Radiation Therapist, Clinical Specialist, University Hospital

Details of the Service

Cork University Hospital (CUH) is the largest university teaching hospital in Ireland with over 40 different medical and surgical specialties on the campus housing 1000 in-patient beds.

CUH is the tertiary referral centre for the HSE Southern area, and the supra-regional area of Limerick, Clare, Tipperary, Waterford and Kilkenny. CUH therefore acts as a regional centre for secondary and tertiary care for the catchment population of 550,000 served by the HSE Southern area and a supra-regional centre for a total population of 1.1 million.

A new state of the art Radiation Oncology facility is now open and houses cutting edge technology including 5 Elekta Versa HD Linear Accelerators capable of SABR/SRS along with Surface-guided radiotherapy on all Linac’s. The department also has 2 GE CT simulators and a brachytherapy suite.

Health Regions

Six Health Regions have been established within the HSE, on the basis of the geographical boundaries agreed by the Government in July 2019 and they will be operational from 2024.

Each Health Region will be tasked with population specific planning resourcing and delivery of health and social care services for the needs of its unique population. This will result in improved accountability and governance in terms of finance and performance, while also bringing decision-making closer to the frontline.

Health Regions will enable and empower staff to provide services that are:

· Integrated, locally planned and delivered

· Easier to access and navigate

· Available closer to home

Health Regions are geographically based units with clearly defined populations. They align community and hospital services within specific areas. The HSE will retain a strong but leaner central organisation, with more service provision developed at a local level.

The HSE South West Health Region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services in Cork and Kerry. HSE South West includes all hospital and community healthcare services in the region.

This includes:

· South / South West Hospital Group S/SWHG

· Cork Kerry Community Healthcare CKCH

The Department of Population and Public Health is also now aligned with this health region.

Services in the South West health region:

HSE Services working within this region include:

· Acute Hospitals

· Primary care services

· Community services

· Social care services

· Health and social care professionals

· Voluntary sector services

South /South West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare became part of HSE South West health region from 3rd March 2025 and the transition to the new structures will continue to take place throughout 2026.

Purpose of the Post

To provide specialist clinical care within a team of Radiation Therapists in the day-to-day provision of safe and accurate radiotherapy services.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the Radiation Therapy Managers, other Radiation Practice Tutors, Practice Educators and Radiation Therapy Staff to build capacity and ensure the co-ordination, development and delivery of a quality, person-centred radiation practice education service.

We welcome enquiries about the role.

For further information about the role, contact

Claire Keating, Radiation Therapy Services Manager, Cork University Hospital

Email:claire.keating1@hse.ie

Tel: 021-4234782

For enquiries relating to the recruitment process contact.

Mary Hayes

People Resourcing, Model Business Park, Model Farm Road, Cork

Email: mary.hayes22@hse.ie

Tel: 021 492 8737