Temporary Full-Time

Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland

This post includes a three to six month rotation in Intensive Care Medicine in Tallaght University Hospital to consolidate critical care skills and experience.

Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) Emergency Department (ED) is a level 4 academic emergency department in Dublin. The departments has 52,000 presentations annually. TUH is an academic teaching hospital of Trinity College Dublin.

The ED has core and higher specialty trainees for emergency medicine, GP trainees and medical basic specialty trainees.

We offer career opportunities to doctors who are keen to pursue careers in emergency medicine and critical care.

Follow us on twitter @ed_tuh

Informal enquiries to: Dr Victoria Meighan, Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Patient centred care in TUH ED
TUH ED strives to deliver evidenced based patient centred care:
  1. TUH has been chosen to be a trauma unit in the development of the trauma system in Ireland
  2. Point of care ultrasound
  3. Procedural sedation and advanced emergency procedures
  4. 24/7 consultant led stroke thrombolysis
  5. Multidisciplinary team simulation
  6. Development of acute floor project with 7 million investment from HSE due to commence January 2021

Supportive environment
  • Consultant led rounds
  • Consultant in emergency medicine on call 24/7
  • 2 registrars at night
  • On-floor teaching
Training opportunities
  • Robust education programme
    • blended e-learning and classroom programme
    • procedural skills training
    • point of care ultrasound training
    • management training for higher specialty trainees
 
  • Strong multidisciplinary simulation programme
    • Annual simulation consultant led Sim wars
    • Regular multidisciplinary team simulations. Regular simulation sessions include:
      • Trauma
      • Sepsis
      • Stroke
      • Major haemorrhage
      • Aortic dissection
      • Monthly joint ICU/ Emergency Medicine simulation
Consultant mentorship
TUH ED has a robust consultant trainee mentorship programme. All doctors are assigned a consultant mentor on arrival and there is a focus on:
    • NCHD progression onto specialty training programmes
    • exam success
    • professional development to consultant level

Strong academic programme

TUH ED consistently
    • presents at international and national scientific conferences
    • publishes in peer review publications
    • publishes local and national clinical practice guidelines
    • Participant in TARN  and hip fracture data base

Tallaght University Hospital
Providing the highest standards of emergency and elective healthcare to our patients of all age groups in a holistic environment, we pride ourselves on being acknowledged as a centre of excellence.  Tallaght University Hospital is a large public voluntary teaching hospital with a strong historic affiliation with Trinity College Dublin.  State-of-the-art facilities, innovative research, superb programmes of continuing professional development and world class education are both led and enjoyed by our dedicated multi-disciplinary professional staff.
Join us, and you’ll be given excellent training whilst gaining experience in your chosen speciality, contribute your initiatives and excel in a welcoming, supportive environment.
We can offer you:
  • Supported Career Development and Training
  • Grand Rounds
  • Tutorials for NCHD’s doing Membership Part 1 & 2 Examination
  • Journal Clubs
  • ACLS Course ran in house
  • Study Day for G.P’s
  • Medical Photography & Illustration Department
  • Library Facilities
  • NCHD Orientation Programme and Manual
  • Medical Administration Intranet Site
The following is required for employment:
  • Satisfactory references 
  • Satisfactory registration with the Irish Medical Council (IMC) and the provision of your IMC Registration Certificate effective from 9th July 2018.
  • Satisfactory evidence of English Language Competency
  • Satisfactory completion of Children’s First
  • Satisfactory completion of Self Declaration Form
  • Satisfactory completion of Garda Vetting Form
  • Satisfactory clearance from Occupational Health Department   
  • Satisfactory evidence of Residency Status
  • Satisfactory evidence of current ACLS / APLS certificate.  NCHDs who participate in Crash Call include those working in Adult and Paediatric Medicine, Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine, and Anaesthesia.  It is not permitted for you to be a member of the Crash Call team without a current certificate.
  • Satisfactory evidence of Hand Hygiene training. 
  • Satisfactory evidence of Manual Handling training. 
Closing date for applications is 4th February 2024.  Please note all posts are advertised dependent on allocations from the Training Schemes.
                                                             


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