HSE Consultant Genetics in Munster Region - Republic of Ireland

HSE Consultant Genetics in Munster Region -

Republic of Ireland on a fixed term / permanent basis; working for our client

via Workplace Doctors *** Must

have IMC (Specialist Division) Registration (Irish Medical Council) - Essential *** Location: Republic of Ireland – Munster Region (Clare, Cork, Kerry,

Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford)***Speciality:

Genetics *** Duration: 12 months (FREE visa & work

permit + relocation package offered)*** Role: Consultant (6+ years post graduate

experience)*** Start date: ASAP ***IELTS Score of 7.0 Overall (minimum) –

Essential ***Exact location details provided on application *** Pay rate: €217,235 to €261,051 Euro’s

(dependent on experience) basic salary (allowances paid extra) Irish Teaching Hospitals and Medical Universities

receive great international acclaim & recognition throughout the world,

doctors with experience and training in Ireland typically enjoy great success

in terms of professional career development & job satisfaction. Overview Our clients

hospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access to

leading clinical expertise and medical technology. They care for people from

all over the country as well as the 380,000 residents of within the region

itself. Our 9,000 staff ensure that every year we see and treat 500,000 people

in their 300 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 40,000 day cases, 65,000

in-patients, 80,000 A&E visits and 650,000 out-patient appointments. They

operate from 3 hospitals on a number of sites – all linked by the same vision,

philosophy and culture to be the best for specialist and integrated care. Their values

are to be: · Patient-centred · Fair · Collaborative · Accountable · Empowered They believe that by being true to these values, we will consistently achieve

and continuously improve our results in relation to our goals, which are to be:

1. The best for patient safety, quality and experience 2. The best place to work 3. A centre of excellence for specialist services, education, research and

innovation 4. Hospitals that offer seamless, integrated care 5. Financially sustainable This is a

full-time consultant clinical geneticist post providing general and specialist

clinical genetic services. The general activity will provide consultant cover

for the Munster region and regional paediatric and adult general genetics

clinics. The specialist activity will cover areas such as the genetic cardiac

clinic, prenatal clinics or other areas of the post holder’s interest. Please note

that full IMC registration and license to practice is an essential for this

role. If you do not currently have IMC registration, but you are in the process

of applying, please use the supporting information section of the application

form to provide an update about the status of your IMC application. Candidates

without IMC registration at the time of shortlisting will not be considered- as

per hospital requirements. Additional

Information You will be

able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for the Republic of

Ireland. The basic salary range for this post is euros 120,000 per annum to

euros 160,893 per annum plus a further euro 26,672 per annum available in

Commitment Awards. Service

Delivery General The Trust

expects consultants to deliver clinical service as agreed with commissioners

and other stakeholders. This will include: · meeting the objectives of the post (see above) · continuously improving the quality

and efficiency of personal and team practice · working with other staff and teams

to ensure that the various criteria for service delivery are met, such as: o achieving the best clinical outcomes within the resources available o waiting times o infection control standards Consultants

in the hospital are line managed by their specialty Lead Clinician working in

conjunction with an Operational Lead for the service. This specialty team is

then managed alongside a number of other specialties in a Clinical Service (or

Support) Unit (CSU) led by a Clinical Director as the responsible person, and

supported by a full time General Manager and a full time Head of Profession. The Clinical

