Consultant Respiratory & General Physician
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HSE Dublin and North East Region
The HSE has created six new health regions. Each region is responsible for providing both hospital and community care for the people in that area. Bringing community health services and hospitals together means we can take a more patient-centred approach to healthcare.
HSE Dublin and North East provides health and social care to North Dublin, Louth, Meath, Monaghan and most areas of Cavan.
HSE Dublin and North East Region includes the following hospitals:
* Beaumont Hospital
* Cavan General Hospital
* Connolly Hospital
* Louth County Hospital
* Monaghan General Hospital
* Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
* National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh
* Our Lady’s Hospital Navan
* Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
* Rotunda Hospital
OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL, DROGHEDA
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda is a 485 bed, model 3 Acute General and Maternity hospital located in the North East of Ireland. The hospital provides acute and specialist hospital services to populations in North Dublin, Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan.
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is the main acute hospital in the North East and the Hospital Services include Critical Care, Orthopaedic Trauma, Surgery, Medicine (wide range of specialties), Acute Stroke Unit, Cardiology, Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Paediatrics.
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has a workforce of approximately 2,600 staff, providing a 24/7, 365 emergency care and related services. The services include scheduled and unscheduled care activity, with inpatient acute services being primarily of unscheduled care origin. The hospital team delivers safe and timely access to our patients and community and performs highly in national unscheduled care and ED Key performance indicators.
CHO 8 Profile
The counties of Louth and Meath are within CHO8 and encompass six Community Network Areas (CHN) areas; North Louth; North Meath and Ardee; South Louth and Bettystown; Central Meath; East Meath; and Southwest Meath. The ICPCD team in Louth/Meath has been approved a Consultant Respiratory Physician working on a 50:50 basis in acute and community settings. In line with Sláintecare, this post is focused on the need for a shift in care delivery from a hospital-centric approach to a more community-oriented approach. The successful post holder will work to implement the Integrated Model of Care for the prevention and management of Chronic Disease in Louth & Meath.
Applications are invited for the following post:
Consultant Respiratory & General Physician
This is an appointment to the HSE Dublin and North East Region on a Public Only Consultants’ Contract 2023 by the Health Service Executive with an initial commitment to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda 18.5 hours per week and CHO8 18.5 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 specialties of respiratory medicine and general (internal) medicine.
Informal enquiries may be made to:
Dr. Ian Counihan, Consultant Respiratory and General Physician & Clinical Director, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. Tel: 041-9837601, email: ian.counihan@hse.ie or Ms Martina Ralph, General Manager – Primary Care Services, CHO 8 Tel: 086-6069838, email: martina.ralph@hse.ie
A panel may be formed from which other permanent vacancies for Consultant Respiratory & General Physician may be filled.
Applications can be made by applying online at www.beaumont.ie/careers no later than 12pm on Friday 7th February 2025.
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* Mid-Senior level
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* Full-time
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* Consulting
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