Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine

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

Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine

Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown 37 hours per week

HSE Dublin and North East Region
HSE Dublin and North East Region is one of nine Community Healthcare Organisations across the country and is responsible for providing care and services to a population of approximately 621,405 in Dublin North City and County.
Mellany McLoone is Chief Officer for CHO DNCC and has full responsibility and accountability for the delivery of all Community Healthcare services in the area. Community Healthcare Services are the broad range of services that are delivered outside of the acute hospital setting and include: Primary Care, Social Care - Older Persons, Social Care – Disabilities, Mental Health and Health and Wellbeing
Community Healthcare Services place a strong emphasis on working with communities and individuals to maintain and improve your health and social well-being. We do this by providing you with an integrated, interdisciplinary, high-quality, team-based, and user-friendly service. “Deliver the right service, at the right time, in the right place, by the right team.”

CONNOLLY HOSPITAL

Connolly Hospital is located in the West Dublin Village of Blanchardstown. It services a catchment population of 331,000 in Dublin West (including Finglas West and Lucan), North Kildare and South County Meath, and is one of the fastest growing catchment population areas in the country.

Connolly Hospital is a 400 bed Dublin Academic Teaching Hospital providing a range of acute medical and surgical clinical services, national Bowel Screen services, acute psychiatric services, psychiatry of old age residential and day services designated residential centres for older persons care, older person day care, outpatient services, diagnostic and support services. Emergency acute general clinical services are provided on a 365 day, 24 hour basis.

Applications are invited for the following post:

Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine

Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown 37 hours per week

This is an appointment to the HSE Community Health Organisation Dublin North East on a Public Only Consultant Contract 2023 by consisting of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown 37 hours per week.
We are seeking a Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine, who would be dedicated and passionate in helping us to provide outstanding and exemplary care for frail older patients in our hospital and off-site rehabilitation beds.
We can support you to develop your subspecialty interests (for example, in orthogeriatrics , acute frailty care, dementia, stroke, delirium, movement disorders, falls, continence care, rehabilitation or community geriatrics) and we fully support the development of skills in education, management and leadership. The post-holders will work with nine other Consultant Geriatricians in providing a range of services for older people with complex needs, and so you will have a supportive and friendly team around you, providing plenty of scope for you to showcase your skills and to develop professionally.

Applicants must be registered in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of geriatric medicine and general (internal) medicine.
Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Marie O’Connor, Consultant Geriatrician and Department Lead at marie.oconnor12@hse.ie
A panel of eligible candidates may be formed from this campaign for future posts within the Department.

Please email your CV to consultanthr@beaumont.ie together with the names and addresses of four referees (one of whom should refer to a recent appointment) no later than 12 noon 20/12/2024.

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