Director and their team report operationally to the Deputy Chief Executive /

Chief Nurse (Deputy CEO / CN). The Clinical Director will work closely with the

Deputy CEO / CN team which includes the Medical Director for Operations, Nurse

Director for Operations, Assistant Directors of Operations (ADOs) and a

Performance Team, with each ADO aligned to specific CSUs. Specific Duties Consultant

clinical geneticists will be expected to participate in other routine

department activities including MDT meetings, audit, journal club etc. The

successful applicant will contribute to the duty consultant rota for the

service (this is in office hours only). The development of a sub-specialist

service that complements those already provided will be welcomed. Other

consultant-appropriate duties may be agreed or allocated to support service

need. The current

expected clinical activity for a 10 PA post is 355 patients per year, including

follow ups. The usual clinic template is 3 or 4 new and one follow-up patient

per half day clinic. The post holder will have access to office space with IT

provision. Quality The Trust

has a programme of activities that are designed to help consultants improve the

quality of the service they offer. Consultants are expected to routinely engage

in relevant activities in their specialty that are focussed on quality

improvement. This participation should be reflected at annual appraisal and job

planning and will be discussed in specialties as part of clinical governance

programmes and meetings. Clinical

Audit and standard setting · Clinical audit projects · Development and application of agreed

clinical guidelines · Ensuring compliance against relevant

national specifications, e.g. NICE guidelines · External Peer review and relevant

national audits. Clinical

outcome review · Mortality and morbidity review · Monitoring of outcomes reflected in

routinely collected data · Participation in clinical coding

review and improvement Improving patient safety · Participation in Trust-wide

programmes · Implementation of local improvements

as defined in e.g. mortality review Improving

service effectiveness and efficiency · Service or system improvement

projects, including small scale change, lean or other recognised improvement

methods · Conducting or considering reviews of

the evidence to plan better service delivery · Where agreed, working with

commissioners to match service delivery with requirements of relevant

populations Improving

the patient experience · Implementing service improvements on

the basis of individual or service feedback from patients or carers · Raising the profile and impact of

patient participation in decisions about their own care · Involvement in understanding and

improving the ethical basis of care provided Teaching

Commitments · regular commitments to ward based teaching of

undergraduates. · participation in the lecture programmes for 2 nd and 4 th & 5 th year medical students. · teaching of other groups as required including other

specialty juniors and specialist nurses. Job Plan A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee, the Operational Medical

Director and Lead Genetics Consultant, on behalf of the Trust’s Medical

Director, based on the provisional timetable. This will be signed by the Chief

Executive and will be effective from the commencement date of the appointment. It will be reviewed at 3 months & thereafter

annually or at any time, but no less than 3 months after a previous review, as

requested by the appointee, Operational Medical Director or Clinical Lead &

adjusted accordingly to the agreement of both parties.

DAY	TIME	DESCRIPTION	CATEGORY	NO of PA’s
MONDAY	9-1	Departmental Clinical Meetings (MDT, non-cancer counsellor case support) Departmental SPA Meetings - audit, team meetings (including consultant meeting), CPD meetings	DCC SPA	0.50.5
1-5	Counsellor cases/correspondence	DCC	1.0
TUESDAY	9-1	Clinic support session	DCC	1.0
1-5	Clinic	DCC	1.0
WEDNESDAY	9-1	Clinic support session	DCC	1.0
1-5	Job planning/ audit/ CPD/ teaching	SPA	1.0
THURSDAY	9-1	Clinic	DCC	1.0
1-5	Non-clinic patient admin/case advice for other specialities	DCC	1.0
FRIDAY	8-10	MDT Meeting	DCC	0.5
1-5	Clinic 1/m Clinic support session 1/m	DCC	0.5
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Agreed activity worked flexibly*	Dept & Other Sites	Regional Diagnostic and multidisciplinary Meetings	DCC	0.5
Predictable Emergency On-Call Work	Duty consultant work (clinical queries, reviewing outpatient referrals etc)	DCC	0.25
Unpredictable emergency On-Call Work	On Site, at home on the telephone & travelling	Ward Referrals	DCC	0.25
TOTAL	10

*: Flexibility is an important part of the

professional contract. The default place of work is the Trust. All activity is

expected to be included in the weekday timetable even if on occasions it may be

displaced after agreement with the CD/DMM Standard Duties and responsibilities a) To participate in development

of and undertake all duties and functions pertinent to the Consultant’s area of

competence, as set out within the Clinical Directorate Service Plan  and in line with policies as specified by the

