Medical Specialist

Irish Blood Transfusion Service; Cork; On-site; EUR 98,000 - 117,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Public service salary scales

Learning and development resources

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) invites applications for a part-time, temporary Specialist Medical Officer in the Medical Department at the National Blood Centre. The role focuses on expert donor and donation management, Therapeutic Apheresis, Immunohaematology, and hospital liaison support within a Quality Management framework.

Candidates must be registered with the Irish Medical Council and meet the listed criteria, with a salary on the Senior Area Medical Officer scale €97,771 to

Qualifications

• Registered Medical Practitioner with the Irish Medical Council.
• At least 3 years post-registration experience in clinical care of patients in the hospital setting.
• Postgraduate qualification in transfusion or MRCPI or equivalent.
• Proficiency in English language both oral and written.
• Proficiency in use of Information Technology.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and a high capacity for responsibility and individual initiative.
• Experience in Transfusion Medicine Practice.
• Understanding of Quality Management.

Responsibilities

• Expert medical donor and donation management (Whole Blood and Component by Apheresis).
• Therapeutic Apheresis Service.
• Diagnostic (Immunohaematology) Services.
• Support of Clinical Transfusion Practice (Hospital Liaison).
• Look-back and Service Development.

Skills

English proficiency

IT proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Transfusion medicine

Quality management

Communication skills

Education

Postgraduate transfusion qualification (MRCPI or equivalent)

Job description

The IBTS is currently recruiting a part-time, temporary, Specialist Medical Officer based in the Medical Department, National Blood Centre.

At the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS), we are proud to be a trusted sector leader and essential healthcare partner. Powered by the generosity of our committed donors, our skilled workforce and our healthcare partnerships, we provide high-quality blood and tissue products to the people of Ireland. The IBTS is a non-commercial state agency with responsibility for collecting, testing, processing and distributing blood and blood products within the Republic of Ireland. We are also responsible for the Irish Unrelated Bone Marrow Registry and the Tissue Bank. We rely completely on our community of voluntary non-remunerated donors to provide sufficient donations to ensure a consistent supply of blood and blood products to enable life-saving patient care. Our products and services are essential to healthcare and impact patient care across a broad range of medical and surgical specialties.

The SpMO role plays a key role in Service Delivery in MRTC liaising with all departments and staff grades.

Working within the relevant regulations, policies and procedures, current organisation of duties, in a Quality Management Framework and under the supervision of the Consultant Haematologist, your responsibilities will include: expert medical donor and donation management (Whole Blood and Component by Apheresis), Therapeutic Apheresis Service, Diagnostic (Immunohaematology) Services, Support of Clinical Transfusion Practice (Hospital Liaison), Look-back and Service Development.

You will be required to maintain registration with the Irish Medical Council.

• Registered Medical Practitioner with the Irish Medical Council
• At least 3 years satisfactory post registration experience in clinical care of patients in the hospital setting
• Postgraduate qualification in transfusion or MRCPI or equivalent
• Proficiency in English language both oral and written.
• Proficiency in use of Information Technology
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and a high capacity for responsibility and individual initiative.
• Experience in Transfusion Medicine Practice.
• Understanding of Quality Management.

The salary scale attached to the post is the Senior Area Medical Officer scale €97,771 to €116,950 (incl. LSI) pro rata per annum. Entry point onto the salary scale is dependent upon relevant experience.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 23.45 hrs (Irish Time) on 04th September 2026.

Intending applicant should note that reviewing/short listing of applicants will be in accordance with the recruitment and selection criteria stated above. Satisfactory evidence of being able to fulfil the essential criteria of the job as stated above is essential and must be clearly demonstrated in the application. If the essential criterion has not been clearly demonstrated in the application the applicant will not be called for interview. Applications from existing (permanent and temporary) IBTS staff working temporary contracts will be considered in the context of overall workforce requirements of the Organisation.

We thank you for your interest in a career with the IBTS, however, if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, unfortunately you have not been successful at this time. We do hope, however, that this will not discourage you from applying for future opportunities with the IBTS.

IBTS reserve the right to close the application process early if there has been a sufficient level of qualified applications received before the closing date.

Eligible candidates must be:

• A citizen of the European Economic Area (EEA) – EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
• A citizen of United Kingdom (UK)
• A citizen of Switzerland in regards to the agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the movement of people
• A non-EEA citizen who has a stamp 4 visa
• A person awarded international protection under the International Protection Act 2015, or any family member entitled to remain in the State as a result of family reunification and has a stamp 4 visa
• or
• A non-EEA citizen who is a parent of a dependant child who is a citizen of and resident in an EEA member state if the UK or Switzerland and has a stamp 4 visa.

To qualify candidates must meet one of the citizenship criteria above and produce formal supporting evidence of same, by the date of any job offer.

The IBTS is an equal opportunities employer.

We have a great range of benefits that go beyond salary and offer flexibility to suit you:

• We support and encourage a very strong work/life balance ethic and provide a generous annual leave allowance in addition to a range of attractive policies.
• Our public service salary scales are competitive, transparent and incremental
• Access to a range of learning and development resources and programmes, investing and encouraging lifelong learning for all our staff. .
• We strongly support a culture of continuous learning and provide staff with a range of formal and informal learning opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering free, independent and confidential counselling and support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service includes confidential telephone and face-to-face counselling, parent and career coaching and an online wellbeing portal.