To participate as a Senior Medical Scientist and assist the Specialist Medical Scientist in charge, to develop POCT at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda with a view to achieving compliance with ISO 15189:2022 Medical Laboratories standards.

The Dublin North East Region includes the following hospitals;

• Beaumont Hospital
• Cavan General Hospital
• Connolly Hospital
• Louth County Hospital
• Monaghan General Hospital
• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
• Rotunda Hospital

The HSE provides a national service and a regional service to the Dublin and the North East Region and is committed to the provision of world-class care, exceptional clinical services with respect and compassion.

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda which is part of the RSCI Hospital Group, is a major teaching hospital providing a range of acute medical, surgical and maternity services, day care, outpatient, diagnostic and support services.  Emergency services are provided on a 365-day, 24 hour basis.  Multi-disciplinary teams representative of medical, nursing, midwifery allied health professionals, management and general support staff play a pivotal role in the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of these services.  The hospital has a current bed complement of 471 beds. 

The Pathology Department provides services to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Louth County Hospital, District Hospitals, Nursing Homes and General Practitioners.  It is a comprehensive clinical diagnostic Laboratory Service which includes Biochemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Microbiology and Histology.

The Pathology Department provides a comprehensive Consultant led service and is accredited to the ISO 15189:2022 International Standard. 

The initial assignment will be to the Laboratory Department, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.

The current vacancies available are permanent posts (35 hours per week). The successful candidate(s) may be required to work in any service area within the vicinity as the need arises.

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Medical Scientists, Senior (Laboratory), Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

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

1. Professional Qualifications & Experience, etc.

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

OR

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

• Possess one of the following NFQ Level 9 post graduate qualifications or equivalent qualification at minimum Level 9 validated by the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine;
• MSc Clinical Laboratory Science, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).
• MSc Clinical Laboratory Science, Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin).
• MSc Clinical Chemistry, University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD).
• MSc Biomedical Science, University of Ulster (UU)
• MSc Biomedical Science, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)/University College Cork (UCC).
• MSc Biomedical Science, Munster Technological University (MTU)/University
• College Cork (UCC).
• MSc Molecular Pathology, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)/University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD).
• MSc Medical Science, Atlantic Technological University (ATU)

OR

• An equivalent qualification at minimum Level 9 validated by the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine (ACSLM).

OR

• Possess Fellowship of the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine awarded before July 2018.

OR

• Have attained the Fellowship examination of the Institute of Biomedical Science (Awarded prior to 1999).

AND

• Possess four years full time clinical experience (or an aggregate of four years full time clinical experience) as a medical scientist in a clinical diagnostic laboratory since qualifying as a medical scientist.

AND

• Demonstrate evidence of Continuous Professional Development.

AND

• 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

• 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. Age

Age restrictions shall only apply to a candidate where he/she is not classified as a new entrant (within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation Act, 2004). A candidate who is not classified as a new entrant must be under 65 years of age.

3. Health

A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

4. Character

Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character

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