Details of Service Bantry General Hospital (BGH) is a Model 2R hospital as defined by the Acute Medicine Programme.
Bantry General Hospital serves the needs of West Cork & South Kerry and is open to un-differential medical take daily and the surgical services operate in a day case model.
Bantry General Hospital is an Acute General Hospital providing inpatient (50 bed), Rehabilitation (12 bed) outpatient and day patient services (21 bed).
The services provided in the hospital include general medicine, gerontology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, dermatology and palliative care.
Inpatient medical activity is supported by a busy Medical Assessment Unit which is the admission pathway for the medical patients and a High Dependency Unit (4 bed).
Bantry General Hospital also provides elective Day Surgery, Endoscopy, Injuries Unit, Outpatients Department, Physiotherapy and Radiology including CT scanning services.
Bantry General also incorporates the unique position of a HIQA Registered residential Unit ( 24beds) within the governance of the Hospital
Specialist nursing includes ANP Acute Medicine, Diabetes, & Dementia.
CNS posts in Cardiology, Stroke, Diabetes, Care of the Older Adult, and Infection Control.
A Practice development unit incorporating, ADON, CMN2's & CPC supporting ongoing professional development.
Bantry General is a clinical site location for the undergraduate Nursing programme in MTU Kerry.
Bantry General Hospital is part of the CUH Group within the South/South West Hospital Group.
A Day Ward provides for the admission of selected patients on an elective basis for care and / or treatment who do not require the use of a hospital bed overnight and who are discharged as scheduled.
Surgical planned procedures are performed by rotational Surgeons from Cork University Hospital
Informal Enquiries We welcome enquiries about the role.
Contact Mrs Maureen Minihane– Director of Nursing, ****** 02752988- for further information about the role
Contact Eimear O'Sullivan- Recruitment Function, ****** – for enquiries relating to the recruitment process