Registrar In General Surgery January Rotation

About Portiuncula:

Saolta University Healthcare Group provides a comprehensive range of Medical, Surgical, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Services to emergency and elective patients on an inpatient, outpatient and day care basis across the West and North West of Ireland.

Portiuncula University Hospital comprises of 194 beds which includes plans for a new 50 bed ward block which is currently under construction. 12 of these beds are currently a 5-day ward. Portiuncula University Hospital also has 24 Day care beds of which 6 are for oncology. Portiuncula University Hospital provides 24/7 acute surgery, acute medicine, critical care, paediatrics,obstetrics and gynaecology along with a 24/7 Emergency Department which had 27,000 attendances in 2019. The hospital serves the catchment areas of East Galway, Westmeath, North Tipperary, Roscommon and Offaly and has a natural referral pathway to the Midlands.

Surgical Department:

Portiuncula is a level 3 hospital which provides acute and elective surgical services on site and also provides day surgical models of care. PUH has 30 surgical beds, in addition the hospital has 18 bedded day care and access to 12 5-day beds. In recent years the hospital has developed gastrointestinal surgery with the appointment of Consultant Surgeons with special interest in upper GI and colorectal.

The Hospital has significantly developed day-case surgery and is developing 23 hour models of surgical care. The Hospital is implementing the National Elective Surgical Programme in conjunction with the Saolta Perioperative Group. In addition Urology and Maxillo Facial services are provided with the assistance of visiting Consultants from University Hospital Galway who attend the hospital one day a week.

The hospital hosts three modern Theatres, Endoscopy and a Minor Op-theatre along side a 4 bedded ICU and 4 bedded CCU which opened in 2001. A wide range of other diagnostic facilities onsite further enhances the Surgical Department. These include Radiology; MRI, 64 Slice CT, Ultrasound and extensive Laboratory services

The Surgical Department works closely with other Consultant colleagues and other allied professionals in the areas of medicine, gastroenterology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology. Education & Training:

Portiuncula University Hospital is a recognised site for training of undergraduate medical students from Univeristy of Galway and graduate entry medical students from Univeristy of Limerick. We are an accredited site for intern training for the West North West Intern Training program. We offer Basic Specialist Training in General Medicine to Senior House Officers on the RCPI training program and also an approved site with the ICGP West training scheme for GP training. We have international trainees on the CPSP program through RCPI and we also have Basic and Higher Specialist trainees in Surgery, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. There is formal structured weekly teaching for all medical staff in general internal medicine topics, MRCP teaching and exam preparation, advanced clinical skills training and inter professional simulation based education in the care of the deteriorating patient on a monthly basis.