To participate as a Medical Scientist, Staff Grade (Laboratory) in providing a high quality and efficient laboratory service to Consultants, Doctors and their patients within the hospital and the community.

A panel will be formed as a result of this campaign from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda may be filled.

Please state on your CV your preferred discipline ie Biochemistry, Haematology etc.  A maximum of 2 preferences only.  Applications with more than 2 preferences will be rejected

Candidates must:

Medical Scientist Candidates must have at the latest date of application: -

1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.

• Candidates for appointment must:

(i) Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Medical Scientists Register maintained by the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU.

OR

(ii) Applicants who satisfy the conditions set out in Section 91 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, (see note 1 below*), must submit proof of application for registration with the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU. The acceptable proof is correspondence from the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU confirming their application for registration as a Section 91 applicant was received by the 30th March 2021.

AND

(iii) Have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

AND

(iv) Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Medical Scientists Register maintained by the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued. Applicable to Section 38 applicants only).

2. Annual registration * (Applicable to Section 38 Applicants only*)

(i) On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Medical Scientists Register maintained by the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU.

AND

(ii) Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

Note 1*

Section 91 candidates are individuals who qualified before 31st March 2019 and have

been engaged in the practice of the profession in the Republic of Ireland for a

minimum of 2 years fulltime (or an aggregate of 2 years fulltime), between 31st March

2014 and 31st March 2019 are considered to be Section 91 applicants under the Health

and Social Care Professionals Act 2005.

Note 2*

For information in relation to the type of applicants – please click on this link:

https://coru.ie/health-and-social-care-professionals/registration/what-kind-of-applicant-am-i-/

Biochemist Candidates must have at the latest date of application: -

Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc

Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition: 

Possess a BSc (Hons)/BA (Mod) in a subject area related to clinical biochemistry/laboratory medicine and diagnostics. (See recognised qualifications* below). 

Or

An equivalent qualification

Or

Have obtained before March 2018, a degree in which Biochemistry was taken as a subject in the final examination, or equivalent.

and

Be currently employed as a Biochemist in the Irish Health System.

Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, including a high standard of suitability for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

*Accepted qualifications include:

Bachelor of Science degrees:

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Biological, Biomedical & Biomolecular Sciences, BSc (Hons) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, BSc (Hons) Cell & Molecular Biology, BSc (Hons) Genetics, BSc (Hons) Pharmacology, BSc (Hons) Physiology Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, BSc (Hons) Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology, BSc (Hons) Life and Health Sciences.

TRINITY COLLEGE Science (B.A., Honours Bachelor Degree) Biochemistry (have to do 3rd and 4th year of those specialty subjects), Chemistry (idem), Genetics (idem), Immunology (idem), Molecular Medicine (idem), Physiology (idem), Human Genetics (B.A., Honours Bachelor Degree), Chemistry Health Science – Human Health and Disease (B.Sc., Honours Bachelor Degree).

DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BSc (Honours) Science (General Entry) (Level 8), Biological Sciences BSc (Honours), Biomedical Science (Level 8), BSc (Honours) Biomedical & Molecular Diagnostics (Level 8), BSc Biomolecular Sciences (Level 8).

DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY Science (Bachelor) (Honours), BSc in Genetics and Cell Biology (Honours).

UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK Bachelor of Science (Honours)

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK BSc honours in Biochemistry, BSc honours in Biomedical Science, BSc honours in Genetics.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND GALWAY Biomedical Science Science (Bachelor) GALWAY MAYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BSc Medical Science (Hons)

Postgraduate Qualifications Taught or Research Masters, Master in Science from a recognised University (TCD, UCD, UCC, NUIG, RCSI, DIT, DCU, UL), UK or International University.

Taught Masters in Clinical Chemistry (TCD), Taught Master in Science – Biochemistry/Immunology (TCD), Research Masters in a topic relevant to Clinical Biochemistry/Toxicology/Diagnostic Medicine/Molecular Diagnostics/Immunology

Please see job spec:

ICIMs Job Spec