Overview

The HSE has created six new health regions. Each region is responsible for providing both hospital and community care for the people in that area. Bringing community health services and hospitals together means we can take a more patient-centred approach to healthcare.

HSE Dublin and North East provides health and social care to North Dublin, Louth, Meath, Monaghan and most areas of Cavan.

HSE Dublin and North East Region includes the following hospitals;

• Beaumont Hospital • Cavan General Hospital • Connolly Hospital • Louth County Hospital • Monaghan General Hospital • Mater Misericordiae University Hospital • National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh• Our Lady’s Hospital Navan • Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital • Rotunda Hospital

CONNOLLY HOSPITAL

Connolly Hospital is located in the West Dublin Village of Blanchardstown. It services a catchment population of 331,000 in Dublin West (including Finglas West and Lucan), North Kildare and South County Meath, and is one of the fastest growing catchment population areas in the country.

Connolly Hospital is a 400 bed Dublin Academic Teaching Hospital providing a range of acute medical and surgical clinical services, national Bowel Screen services, acute psychiatric services, psychiatry of old age residential and day services designated residential centres for older persons care, older person day care, outpatient services, diagnostic and support services. Emergency acute general clinical services are provided on a 365 day, 24 hour basis.

Applications are invited for the following post:

Consultant in Palliative Care

This is an appointment to HSE Dublin & North East Region on a Public Only Consultant Contract 2023 by Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown (18.50 hours per week) and St Francis Hospice (18.50 hours per week).

Applicants must be registered in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners as maintained by the Medical Council of Ireland in the specialty of palliative medicine.

For Informal enquiries, contact Dr Faith Cranfield, Consultant in Palliative Care, fcranfield@sfh.ie or Prof Karen Ryan kryan@sfh.ie

Please apply via the link with a copy of your up to date CV, together with the names and addresses of four referees (one of whom should refer to a recent appointment) no later than 12 noon on Friday, 24th April.

Job Description Palliative Medicine Consultant job ad CHB SFH 2026

Consultant in Palliative Care, Connolly Hospital, 18.50 hours per week and St Francis Hospice, 18.50 hours per week

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