Become a Member
Who Can Join?
NHI membership is open to any private or voluntary nursing home in the Republic of Ireland. We currently represent over 80% of such homes but are always open to more.
To Register
If you wish to register for membership, please follow this link to do so.
What are the benefits?
- In-house practice development facilitator and nurse advisor, available to provide support on all clinical and HIQA related queries
- Policies, procedures, templates
- Support with HIQA requirements and inspections
- Support with responding to complaints
- Guidance documents for compliance with HIQA regulation and seminars on reviewing and responding to draft HIQA reports
- Access to online edition of Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures (suite of nursing procedures which is updated every 2 years)
- Member education
- Webinars (e.g. safeguarding vulnerable persons at risk of abuse, culture and restraint)
- Regional education days
- National education days
- Experienced in-house policy and communications advocate
- Monthly Member Updates
- Reporting on NHI activities and work
- Member news and updates
- Updates on the nursing home sector
- Updates on the health sector, and Dept. of Health
- Policy & Comms Lead lobbying and advocating for positive change for the nursing home sector
- Quarterly discussion/position/policy papers
- One-page executive summaries for all Members
- Plain English and accessible to all
- In-house HR advisor to provide sector-specific HR and recruitment advice by telephone/email
- HR and recruitment information sheets
- Policies, procedures, templates
- Support recruitment of staff within NHI member homes
- Careers in Nursing Homes website – dedicated free website for members to advertise work positions
- Garda vetting advice and discounted processing
- Member education
- Employment law
- Legal issues in documentation
- Principles of management in nursing homes
- Protected disclosures
- Contract for care template and telephone/email advice for members
- NHSS/Fair Deal rate trends, NHI pricing adjustment model
- Fair Deal update and stats
- Negotiation skills
- Commercial rates revaluation and appeal support
- Bed availability updates
- Planning application updates
- Advice on motion picture and music licensing
- Discounted group purchasing and insurance schemes
- Member education
- Contract for care
- Trends in Fair Deal rates
- NTPF negotiations
- Commercial rates revaluation
- NHI pricing adjustment model