* Portiuncula University Hospital is advertising for the role of Senior House Officer in our General Medicine Department for our July 2025 rotation.
Candidates must have active Irish Medical Council Registration.
Previous experience in Ireland is desirable.
Candidates must have relevant experience for the role.
Portiuncula University Hospital comprises 194 beds, which includes plans for a new 50-bed ward block opening in August 2024. The hospital provides 24/7 acute surgery, acute medicine, critical care, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, along with a 24/7 Emergency Department which had 30,283 attendances in 2023. The hospital serves the catchment areas of East Galway, Westmeath, North Tipperary, Roscommon, and Offaly, and has a natural referral pathway to the Midlands.
Ballinasloe is the largest town in County Galway. The town has excellent junior and secondary schools and is close to the University of Galway and the Technology University of Shannon in Athlone. It is served by public transport to major centres and offers an abundance of sports, leisure, and entertainment facilities, with easy access to major regional centres of Galway City.
Education & Training:
Portiuncula University Hospital is a recognised site for training undergraduate medical students from the University of Galway and graduate entry medical students from the University of Limerick. We are an accredited site for intern training for the West North West Intern Training program. We offer Basic Specialist Training in General Medicine to Senior House Officers on the RCPI training program and are also an approved site with the ICGP West training scheme for GP training. We have international trainees on the CPSP program through RCPI and we also have Basic and Higher Specialist trainees in Surgery, Paediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. There is formal structured weekly teaching for all medical staff in general internal medicine topics, MRCP teaching and exam preparation, advanced clinical skills training, and inter-professional simulation-based education in the care of the deteriorating patient on a monthly basis.
CVs that do not have active IMC will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held in the coming months.
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