Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is an Acute General Hospital which incorporates a Maternity Unit. The Hospital provides maternity services to the catchment area of Counties Louth, Meath and North Dublin.

The Maternity Unit is the largest Maternity Unit in the Region with approximately 3100 births per year. The Unit incorporates a 50 bed Obstetric Unit; a Midwifery Led Unit and a Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It is part of the RCSI Hospital Group.

The Obstetric Unit provides:

• Antenatal booking and return clinics
• Outreach booking and return clinics
• Antenatal High Risk and Diabetic clinics
• Fetal Assessment / Maternity Day Unit Service
• Antenatal in-patient care from early pregnancy
• Low and high dependency intrapartum care including 24-hour epidural service.
• Postnatal care to mothers and babies
• Specialist Teenage Pregnancy Services
• Parentcraft Education and Breastfeeding support
• Perinatal Mental Health Specialist Services
• Specialist Bereavement Services
• Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit / Gynaecological Services

The Midwifery Led Unit provides:

• Antenatal and intrapartum care to women who are eligible for the supported care pathway and postnatal care for the first week after birth.
• Individualised and family centred midwifery care in a homely environment.

The Neonatal Unit is a level 2 unit with 16 cots (5 ICU/HDU) We are part of the neo-natal network within the RCSI Hospital Group incorporating the Rotunda Hospital Dublin and Cavan General Hospital.

To work within a multidisciplinary team in providing a safe, effective, high quality midwifery service to women, babies and their families.

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
• National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh
• Monaghan General Hospital
• Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
• Our Ladys Hospital Navan
• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
• Rotunda Hospital

Candidates must:

Be registered in the Midwifery Division of the active Register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (An Bórd Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) or be entitled to register. 

OR

Have successfully completed the clinical and academic requirements of their BSc in Midwifery Studies in September 2026 and who will be eligible for registration thereafter with An Bord Altranais  agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland     

AND

Have the clinical and administrative capacity to properly discharge the functions of the role

Age

Age restriction shall only apply to a candidate where s/he 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 occur         

Note¹: Candidates must achieve a pass in Ordinary or Higher-level papers. A pass in a foundation level paper is not acceptable.  Candidates must have achieved these grades on the Leaving Certificate Established programme or the Leaving Certificate Vocational programme.  The Leaving Certification Applied Programme does not fulfil the eligibility criteria.

Relevant Attachment: Graduate Midwife Job Spec New 2026

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