Overview
BEAUMONT HOSPITAL (Incorporating St Joseph’s Hospital, Raheny) The plastic surgery department in Beaumont hospital provides a busy autologous breast reconstruction (both immediate and delayed). DIEP flap reconstructions are the preferred autologous choice with TUG and PAP flap being the common second line option. Bilateral, bipedicle and stacked flaps are all utilised options in the unit. The department is the busiest autologous breast reconstructive department in the country. The candidate will be the only microsurgical fellow in the unit and therefore is involved in all the reconstructions. The candidate will be involved in implant-based reconstructions as required also. The preferred candidate should have the FRCS(Plast) examination and have completed/near completion of a higher specialist training program in plastic surgery. Research interests, both clinical or laboratory based will be encouraged and supported through the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and its extended research network. Beaumont Hospital, incorporating St. Joseph’s Hospital Raheny, is a large academic teaching hospital 5km north of Dublin City centre. Beaumont Hospital provides emergency and acute care services across 54 medical specialties to a local community of some 290,000 people. In addition, Beaumont Hospital is a designated cancer centre and the regional treatment centre for ear, nose and throat, and gastroenterology, and the national referral centre for neurosurgery and neurology, renal transplantation, cochlear implantation and mechanical thrombectomy. Beaumont Hospital is the lead Level 4 hospital within the Royal College of Surgeons Hospital Group, which includes Connolly Hospital, Rotunda Hospital, Cavan/Monaghan Hospitals, Louth/Meath Hospitals, and the Royal College of Surgeons. Beaumont Hospital employs approximately 4,000 staff and has a bed complement of 820 beds. Beaumont Hospital is the principal teaching hospital for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Beaumont Hospital also enjoys close links with Dublin City University, especially in the area of nurse training, and with other academic institutions in respect of training and research. St. Joseph's Hospital Raheny, is an acute hospital that provides both medical and surgical in-patient care, day care, outpatient, outpatient physiotherapy and radiology services. A dedicated Care of the Elderly Rehabilitation Unit and a 100 bedded Raheny Community Nursing Unit have also been developed on the St. Joseph’s campus. Applications are invited from suitably qualified doctors for the following posts which are available from July 2025: Fellowship in Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction This post is a fully accredited RCSI Fellowship which is awarded on completion of the 1 year Fellowship. Post Specifications:Applicants must have FRCS plastic surgery examination or equivalentEach candidate must hold a valid Irish Medical Council RegistrationEnglish Language Competency: All doctors taking up employment who were not registered with the Irish Medical Council in any of the divisions of the Register of Medical Practitioners prior to 1st January 2015, or who did not complete the entirety of their under-graduate medical training in the Republic of Ireland, are required to provide evidence of one of the following:Completion of your Medical degree in English from any of the following countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, The United States of America or The United Kingdom. A copy of your Degree Certificate is the required evidenceOREnglish Language Tests Certificate: International English Language Test System Certificate (IELTS – minimum overall band score of 7.0) or Occupational English Test Certificate (OET – minimum overall grade score of B). IELTS/OET test results must be current and dated within two years of the date submitted to the employer. Closing date for receipt of applications is 12pm Monday 27th January 2025. Applicants should note that it will not be possible to inform all applicants individually of the outcome of their applications. Please note that some of the above posts may be filled by recognised training schemes prior to any hospital interviews. Beaumont Hospital is an equal opportunities employer and supports a no smoking policy