical or cognitive disability and who require specialist medical rehabilitation.

24/10/2025

This conference brings together an exciting programme of international guest speakers, healthcare leaders, forward-thinking professionals, researchers, innovators and people with lived experience of rehabilitation to discuss and exchange, experiences, expertise, insights and ideas related to the field of specialist rehabilitation. This sharing of knowledge and exploring initiatives across the continuum of care is essential to the ongoing development of integrated specialist rehabilitation services in Ireland.

⏳ Early bird rate until 5th November - don't miss out!
ℹ️ For more information and to register, visit https://www.nrh.ie/conference2025

14/10/2025

Our colleagues from the Spinal Cord System of Care Programme represented the NRH at the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) Annual Scientific Meeting last weekend. The NRH team had an opportunity to strengthen connections and exchange knowledge and expertise with peers who are dedicated to advancing spinal cord injury rehabilitation

10/10/2025

National Conference on Specialist Rehabilitation Services for Ireland. The closing date for poster abstracts has been extended to 1pm on Monday 20th October.
Visit https://www.nrh.ie/conference2025/
Early bird registration until 4th November

08/10/2025

Members of the Occupational Therapy team represented the NRH at the recent AOTI Conference in Mullingar. The theme was ‘Clinical Practice, Innovation and Research’, and the aim to celebrate and showcase diverse approaches taken within the Occupational Therapy community in Ireland and beyond.

The NRH Occupational Therapy service provides specialist intervention to patients from all Clinical Rehabilitation Programmes as part of the Interdisciplinary Teams at the NRH. The Programmes include: Acquired Brain Injury; Stroke Specialty; Spinal Cord System of Care; Prosthetic, Orthotic and Limb Absence Rehabilitation; Paediatric Programme, and Outpatient Programme.

01/10/2025

The NRH Assistive Technology Service Team recently paid an inspiring visit to the Accessibility Discovery Centre at Google's Dublin offices. The team explored some great ideas and useful information on how digital technology can enhance access and engagement in gaming.

27/09/2025

This conference is for all those in the healthcare sector who have an interest in, or are involved in service planning, service provision, integration, and developing specialist rehabilitation in hospitals and in the community across Ireland. The aim of the conference is to strengthen our connections; reflect on what works well nationally and internationally, and explore initiatives that will have a positive impact on patient pathways, outcomes and experience.

This conference brings together international guest speakers, healthcare leaders, forward-thinking professionals, researchers and people with lived experience of rehabilitation to discuss and exchange, experiences, expertise, insights and ideas related to the field of specialist rehabilitation. This sharing of knowledge and exploring initiatives across the continuum of care is essential to the ongoing development of integrated specialist rehabilitation services in Ireland.

For more information visit: https://ow.ly/hycC50X3gZc

Register here - Early Bird Rate until 4th November: https://ow.ly/LXzl50X3gZb

Submit a Poster Abstract - closing date 10th October: https://ow.ly/OrPw50X3gZe

22/09/2025

Congratulations to Team NRH who won the Team Spirit & Sportsmanship Award and Best Individual Gold at last week's Inter Spinal Unit Games. The team competed in all events and achieved fourth place overall at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in the UK, with individual medals for mixed tetra archery, para badminton and para table tennis. In addition, two of our physiotherapists, Conor and Muireann, won the male and female physiotherapists swim race.

Well done to our wonderful competitors and thank you to everyone involved in supporting this fantastic opportunity. As always, the sporting prowess of our patients and the dedication of our staff shone through.

17/09/2025

Safe care for children is the focus for World Patient Safety Day 2025. At the NRH, staff are highlighting the wide range of local, national and international resources available to support parents, carers, family members, and healthcare teams in the provision of safe care for every child.

15/09/2025

The autumn NRH National Grand Rounds lecture takes place online this Wednesday, 17th September from 1pm to 2pm. The lecture will be presented by Ciara Lynch, HSE Programme Manager for the Neurorehabilitation Strategy and Managed Clinical Rehabilitation Network. Ciara will provide an update on the National Neuro-Rehabilitation Strategy.

Further details and link to access the lecture are available at https://www.nrh.ie/healthcare-professionals/healthcare-professions-student-education/nrh-national-grand-rounds-online/