The person appointed to this post will work as a Senior Physiotherapist in Mallow General Hospital.
Mallow General Hospital is located 35 kms north of Cork City serving the population of Cork and the surrounding border counties of Kerry, Limerick and Waterford.
Mallow General Hospital is a Model 2 Hospital with 71 inpatient beds.
The hospital provides inpatient, outpatient and day patient services.
The services provided in the hospital include – general medicine, cardiology, respiratory, gerontology and gastro-enterology.
23 additional beds are opening in the second quarter of **** increasing capacity to 94 beds.
In patient medical activity is supported by a Medical Assessment Unit and a High Dependency Unit.
Mallow General Hospital also provides elective day surgery, endoscopy, injuries unit, outpatient department, laboratory, physiotherapy, and radiology including CT scanning and ultrasound services.
The academic partner is University College Cork and Mallow General Hospital facilitates medical students, nursing students and allied health professional students.
Individual sites/ location will be indicated at expression of interest stage to panel members for each individual job.
The Physiotherapy Service in MGH provides a service to all the wards /units and departments including Acute Medical Assessment Unit, Local Injuries Unit, and OPD Physiotherapy.
There is a strong emphasis on effective MDT working in MGH.
MGH Physiotherapy Department currently has a staff of 7.5 WTE.
The department also has Physiotherapy Students on Clinical Placements throughout the year.
MGH Physiotherapy Department works closely with colleagues working in Health Regions Community Services such as Physiotherapy and with CDH cardiac & respiratory outreach services in the North Cork region.