DMHG-- - Dietitian Employment For Health And Social Care Professions Graduates

Dietitian (Staff Grade)

(Grade Code: 3389)

Permanent employment for Health and Social Care Professions graduates 2024

Individual sites/ location will be indicated at expression of interest stage to panel members for each individual job.

• Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, Co. Laois
• Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, Co. Offaly
• Regional Hospital Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
• Naas General Hospital, Co. Kildare

A panel will be formed as a result of this campaign and will be used to fill current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration for Staff Grade Dietitian that arise in each hospital site..

Purpose of Post

The Dietitian (Staff Grade) will function as an efficient and effective member of the Dietetic team with the aim of ensuring optimum delivery of a clinical nutrition and Dietetic service to clients, and ensuring appropriate follow up as necessary.

Informal Enquiries

Rachel Smith

HR DMHG

Email:Rachel.smith@hse.ie

Phone: 087-2911314

Eligibilty Criteria

Permanent employment for Health and Social Care Professions graduates 2024

1.Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc

(a)Candidates for appointment must:

• ·Must be a current 4th year student or recently completed same.

(i) Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Dietitian by the Dietitian Registration Board at CORU. (https://www.coru.ie/)

AND

(ii) Candidates must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

AND

(iii) Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Dietitian Register maintained by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.

2. Annual Registration

(i) On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Dietitians Register maintained by the Dietitians Registration Board at CORU.

And

(ii) Practitioners confirm annual registration with CORU to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

2024 undergraduate students who are due to qualify no later than 31stDecember 2024 are eligible to apply. These applicants if successful at interview will be recorded as Dormant. This means that they will remain on the panel but will not be offered any posts until they inform the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group HR in writing that they are in receipt of their final qualification (with recognition of this qualification from CORU where applicable).

Dietitian qualifications awarded outside the Republic of Ireland must be assessed through a process of ‘recognition’ by CORU. Candidates who have completed a Dietitian Qualification outside the Republic of Ireland and have not yet received recognition of their qualification with CORU will be recorded as Dormant. This means that if they are successful at interview and placed on the panel, they will not receive any expressions of interest until they provide the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group HR with proof of recognition with CORU.

Any qualified candidates who have not yet attained their registration on the Register of Dietitian with CORU, will be recorded as Active. These candidates will be eligible to receive expressions of interest but will not be able to take up post as an Dietitian, Staff Grade until they are in receipt of their CORU registration.

Post Specific Requirements

Further requirements may be outlined at the “expression of interest” stage dependent on individual service needs.