Physiotherapy Practice Tutor, University Hospital

Details of Service

Cork University Hospitalis the largest single multi-speciality hospital in Ireland. It is the only Level 1 Trauma Hospital in Ireland. Regional specialities include neurosurgery, plastics and burns, cystic fibrosis and cardiac surgery. It is the centre in Cork Cityand county for trauma orthopaedics. The Physiotherapy Department provides physiotherapy care within Cork University Hospital, St. Finbarr’s Hospital Rehabilitation Unit and Cork University Maternity Hospital. There are over 100 staff on the team. There are clinical specialists in Respiratory, COPD outreach, Neurology, Stroke, Women’s health, FIT, Pathfinder, Neurosurgery triage, Rheumatology and Orthopaedic fracture clinic. There are senior and staff grade physiotherapists and 7 physiotherapy assistants.

The service also provides respiratory weekend and on-call services and weekend mobility services under specific criteria. The post holder will be required to participate in this. UCC is the academic partner of the HSE South West, and the Department facilitates placements from UCC and Physiotherapy schools within Ireland & internationally offering both undergraduate & postgraduate qualifications.

Purpose of the Post

· To be responsible for the provision of a high-quality Physiotherapy service in accordance with standards of professional practice

· To be responsible for organisation of physiotherapy clinical placements across the service in conjunction with the individual schools of physiotherapy.

· To be responsible for student supervision & assessment whilst they are on clinical placement within our service.

· To develop the capacity and quality of the student placements and support both students and Practice Educators.

· To work in conjunction with other team members in co-ordinating and developing the service to meet the needs of the population it serves in line with the objectives of the organisation.

· To work with the Physiotherapy Manager in ensuring the co-ordination, development and delivery of a quality, client centred physiotherapy service across and between networks in the geographical area

· To carry out clinical and educational duties as required outside of clinical placement dates.

Cork University Hospital, HSE South West

There is currently one permanent whole-timevacancy available in the Physiotherapy Department, Cork University Hospital.

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for the post of Physiotherapy, Practice Tutor, Cork University Hospital from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

For further information about the role, contact

Ciara Cullen, Acting Physiotherapy Manager, Cork University Hospital

Email: ciara.cullen@hse.ie

Tel: 021 4922403 / 087 3485905

Closing Date: 12 noon Monday the 9th of February 2026