Consultant In Paediatric Anaesthesiology

Purpose of role:

The purpose of this post is to provide consultant-delivered paediatric anaesthesia at CHI at Temple Street and to the Irish Paediatric Acute Transport Service (IPATS), as a single joint appointment spanning both services.

The postholder will help sustain and develop a high-quality, safe and child-centred anaesthesia service at Temple Street across elective, emergency and procedural work, while contributing consultant expertise to the national service for the resuscitation, stabilisation and inter-hospital transfer of critically ill infants and children. In doing so, the post strengthens the link between the operating theatre and the retrieval environment, and ensures that the skills of paediatric anaesthesia are available to the sickest children both within the hospital and at the point of referral from hospitals throughout the country.

The post is also intended to support the continued development of both services: the expansion of IPATS capacity and coverage, the education and outreach that underpins safe paediatric transfer nationally, and the preparation of anaesthesia and retrieval services for transition to the new National Children's Hospital. The postholder will be expected to provide clinical leadership, to contribute to teaching, governance and quality improvement across both services, and to work collaboratively across CHI, the National Ambulance Service and referring hospitals in the interests of children and their families.

All the NAS-CCRS teams aim to support regional hospitals with the management of critically ill patients through the use of single point of contact &referral, senior clinician advice and support, delivery of Outreach Education & Training Programmes.

This will continue with the incorporation of the NCH as a constituent hospital in the Dublin & Midlands Region, complex paediatric care is a national hub-and-spoke model, with the NCH as a national hub.

NAS-CCRS offers a single point of contact for critical care referral – 1800 222378 (1800 ACCEPT) for all hospitals who require support from NAS CCRS. It facilitates advice calls and has the capacity to conference multiple users in one call and can bridge in relevant specialists as required. Because of the 1800-ACCEPT national referral process, the consultant will be in contact with peers from all around the country on a daily basis.

Essential Professional Qualifications and Experience:

a) Registration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of anaesthesiology and

b) Two years certified postgraduate training in paediatric anaesthesiology.

“The successful interviewee must be registered as a specialist in the relevant specialty on the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council of Ireland, within 180 days of the day of interview and before taking up appointment. In exceptional circumstances proleptic appointments may be considered for candidates engaged in relevant training programmes.

The Consultant must, at all times while continuing to hold office, continue to be registered with the Medical Council of Ireland. Documentary evidence of Medical Council Registration is required and must be produced annually to the Medical Administration Department within the Children’s Health Ireland and NAS-CCRS.

Should the successful candidate not be registered as a Specialist at that time, the post may be offered to the next suitable candidate. Should no suitable candidate exist, a further recruitment process may be initiated”.

How to apply & informal queries:

The criteria for short listing are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and/or the essential & desirable knowledge, skills and competencies section of this job specification.

Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process

To apply for this position, please send a CV and letter of application.

The closing date for submissions of CV’s and letter of application is 11:45pm on Sunday July 19th 2026. Applications must be completed through the advertised post on CHI.jobs by clicking ‘Apply for Job’.

Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method.

Informal Enquiries can be obtained from:

Dr John O’Flynn, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesiologist, Chair of the Department of Anaesthesiology at Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street

John.oflynn@childrenshealthireland.ie

Dr Dermot Doherty, Clinical Director NAS Critical Care & Retrieval Services

Dermot.Doherty@HSE.ie

Dr Robert Ghent, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesiologist, Clinical lead for the Department of Anaesthesiology at Children’s Health Ireland

robert.ghent@childrenshealthireland.ie