Employer. b) To ensure that duties and

functions are undertaken in a manner that minimises delays for patients and

possible disruption of services. c) To work within the framework

of the hospital / agency’s service plan and/or levels of service (volume, types

etc.) as determined by the Employer. Service planning for individual clinical

services will be progressed through the Clinical Directorate structure or other

arrangements as apply. d) To co-operate with the

expeditious implementation of the Disciplinary Procedure  e) To formally review the

execution of the Clinical Directorate Service Plan with the Clinical Director /

Employer periodically. The Clinical Directorate Service Plan shall be reviewed

periodically at the request of the Consultant or Clinical Director / Employer.

The Consultant may initially seek internal review of the determinations of the

Clinical Director regarding the Service Plan. f) To participate in the

development and operation of the Clinical Directorate structure and in such

management or representative structures as are in place or being developed. The

Consultant shall receive training and support to enable him/her to participate

fully in such structures. g) To provide, as appropriate,

consultation in the Consultant’s area of designated expertise in respect of

patients of other Consultants at their request. h) To ensure in consultation with

the Clinical Director that appropriate medical cover is available at all times

having due regard to the implementation of the European Working Time Directive

as it relates to doctors in training. i) To supervise and be

responsible for diagnosis, treatment and care provided by non-Consultant

Hospital Doctors (NCHDs) treating patients under the Consultant’s care. j) To participate as a right and

obligation in selection processes for non-Consultant Hospital Doctors and other

staff as appropriate. The Employer will provide training as required. The

Employer shall ensure that a Consultant representative of the relevant

specialty / sub-specialty is involved in the selection process.  k) To participate in clinical

audit and proactive risk management and facilitate production of all data/information

required for same in accordance with regulatory, statutory and corporate

policies and procedures. l) To participate in and facilitate production of all data/information

required to validate delivery of duties and functions and inform planning and

management of service delivery Essential Requirements This post is open to doctors who hold Registration

as a Specialist in the Specialist Division of the Registrar of Medical

Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of Genetics Office Accommodation Office accommodation will be provided for the

appointee with secretarial support Service Provision and Cover

during Absences The

consultant has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her

charge and for the proper functioning of the service allowing for appropriate

delegation for the training of his/her staff. He/she

must be available by telephone and able to attend the hospital in a timely

fashion when on-call (40 minutes journey time). Consultant

staff must ensure that services are covered during his/her planned absences.

Where fixed commitments need to be cancelled during planned absences

appropriate notice (8 weeks) must be given. Absences must be co-ordinated with

other consultant staff in the specialty to ensure senior cover is always

available. Management Responsibility All Consultants are required to attend the monthly

Directorate Meetings. Post holders will be expected to share in administrative

duties allocated by mutual agreement within the Directorate. As part of the

Consultant Team, the consultant  will

offer mentoring support and lead the existing clinical team through; joint

clinics, one-to-one support, individual case management and complex cases,

identifying development needs and suggesting CPD (Continuous Professional

Development) opportunities and responding to clinical enquiries via e-mail and

telephone. If you are interested in working in growing your

career and increasing your income, then talk to our healthcare team today. If

you can fill the above requirements, we will give you the following benefits: *** Visa & Work Permit for FREE!*** Guidance, Training & Career Development *** Dedicated & Supportive team- Consultant

available when you need. *** Excellent Basic Pay, Overtime paid for extra

hours ***Assistance provided with relocation We look

forward to helping you progress your career and find you the ideal position. Doctors

Guide to working in the Republic of Ireland – Click here The hospital

welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual

orientation, race or religion- essentially the applicant must meet the criteria

mentioned above Call us

today on +44 (0) 1234 889213 to discuss this vacancy or email your CV to info@workplacedoctors.co.uk or apply online today (see below). ***Please note due to the high number of

applications, we do answer every application in turn.***