Consultant In Emergency Medicine

Job Post Information* : Posted Date 2 weeks ago(2/23/2024 7:36 AM)

ID

2024-7727

# of Openings

3

Job Locations

IE-Co. Cavan

RCSI HOSPITAL GROUP

 

RCSI Hospitals Group was established in 2015 and comprises the following hospitals:

 

• Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
• Connolly Hospital, Dublin
• Cavan and Monaghan Hospital
• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co. Louth
• Louth County Hospital
• Rotunda Hospital, Dublin

 

The Academic Partner for the Group is the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).

 

The RCSI Hospitals Group serves populations in five counties – North Dublin, Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan.  A wide range of emergency, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services are provided across these, supported by a workforce of approximately 8,353 WTE staff.  Our aim is to provide high quality and safe care underpinned by the development of a single effective corporate and clinical governance structure.

 

The RCSI Hospitals Group is committed to improving clinical performance in scheduled and unscheduled care and the development of clinical networks and delivery systems to improve access to excellent care, in accordance with the HIQA National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare and in alignment with the National Committee on Clinical Excellence, the National Clinical Programmes and the National Cancer Control Programme Guidelines.

 

Further information about the RCSI Hospital Group can be found at our website:

 

CAVAN MONAGHAN HOSPITAL

 

Cavan Monaghan Hospital currently provides services to the population of both counties and its catchment area extends to counties Meath, Longford and Leitrim.  All acute inpatient services are based in Cavan Monaghan Hospital.  Cavan Monaghan Hospital provides extensive outpatient, theatre and day services.  Cavan Monaghan Hospital also provides a wide range of support services, including: pathology, radiology, pharmacy, physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy.

 

Cavan Monaghan Hospital is a bi-located site providing services to the population of both counties and its catchment area extends to counties Meath, Longford and Leitrim. It has a total of 421 beds with 286 of these representing acute in-patient beds. All acute inpatient services are based in Cavan Monaghan Hospital; there were approximately 17,000 acute admissions in 2018. Monaghan Hospital's primary role includes the continuing care for medically discharged patients requiring inpatient step-down and rehabilitation care.

Cavan Monaghan Hospital is a teaching hospital with links to the Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Physicians and the Dundalk Institute of Technology. Both sites are actively engaged with HIQA (Health Information & Quality Authority) in meeting their standards to ensure they continually strive to provide a high quality service.

Cavan Monaghan Hospital has an Emergency Department, an Acute Medical Admissions Unit, 5 General Medical wards, 1 General Surgery ward, a maternity ward, a paediatric ward, an ICU, a SCBU, and a CCU. It also has 4 operating theatres, a renal dialysis unit, a surgical day ward, an endoscopy / bronchoscopy unit, a haematology / oncology day ward, and an interventional radiology unit. Orthopaedic, vascular, urological and neurological services are provided by visiting consultants with sessional commitments. The hospital provides services for the care of paediatric and adult patients with cystic fibrosis; the paediatric ward has recently been extended and refurbished to include the provision of 2 high specifications, neutral pressure isolation rooms. It is anticipated that an outpatient antimicrobial therapy service will be launched in 2020 following the recruitment of an OPAT co-ordinator.

 

Applications are invited for the following post:

 

Consultant in Emergency Medicine

 

This is an appointment to the RCSI Hospitals Group on a Public Only Consultants’ Contract 2023 by the Health Service Executive with an initial commitment to Cavan General Hospital, for 37 hours per week.

 

Applicants must be registered in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of emergency medicine.

 

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Val Gough, Clinical Director at Cavan General Hospital – Tel: 049 4376000.

 

A panel may be formed from which other permanent vacancies for Consultants in Emergency Medicine at Cavan General Hospital may be filled.

Applications can be made by emailing your CV to no later than 12pm on 22^nd March, 2024

 

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