Vacancy ID

2536

Department/Authority

HSE South West 

Department/Authority Website

https://www.hse.ie

Working pattern

Part-Time 

Advertising Date

26/03/2026
 

County

Cork 

Location

Other

Mental Health Services, Cork South Lee 

Closing Date for Application

16/04/2026, 15:00
 

Grade

Consultant Psychiatrist of Learning Disability (Adult) 

Contract

Permanent 

Type of role

Health Service Executive

Job summary

Consultant Psychiatrist Of Learning Disability (Adult) - Mental Health Services, Cork South Lee 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 MHS Cork South Lee 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

To practice as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Mental Health of Intellectual Disability (Adult) under Cork Kerry Community Healthcare (HSE South West), and in particular:

(a)To attend at Tosnu, Ballincollig, Brothers of Charity, Upton and Bandon, Coaction and other facilities within their catchment area with a commitment to the regular provision of services at such times as may be determined by the Head of Mental Health Services, or other designated officer, and in emergencies as required and to remain in attendance thereat as long as his/her services are required.

(b)To attend at any clinic or site maintained by the Health Service Executive Cork Kerry Community Healthcare within the group catchment as appropriate and to provide either there at or in the appropriate Hospital such diagnostic, treatment or consultation service as may be appropriate.

(c)To attend, as a Consultant Psychiatrist as and when required in any hospital or institution managed by the H.S.E. – Cork Kerry Community Healthcare Area.

To be responsible for the care and treatment of patients in his/her clinical charge and to ensure mechanisms for the coordination of the care with the multidisciplinary team and between the team and other health and social care agencies are established and maintained.

To ensure that the service will be community orientated, with treatment provided in the main range of community facilities available, and within the level of resources allocated. To provide a service with the multidisciplinary team for patients referred for specialist treatment encompassing comprehensive programme of care to include where necessary family support and advice. To lead and engage in the provision of a range of community based assessment and treatment programmes including, out- patients clinics, day hospital services, day centre services, residential centres, and any service deemed necessary in the future.


Please see information booklet for further details

Information about the organisation

The Consultant Psychiatrist Mental Health of Intellectual Disability (Adult) will provide a service to Cork IHA South and West i.e. South Lee MHS and West Cork MHS. This MHID Consultant will provide an MHID Service to West Cork Areas of Beara, Bantry, Mizen Dimoleague, Dunmanway. Ballineen, Rosscarbery, Skibereen, Clonakilty and Bandon. Carrigaline. Kinsale (Total Population: 117,834 including a MHID Service to Coaction, West Cork, Brothers of Charity, Bandon and St Patricks, Upton.

At present there is 1 WTE Consultant Psychiatrist – Mental Health of Intellectual Disability in Cork IHA South and West, and this post will provide the second consultant in accordance with the MHID National Service Model of two consultants per 300,000 population.  This will complement the 1.5 consultants in MHID for Cork IHA North and East. 

The Consultant Psychiatrist MHID (Adult) shall also provide a consultation service for individuals with Mild ID in Cork IHA South and West and provide consultation and Individual Care Planning support to individuals from their catchment area with moderate and more severe ID admitted to Approved Centres in Cork.
The Consultant Psychiatrist MHID (Adult) will be on the West Cork On-Call Rota. 
All Consultants in MHID (Adult) will form a Cork MHID Consultant Committee which also will be attended by ECD-Cork MHS.

Please see information booklet for further 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. Ahmad Khouja

Clinical Director, Mental Health of Intellectual Disability, Cork. 

ahmad.khouja@hse.ie