Consultant Anaestheiologist

Requirment to hold Specialty Registration on Medical Council Register is essential.

This post is for 1 year

32 hours - Portiuncula University Hospital

5 Hours - Roscommon University Hospital

Brief Description of existing service/specialty

The Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) currently has 6 post holders. These post holders provide 24/7 cover to the PUH site. The person appointed will be required to participate in the Anaesthesiology 1:6 on-call rota at Portiuncula University Hospital. The PUH site provides elective surgical procedures (with an emphasis on day surgery) to multiple specialties. These include general surgery, gynaecology, urology, paediatric urology, maxillofacial surgery &paediatric dentistry. Two of the six Consultant Anaesthesiologists also provide day care theatre services at Roscommon University Hospital (RUH). One Consultant Anaesthesiologist is attached to UHG where he provides theatre and education services. PUH provides maternity services to the region of East Galway, Athlone, West Offaly and Roscommon. Approximately, 1,600 deliveries of infants per year take place in the maternity unit. The Anaesthesiology Department provides support in relation to analgesia (epidural), anaesthesia for caesarean sections and intensive care/inter-hospital transfer services for critically ill maternity patients. PUH is an integral part of the Women’s and Children’s Directorate Saolta group with several obstetric posts shared with UHG Maternity Unit. The Intensive Care Unit provides support for medical, surgical, paediatric and obstetric patients. There are 5 ICU (ventilated) beds, 2 HDU beds and 1 coronary care bed. There are strong links with UHG intensive care as part of the National Critical Care Programme. Currently PUH provides chronic pain services on week days. The post will be based 32 hours per week in PUH and 5 hours per week in RUH.

For any queries in relation to the post please email philomenam.barrett@hse.ie