The successful candidates will be required to start 13th July 2026.Regional Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Fellowship, Cork University HospitalThe regional anaesthesia and acute pain fellowship at the Department of Anaesthesia CorkUniversity Hospital (CUH) is a 12 month structured higher specialist training position during whichsuccessful candidates can further develop their regional anaesthesia skills in a busy butsupportive learning environment. There are five fellowship posts, which offer access to trainingand mentorship for suitably qualified candidates. Candidates in their final year of specialisttraining or those who have already successfully completed higher specialist training inanaesthesia will be considered for interview.Cork University Hospital:Cork University Hospital (CUH) is a tertiary referral, Level 1 equivalenttrauma centre, located on the western boundary of Cork City. CUH serves an immediatecatchment population of 600,000, and functions as a supra-regional Major Trauma Centre, CancerCentre, Paedictric Centre, Obstetric and Gynaecology Centre, Cardiology and CardiothoracicSurgery Centre, Renal and Respiratory Centre for a total a population of 1.6 million people. Allsurgical sub-specialties reside onsite at CUH.CUH has over 80,000 ED presentations, 8,500 births, 250,000 out-patient attendances 50,000inpatient discharges and 90,000 day cases. CUH has 800 beds which will increase further in linewith the strategic development plan. CUH currently employs more than 5000 staff, and is theprimary teaching hospital for the Faculty of Health and Science in University College Cork.Clinical training:Each fellow will have access to a varied clinical workload, in new and evolvingenvironments. The evolution of CUH as a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) provides uniqueopportunities and challenges. The regional anaesthesia and acute pain fellows will have access toa complex case mix and busy caseload within which to master their skills. Upon successfulcompletion of the fellowship, fellows will be capable of performing as a senior clinician in adynamic, high stakes environment, while integrating regional anaesthesia into clinical anaesthesiaand acute pain practices.Places of work:The regional anesthesia and acute pain fellows rotate on a week to week basisacross the CUH campus and contribute to the following anaesthesia services: OrthopaedicTrauma Theatres & Block Room; Ambulatory Soft Tissue Upper & Lower Limb Trauma Surgery;Ambulatory Trauma Orthopaedic Surgery; Acute Pain Service; Inpatient Trauma Floor BlockRoom. A detailed job description for each of these locations is available upon request. Thefellowship posts on offer include two academic posts and three clinical posts.Academic posts:It is expected that the academic regional anaesthesia fellows will conduct aminimum of two interrelated pieces of original research on the broad topics of clinicalanaesthesia, acute pain, regional anaesthesia, trauma management, procedural skills training orthe integration of innovative technology into clinical practice. The academic fellow will haveaccess to protected academic time on a fortnightly basis. The expected academic outputs from aone year academic fellowship programme are: two or more original projects resulting in abstractpresentations at national and international meetings, manuscript publications in peer reviewjournals. The investment in a higher postgraduate degree through research in UCC (MSc, MD,PhD) is desirable but not essential, and should align with the fellow's career goals. Academicfellows will be selected from the overall cohort of fellows by application to the programmecoordinator for protected academic time.Clinical Posts:It is expected that the clinical regional anaesthesia fellows will conduct a minimumof two interrelated quality improvement projects during their year in post. The clinical fellow willhave non-clinical time built into their working week. Academic outputs are not expected fromclinical fellows, however the data derived from Quality Improvement projects, might form the basisof abstract presentations at national and international meetings. Clinical fellows are not excludedfrom academic work, however protected academic time is not possible given service demandsand resource allocation.To receive additional information please feel free to email Dr Brian O'Donnell