Consultant General Surgeon s.i. Gastrointestinal surgery

Beaumont Hospital; Cavan; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job description

• Our Lady’s Hospital Navan

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

CAVAN MONAGHAN HOSPITAL

(Ref: CNGSGI05)

Cavan & Monaghan Hospital currently provides services to the population of both counties and its catchment area extends to counties Meath, Longford and Leitrim. All acute inpatient services are based in Cavan Monaghan Hospital. Cavan Monaghan Hospital provides extensive outpatient, theatre and day services. Cavan Monaghan Hospital also provides a wide range of support services, including: pathology, radiology, pharmacy, physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy.

Cavan & Monaghan Hospital is a bi-located site providing services to the population of both counties and its catchment area extends to counties Meath, Longford and Leitrim. It has a total of 421 beds with 286 of these representing acute in-patient beds. All acute inpatient services are based in Cavan Monaghan Hospital; there were approximately 17,000 acute admissions in 2018. Monaghan Hospital's primary role includes the continuing care for medically discharged patients requiring inpatient step-down and rehabilitation care.

Cavan & Monaghan Hospital is a teaching hospital with links to the Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Physicians and the Dundalk Institute of Technology. Both sites are actively engaged with HIQA (Health Information & Quality Authority) in meeting their standards to ensure they continually strive to provide a high quality service.

Cavan & Monaghan Hospital has an Emergency Department, an Acute Medical Admissions Unit, 5 General Medical wards, 1 General Surgery ward, an acute surgical assessment unit (ASAU) a maternity ward, a paediatric ward, a Paediatric assessment unit (PAU) an ICU, a SCBU, and a CCU. It also has 4 operating theatres, a renal dialysis unit, a surgical day ward, an endoscopy / bronchoscopy unit, a haematology / oncology day ward, and an interventional radiology unit, orthopaedic, vascular, urological and neurological services are provided by visiting consultants with sessional commitments. The hospital provides services for the care of paediatric and adult patients with cystic fibrosis; the paediatric ward has recently been extended and refurbished to include the provision of 2 high specifications, neutral pressure isolation rooms.

Applications are invited for the following post:

Consultant General Surgeon s.i. gastrointestinal surgery

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 Cavan General Hospital for 28 hours per week and Monaghan Hospital for 9 hours per week.

A candidate must, on the latest date for receiving completed application forms for the office have:-

• Registration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practi-tioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of general surgery

and

• Two years certified postgraduate training in gastrointestinal surgery.

Informal enquiries may be made to: Mr Emeka.Nzewi, Lead Consultant General Surgeon, Cavan General Hospital/Monaghan Hospital

Tel: [phone] , email: [e-mail]

A panel may be formed from which other permanent vacancies for Consultant General Surgeon s.i. gastrointestinal surgery may be filled.