Consultant Respiratory & General Physician (Locum)

**Consultant Respiratory & General Physician (Locum)**

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**Temporary 9 month contract, Full Time hours.**

This is an appointment to the RHO South on a Public Only Consultants' Contract 2023 by the Health Service Executive.

**The initial commitment for this post will be to the Mercy University Hospital for 37 hours per week.**

**This is a specific purpose contract for a period of approximately 9 months from August 2026.**

This post maybe subject to restructuring in the future to facilitate the reorganisation of acute services in line with new clinical models of acute and community services. It is noted that the post must be congruent with the requirements of, and facilitate implementation of national health policy, the HSE's National Clinical Programmes including commitment to deliver the relevant performance outcomes.

**The following professional qualifications will apply to this appointment:**

• Registration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialties of Respiratory Medicine and General (Internal) Medicine.

**Informal enquiries to Fiona Lynch, Medical Workforce Manager, Mercy University Hospital on email: flynch@muh.ie.**

**Mercy University Hospital (MUH)**

MUH is a growing voluntary hospital in the heart of Cork City. We have over 1,800 staff providing complex diagnostic, medical and surgical care through our inpatient, day patient, outpatient and emergency services.

We are a teaching hospital, a centre of national and international excellence, and are renowned for our research and tertiary services.

Providing 24/7 acute surgical, acute medical and critical care, MUH now has multiple sites across the city and continues to expand. We recently opened our Blarney Rehabilitation Unit, a post-acute care specialist rehabilitation unit with 50 beds in Blarney, County Cork. From Cardiac Care to Intensive Care, our varied specialist services offer real career choice to our team.

We live by our Core Values of Compassion, Excellence, Justice, Respect and Team Spirit.