Consultant In Palliative Medicine

Post: Temporary Consultant in Palliative Medicine

Location: North West Hospice, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Contract: Specified Purpose Contract for a period of 6months or until the post is filled on a permanent basis

Eligibility Criteria: Relevant Consultant experience and active Specialist Registration with the Irish Medical Council is essential at time of application

Service Details: The North West Hospice is an integrated specialist palliative care service comprising of an inpatient unit (7 beds), a hospital team (Sligo University Hospital) and a community based palliative care service which covers Sligo, Leitrim, South Donegal and West Cavan. The Hospice is co-located on the Sligo University Hospital campus. We are seeking a temporary Palliative Medicine Consultant to join the two current Consultants in providing care across the three services which includes an on-call commitment. This temporary positon will continue until the permanent post is recruited by the Pubic Appointment Service. This job will rotate through inpatient, hospital and community services. A new single room inpatient unit will open in quarter three 2025 which will add five additional beds to the inpatient unit, the third Consultant will support the opening of the additional five beds and also support the development of ambulatory clinics in our community and hospital services.

Informal Enquiries to: Cr. Cathryn Bogan, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, NW Hospice Email: cathryn.bogan@hse.ie