Cochlear Implant Research Fellow

UNAVAILABLE; Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Beaumont Hospital, incorporating St. Joseph's Hospital Raheny, invites applications for a Cochlear Implant Research Fellow. The role encompasses clinical and surgical commitments across paediatric and adult populations, within a major academic teaching hospital near Dublin city centre.

The successful candidate must hold an Irish Medical Council Registration and English language competency with evidence if required (IELTS/OET). The closing date is 2pm on Friday 6th November 2026.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid Irish Medical Council Registration.
• English language competency: provide evidence if not registered prior to 2015 or if medical training was not completed in Ireland.
• IELTS or OET evidence required with current dates within two years.

Responsibilities

• Cochlear Implant Research Fellow with both clinical and surgical commitment.
• Involves paediatric and adult patient groups.
• Position availability: 12 months from 12 July 2027.

Skills

English language proficiency

Education

Medical degree

Irish Medical Council Registration

Job description

Overview

BEAUMONT HOSPITAL

(Incorporating St Joseph's Hospital, Raheny)

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 post which is available from 12th July 2027 for 12 months

Cochlear Implant Research Fellow including clinical and surgical commitment (Paediatrics and Adults)

Post Specifications:

• Each candidatemusthold a validIrish Medical Council Registration
• English 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 to1st 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 evidence

OR

• English Language Tests Certificate: International English Language Test System Certificate (IELTS – minimum overall band score of 7.0)orOccupational 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 2pm on Friday 6th November 2026.

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