Consultant Republic of Ireland HSE Occupational Health in Leinster Region on a fixed term / permanent basis; working for our client via Workplace Doctors

*** Must have IMC (Specialist Division) Registration (Irish Medical Council) - Essential
*** Location: Republic of Ireland - Leinster Region (Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, Laois, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Cavan)
***Speciality: Occupational Health

*** Duration: 12 months (FREE visa & work permit + relocation package offered)

*** Role: Consultant (6+ years post graduate experience)

*** Start date: ASAP

***IELTS Score of 7.0 Overall (minimum) – Essential

***Exact location details provided on application

*** Pay rate: €217,235 to €261,051 Euro’s (dependent on experience) basic salary (allowances paid extra)

Irish Teaching Hospitals and Medical Universities receive great international acclaim & recognition throughout the world, doctors with experience and training in Ireland typically enjoy great success in terms of professional career development & job satisfaction.

Overview

Are you looking to work in a modern and vibrant university hospital, providing specialist occupational medical advice to its staff and managers, helping to support a developing staff health and wellbeing strategy?

Applications are invited to apply for an Occupational Health Consultant Physician at a University Hospital HSE working within the Staff Health and Wellbeing Department – Leinster Region- Republic of Ireland.

The Staff Health and Wellbeing Department is comprised of an OH Consultant; OH Nurse Practitioners; an OH Nurse; a Manual Handling and Ergonomics Adviser; a Staff Physiotherapist; a Staff Health and Wellbeing Co-ordinator; an Employee Assistance Programme; a Medical Secretary; and Administrative/Reception support.

An OH Consultant Physician is needed to join the team, to provide specialist OH specialist medical advice and clinical leadership to the hospital. The Department also offers OH services to non-Trust employers/OH providers. Although the service is weekdays only, flexible hours would be offered to suit the post holder.

The University Hospital, in partnership with the University of Dublin, is a University Teaching Hospital. This allows us to attract, train and retain the best doctors.

This is an important step towards establishing the hospital as a first class centre of teaching excellence. The first students arrived on wards in May 2015 and a medical school building has recently opened, which will create exciting opportunities in the future for all staff in the fields of clinical research and education.

This exciting new phase will include opportunities for undergraduate and post graduate teaching, enhanced research facilities. A teaching and research background would be highly advantageous when applying for this position.

Please note that full IMC registration and license to practice is an essential for this role. If you do not currently have IMC registration, but you are in the process of applying, please use the supporting information section of the application form to provide an update about the status of your IMC application.

Candidates without IMC registration at the time of shortlisting will not be considered- as per hospital requirements.

Additional Information

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for the Republic of Ireland. The basic salary range for this post is euros €217,235 to €261,051 Euro’s per annum plus a further euro 26,672 per annum available in Commitment Awards.

Specific Duties

The main duties are to provide specialist occupational medical advice to the management, Human Resources and staff of the Hospital, other HSE organisations and customers commissioning services from the Occupational Health Department. This may require performing clinics offsite.

·       The successful candidate will also provide assistance and advice to professional colleagues and other Trust departments and such as Health and Safety, Infectious Diseases and Infection Control.

·       Participation in the Educational Governance Group

·       To act as the clinical lead for the Occupational Health Department, with respect to clinical governance, local and national policy development and implementation, audit.

·       To provide managerial support to the Head of Occupational Health

·       Actively be involve in marketing, procurement and customer liaison for new and existing income generation opportunities

·       Professional supervision, training and management of junior medical staff – with educational and clinical supervision responsibilities.

·       Professional support, supervision and training of Occupational Health Nurses

·       Responsible for carrying out teaching, this will involve contributing to and participating in postgraduate and continuing medical education activities, both locally and regionally.

·       Involvement in research is encouraged.

·       The post-holder will attend the Regional Audit and Governance Group of the Association of HSE Occupational Health Physicians (ANHOPS) which meets quarterly

·       The post holder may be required to carry out domiciliary consultations in special circumstances and with agreement.

·       All medical staff employed by the Trust are expected to comply with regional and appropriate hospital health and safety, governance, clinical and non-clinical policies.

·       The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice

·       The post holder is expected to undergo mandatory training, an annual appraisal and job planning as a contractual obligation.

