Temporary Clerical Officer, University Hospital

Cork University Hospital (CUH) is Ireland’s largest Health Service Executive (HSE) facility and the country’s only Model 4 academic teaching hospital with all major specialties co-located on a single campus.

Serving as the designated tertiary referral centre for Cork and the wider South/Southwest region, CUH provides comprehensive care to a population of over 1.1 million people.

Key Highlights

• Home to Ireland’s busiest Emergency Department, managing one of the highest volumes of emergency cases nationwide.
• Staffed by over 5,000 healthcare professionals, making it one of the largest employers in the region.
• Hosts the highest number of clinical trials and education placements in Ireland, in partnership with University College Cork (UCC).
• Recognised as an OECI-accredited cancer centre, providing advanced oncology services and research.
• National leader in complex care, treating the highest volume of stroke, hip fracture, and paediatric trauma cases in the country.

CUH is undergoing major expansion, with planned developments including:

• A state-of-the-art Elective Surgical Centre
• A new Academic Medical School Building
• Dedicated Paediatric and Oncology Centres

These projects are part of a long-term strategy to enhance CUH’s role as a national centre of excellence in clinical care, education, and research.

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 are operational since 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 is taking place throughout 2025.