During the appointment the successful candidate will, under the supervision of the Consultant / Clinical Director / Employer, participate in and deliver a quality health care service.

Appointees will be required to actively engage in continuing professional education and development in accordance with organisational / professional requirements.

Specified Puropse Contract.

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

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.

Anaesthetics Services 

Connolly Hospital has 10.5 WTE permanent Consultant Anaesthetists and 1 temporary post. 9 of the posts have a full time commitment, 2 posts are joint appointments with Rotunda Maternity Hospital and 1 post has a joint appointment with Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital.

There are 15 Anaesthesia NCHDs attached to the hospital of which 4 posts are recognised for training by the College of Anaesthesiologists.

The Department of Anaesthesiology provides anaesthesia services to 4 operating theatres and 7 Intensive Care Unit beds. The hospital has constructed a 5th theatre for emergencies which is awaiting opening.

There is a planned expansion of theatre elective services. The provision of this post will support extended days in theatre to increase theatre capacity. This post will fulfil the service requirements.

In addition, anaesthesia services are provided in the Cardiology Department, Emergency Department and Radiology Department. There are currently 2 formal pre-operative assessment clinics per week. There has been significant expansion of general orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery, urologic surgery and gynaecology services in Connolly hospital in recent years.

The RSCI Hospitals Group Plastic Surgery Trauma Service was established in Connolly Hospital in September 2016 and provides plastic surgery trauma services for the region. Patients are referred on an agreed care pathway. Orthopaedic surgeons employed at CHB have joint appointments between CHB and Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital. There has been an additional recently employed orthopaedic surgeon in CHB and this post will further develop and strengthen links between both hospitals and allow for continuity of patient care.

CHB accepts hip fractures from Cavan General Hospital and once patients are surgically treated and medically optimized they return to Cavan General. Critical care services have expanded in Connolly Hospital in recent years due to an increase in population as well as an increase in demand for critical care services due to the covid pandemic.

Standard Duties:

Standard Duties and Responsibilities for all Consultant posts are as per Section 12 of the Consultant’s Contract.

1. a) To participate in development of and undertake all duties and functions pertinent to the Consultant’s area of competence, as set out within the Clinical Directorate Service Plan1 and in line with policies as specified by the Employer.
2. b) To ensure that duties and functions are undertaken in a manner that minimises delays for patients and possible disruption of services.
3. c) To work within the framework of the hospital / agency’s service plan and/or levels of service (volume, types etc.) as determined by the Employer. Service planning for individual clinical services will be progressed through the Clinical Directorate structure or other arrangements as applicable.
4. d) To co-operate with the expeditious implementation of the Disciplinary Procedure (attached at Appendix II).
5. e) To formally review the execution of the Clinical Directorate Service Plan with the Clinical Director / Employer periodically. The Clinical Directorate Service Plan shall be reviewed periodically at the request of the Consultant or Clinical Director / Employer. The Consultant may initially seek internal review of the determinations of the Clinical Director regarding the Service Plan.
6. f) To participate in the development and operation of the Clinical Directorate structure and in such management or representative structures as are in place or being developed. The Consultant shall receive training and support to enable him/her to participate fully in such structures.
7. g) To provide, as appropriate, consultation in the Consultant’s area of designated expertise in respect of patients of other Consultants at their request.
8. h) To ensure in consultation with the Clinical Director that appropriate medical cover is available at all times having due regard to the implementation of the European Working Time Directive as it relates to doctors in training.
9. i) To supervise and be responsible for diagnosis, treatment and care provided by non-Consultant Hospital Doctors (NCHDs) treating patients under the Consultant’s care.
10. j) To participate as a right and obligation in selection processes for non-Consultant Hospital Doctors and other staff as appropriate. The Employer will provide training as required. The Employer shall ensure that a Consultant representative of the relevant specialty / sub-specialty is involved in the selection process.
11. k) To participate in clinical audit and proactive risk management and facilitate production of all data/information required for the same in accordance with regulatory, statutory and corporate policies and procedures.
12. l) To participate in and facilitate production of all data/information required to validate delivery of duties and functions and inform planning and management of service delivery.

In addition but not limited to:

• Provide anaesthesia services for operating lists.
• Manage as required, patients in the Intensive Care Unit, High Dependency Unit, or such other departments as deemed necessary. Subspecialty interest in critical care may be desirable.
• Provide associated clinical services to include pre and postoperative care.
• Provide a consultative service as required.
• Provide, if appropriate, service to the Out Patient Department for Anaesthesia Assessment and/or Pain Management.
• Participate in the emergency duty roster for Connolly Hospital for both Theatre and Critical Care on call.
• Participate in the training of staff in CPR techniques.
• To provide, as appropriate, consultation in the Consultant’s area of designated expertise in respect of patients of other Consultants at their request.
• To ensure in consultation with the Clinical Director at Connolly Hospital that appropriate medical cover is available at all times having due regard to the implementation of the European Working Time Directive as it relates to doctors in training.
• To supervise and be responsible for diagnosis, treatment and care provided by non-Consultant Hospital Doctors (NCHDs) treating patients under the Consultant’s care.
• To participate in clinical audit and proactive risk management and facilitate production of all data / information required for same in accordance with regulatory, statutory and corporate policies and procedures.
• To participate in and facilitate production of all data/information required to validate delivery of duties and functions and inform planning and management of service delivery.
• To participate in multidisciplinary care and meetings relevant to the care of patients in Connolly Hospital.
• To participate in research and in clinical trials as appropriate in Connolly Hospital and to ensure compliance with ethical and data protection requirements.
• Participate in teaching, including undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and conference commitments of the department and of the hospital for medical, nursing and other staff.
• To ensure that duties and functions are undertaken in a manner that minimizes delays for patients and possible disruption of service.
• To work within the framework of the hospitals’ service plans and levels of service (volume, types etc) as determined by Connolly Hospital. Service planning for individual clinical services will be progressed through the Clinical Directorate structure or other arrangements as apply.
• Participate in the development of agreed care protocols.
• The Consultant shall, as part of his/her standard contractual commitment, contribute to the advancement of knowledge by facilitating and supporting research.

The above is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

Each candidate must possess, on the closing date:

No candidate will be appointed as a Medical Consultant unless (s)he is registered as a Specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council of Ireland. (Registration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the speciality of Anaesthetics)

Age

Age restriction shall only apply to a candidate where he/she is not classified as a new entrant (within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004). A candidate who is not classified as a new entrant must be under 65 years of age on the first day of the month in which the latest date for receiving completed application forms for the office occurs.

Health

A candidate for and any person holding the post must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the post and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

Character

A candidate for and any person holding the post must be of good character.

Relevant Attachment:

Job Description