The Department

The department mainly provides service to the hospital (approximately 3600 employees)

Although primarily based in an HSE department, practice will also involve a wide range of industrial settings.

Industrial sectors include:

·       Healthcare –Mental Health, Residential, Private and Dental

·       Council – including Schools

·       Higher Education – College, University (Nursing)

·       Retail

·       Haulage

·       Manufacturing

·       Food

·       Electronics

·       Engineering

·       Chemical

·       Miscellaneous ad hoc – from private provider network physician work.

There are also close links with Health & Safety, IAPT, Stop Smoking Service, Dietetics, Infection Diseases/Control, GUM, Dermatology, Physiotherapy, OT/Hand Therapy and Podiatry.

The Staff Health and Wellbeing Department is a growing and friendly team and comprises:

·       Consultant Occupational Physician – appointee

·       Specialist Trainee in Occupational Medicine who is based part in the hospital, and within the

private sector (currently vacant)

·       Head of Staff Health and Wellbeing

·       2 Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner

·       Manual Handling and Ergonomics Adviser

·       OH Clinic Nurse

·       Medical Secretary

·       Staff Health and Wellbeing Coordinator

·       Administrative/receptionist support

·       Staff support, advice and information is provided via an EAP

·       Staff Physiotherapist post is in development

Teaching Commitments

·       regular commitments to ward based teaching of undergraduates.

·       participation in the lecture programmes for 2^nd and 4^th & 5^th year medical students.

·       teaching of other groups as required including other specialty juniors and specialist nurses.

Job Plan

A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee, the Operational Medical Director and Lead Occupational Health Consultant, on behalf of the Trust’s Medical Director, based on the provisional timetable. This will be signed by the Chief Executive and will be effective from the commencement date of the appointment.

It will be reviewed at 3 months & thereafter annually or at any time, but no less than 3 months after a previous review, as requested by the appointee, Operational Medical Director or Clinical Lead & adjusted accordingly to the agreement of both parties.

Standard Duties and responsibilities

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 Plan  and in line with policies as specified by the Employer.

b) To ensure that duties and functions are undertaken in a manner that minimises delays for patients and possible disruption of services.

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 apply.

d) To co-operate with the expeditious implementation of the Disciplinary Procedure 

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.

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.

g) To provide, as appropriate, consultation in the Consultant’s area of designated expertise in respect of patients of other Consultants at their request.

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.

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.

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. 

k) 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.

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

Essential Requirements

This post is open to doctors who hold Registration as a Specialist in the Specialist Division of the Registrar of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of Occupational Health

Office Accommodation

The post holder will undertake administrative work associated with their clinical and other professional duties.  Adequate time and facilities for clinical administration, including appropriate office space, secretarial support and access to a personal computer, software & internet access, will be available.

                                                                     
Management Responsibility

All Consultants are required to attend the monthly Directorate Meetings. Post holders will be expected to share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the Directorate. As part of the Consultant Team, the consultant  will offer mentoring support and lead the existing clinical team through; joint clinics, one-to-one support, individual case management and complex cases, identifying development needs and suggesting CPD (Continuous Professional Development) opportunities and responding to clinical enquiries via e-mail and telephone.

Service Provision and Cover during Absences

The consultant has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and for the proper functioning of the service allowing for appropriate delegation for the training of his/her staff.

He/she must be available by telephone and able to attend the hospital in a timely fashion when on-call (40 minutes journey time).

Consultant staff must ensure that services are covered during his/her planned absences. Where fixed commitments need to be cancelled during planned absences appropriate notice (8 weeks) must be given. Absences must be co-ordinated with other consultant staff in the specialty to ensure senior cover is always available.

If you are interested in working in growing your career and increasing your income, then talk to our healthcare team today. If you can fill the above requirements, we will give you the following benefits:

*** Visa & Work Permit for FREE!

*** Guidance, Training & Career Development

*** Dedicated & Supportive team- Consultant available when you need.

*** Excellent Basic Pay, Overtime paid for extra hours
***Assistance provided with relocation

We look forward to helping you progress your career and find you the ideal position.

The hospital welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion- essentially the applicant must meet the criteria mentioned above

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Call us today on +44 (0) 1234 889213 to discuss this vacancy or email your CV to info@workplacedoctors.co.uk  or apply online today (see below).

***Please note due to the high number of applications, we do answer every application in turn.***