Registrar In Breast Surgery

Successful candidates will be required to commence immediately.

The Department of Surgery at Cork University Hospital (CUH) is seeking to hire an experienced Surgical Registrar in General Surgery (breast experience would be an advantage) to commence Immediately. .

This is a great opportunity for the post-holder to join a busy surgical unit that manages a large volume of breast cancer patients in addition to providing preventative and reconstructive breast surgery and oncogenetic services.

The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary team and will be responsible for the peri operative management of patients and participate in outpatient clinics. The applicant will be expected to provide general surgery call cover on pro rota basis.

Candidates will have a consultant clinical supervisor and regular teaching. Candidates will also be involved in UCC and academic meetings and research (e.g. Grand rounds, Journal Audits and Research meetings).

The post holder will participate at the existing multidisciplinary meetings (MDT) currently on going in the department.

The successful candidate should demonstrate a strong grounding in surgery and a keen interest in reserach and teaching. Which a prior clinical research experience and/or publications are desirable, these are not essential.

The newly established HSE South West health region will manage and deliver all public health and social care services in:

• Cork
• Kerry

More than 700,000 people live in this region.

HSE South West includes all hospital and community healthcare services in the region. This includes:

• South / South West Hospital Group
• Cork Kerry Community Healthcare

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

HSE South / South West Hospital Group:

The South/ South West Hospital Group (S/SWHG) has responsibility for the provision of acute hospital care for the population across Cork and Kerry.

The S/SWHG consists of 5 statutory hospitals and 2voluntary hospitals.

• Bantry General Hospital (BGH)
• Cork University Hospital (CUH)
• Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH)
• Mallow General Hospital (MGH)
• University Hospital Kerry (UHK)
• Mercy University Hospital (MUH) - Voluntary Hospital
• South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH) - Voluntary Hospital

The two voluntary hospitals in the Group are funded by the HSE as Section 38 agencies under the Health Act 2004:

The primary academic partner for the Group is University College Cork (UCC) and, together with our Higher Education Institute of Technology in Cork, plays an important role in developing and improving academic teaching, research and innovation to drive improved health for the population in the S/SWHG.