Emergency Medicine Consultant

Emergency Medicine Consultant
University Hospital Limerick (UHL), Ireland

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Emergency Medicine Consultant to join the Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick, the Model 4 acute hospital for the Mid-West region.

University Hospital Limerick provides emergency and specialist care to a large and diverse population across Limerick, Clare, and North Tipperary. The Emergency Department manages a high volume of complex, undifferentiated, and high-acuity presentations, offering consultants a challenging and rewarding clinical environment with significant scope for leadership and service development.


Key Responsibilities
The Emergency Medicine Consultant will play a central role in both the clinical and strategic delivery of emergency care at UHL, including:

• Providing senior clinical decision-making and consultant-level care for patients presenting to the Emergency Department
  
• Leading and overseeing clinical governance, quality assurance, patient safety, and risk management within the ED
  
• Supporting the delivery of timely patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and appropriate disposition
  
• Providing leadership on the acute floor, including escalation management and coordination of care with inpatient teams
  
• Participating in the Emergency Medicine consultant rota, including evenings and weekends as required
  
• Supervising, mentoring, and training NCHDs, advanced nurse practitioners, and multidisciplinary colleagues
  
• Contributing to education, teaching, audit, quality improvement initiatives, and service development
  
• Collaborating closely with consultant colleagues across all specialties to ensure integrated, patient-centred emergency care
  
• Supporting national and local Emergency Medicine Programme objectives, including patient flow and unscheduled care pathways
  

Requirements

• Eligibility for registration with the Irish Medical Council (IMC) on the Specialist Division in Emergency Medicine
  
• Demonstrated experience at Consultant or Senior Specialist level in Emergency Medicine
  
• Strong leadership, communication, and decision-making skills
  

Salary
€233,000 - €280,000 per annum - 37 hours per week