Temporary Consultant Paediatrician - 37 Hours per week
Sucessful candidate must be on the Specialist Register
Portiuncula Hospital provides acute and elective Paediatric, obstetric, medical and surgical/anesthetic
services. The hospital also has a 24/7 Emergency Department with over 32,528 attendances per annum.
The Paediatric Unit at Portiuncula comprises of 23 Paediatric beds with 2 high dependency beds. The
special care baby unit has 8 cots in total with 1 of these being intensive care. In 2024, there were 8,562
Paediatric unscheduled care visits to the Accident and Emergency Department. The Paediatric
Outpatient Department facilitated over 6,538 scheduled care outpatient attendances. There were 1311
births in PHB in 2024 and 255 admissions to the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU).
He/she will be part of a team based approach to the delivery of an efficient consultant delivered
Paediatric service at Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe, Co Galway.
This Consultant Paediatrician is essential to support and deliver the national clinical care programmes
strategy. To practice as Consultant Paediatrician. To attend at Portiuncula Hospital 37 hours and at such times as may be determined by the HSE Region Hospitals Group or other designated Officer, and in emergencies as required.