Vacancy ID

5018

Department/Authority

HSE South West 

Department/Authority Website

https://www.hse.ie

Working pattern

Full-Time 

Advertising Date

21/05/2026
 

County

Kerry 

Location

University Hospital Kerry

Closing Date for Application

11/06/2026, 15:00
 

Grade

Consultant Radiologist 

Contract

Permanent 

Type of role

Health Service Executive

Accessibility Information: We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act. Please see our Statement on Accessibility

Job summary

5018 TERARA05 Consultant Radiologist University Hospital Kerry for 37 hours per week.

This is an appointment to the HSE South West Region on a Public Only Consultants Contract 2023 by the Health Service Executive. The initial commitment for this post will be to University Hospital Kerry for 37 hours per week. This post may be subject to restructuring in the future to facilitate the reorganization of acute services in line with new clinical models of acute and community services. It is noted that the post must be congruent with the requirements of, and facilitate implementation of national health policy, the HSE's National Clinical Programmes including commitment to deliver the relevant performance outcomes.

Main Duties of the Job

The purpose of this post is to increase the number of permanent consultant radiologists at University Hospital Kerry in order to provide the full range of radiology service relevant to a Model 3 hospital on a sustainable basis. Further, to bring enhanced clinical leadership to the Department.

Operational, strategic, developmental, clinical, administrative and other duties that will apply to the post:

In the exercise of his powers under the Health Act, 2004, the REO of the Health Service Executive South West will determine that the person appointed shall perform the following duties appropriate to the office:

To practice as Consultant Radiologist, University Hospital Kerry  37 hours per week under the terms and conditions specified in POCC23 and in particular –

• Participate in providing the range of Radiological Services required at University Hospital Kerry
• Participate with on-call duties with consultant colleagues
• Liaise with relevant clinical services across the hospital and provide radiological consultation services as required
• Participate in multidisciplinary case conferences with particular emphasis on oncology.
• Teach medical and non-medical staff as well as undergraduate students determined by their specific requirements.
• Participate in the governance and management of the radiology department and the broader hospital management structure.
• Work with hospital and Health Service Executive South West management structures via the Clinical Director in the continued delivery of this service and the general efficiency of the hospital

Please see information booklet for more details

Information about the organisation

Care is delivered in a variety of settings. New approaches and models of care to follow the care demands of the Health Service are being advanced within the context of overall healthcare reform, to include Sláintecare

University Hospital Kerry is the third largest of the Health Service Executive South West nine acute hospitals.  The hospital provides acute general hospital services to the population of Co. Kerry (147,554 CSO 2016) and additionally to a proportion of the populations of West Limerick and North Cork.

At the core of the Hospital’s service is the provision of emergency and unplanned specialist care, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. This is matched by a range of scheduled care services across a range of medical and surgical specialty areas with a variety of outpatient, day case and inpatient streams of care. These specialties include general medicine, rheumatology, respiratory medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, cardiology, oncology, nephrology, general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology and paediatrics. There is an acute stroke service with on-site thrombolysis and onwards referral to Cork for thrombectomy. Visiting consultants provide outpatient services in a number of additional specialties.

Please see information booklet for more details

Benefits

The appointment is whole-time, permanent and pensionable.

The annual salary will be as set out in the Public Only Consultants’ Contract 2023. Medical Consultants Salary Scales from 1st February 2026

€235,862     €248,612      €262,070     €269,154     €276,236     €283,318

The standard working week applying to the post is: 37 hours per week.

The annual leave associated with the post is: 30 Working Days per annum.

Selection Process Details

A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application form.  The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. Therefore it is very important that you think about your experience in light of those requirements 

Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process. 

The HSE is an equal opportunities employer.

Vacancy contact: 

Dr. Claire O’Brien

Dr Magdalini Chasioti 

Claire.obrien6@hse.ie 

Magdalini.Chasioti@hse.ie