Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesiology in Dublin
- Salary
- Not stated
- Contract
- Other
- Sector
- Public
- Closes
- 31 Aug 2026
About the Role
Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesiology
Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) is leading on the clinical and operational transformation of acute paediatric healthcare and consists of hospitals at Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght as well as an Urgent Care Centre at Connolly hospital in Blanchardstown.
🌟 Join the Future of Paediatric Care at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI)
🌟 Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) is now inviting applications for Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesiology
Why join CHI?
✅ Career growth: A supportive environment, exposure to cross-disciplinary teams, and opportunities to work in Ireland's newest Hospital with state of the art equipment.
✅ Impactful work: Make a real difference and help in creating a culture of Ireland’s leading paediatric hospitals.
Requirements
Essential Requirements:
- Registration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of Anaesthesiology
- Two years postgraduate training and experience in related paediatric specialties of which one year must be full time in Paediatric Anaesthesiology
Desirable Requirements:
- International Clinical fellowship in Paediatric Anaesthesiology
- Significant experience in clinical practice in delivery of acute unscheduled care at both local and national levels
- Experienced clinician with credibility and the ability to command the respect of all clinical and non-clinical professionals
- Experience of developing, applying and reviewing an evidence-based approach to decision making
- Excellent inter-personal skills, including experience and familiarity with public, professional, media and political communications and stakeholder relations
- Demonstrate commitment to fostering partnerships, multi-professional and multi-disciplinary relationships
- Demonstrate a knowledge and undertaking of the current governance structures and anticipated changes with the establishment of the new children’s hospital
- Experience in reconfiguring acute services across organisations and regions
- Demonstrate leadership and team management skills including the ability to manage his/her staff and service and work with multi-disciplinary team members
- Experience of operating in complex and challenging environments
- Knowledge of the Irish health sector, national health programmes and health reform agendas
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills
- Effective change management skills
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Risk and issue management skills
- Ability to recognise and respect the expertise of others and the contribution of team members and harness good teamwork and open contributions to enable the achievement of programme aims
- Demonstrate evidence of effective planning and organising skills including awareness of resource management
Details
Location: Dublin
Contract Type: Full time, Permanent
Closing Date: 31 Aug 2026
How to Apply
Applications for this post must be accompanied by a cover letter, setting out relevant experience that illustrates how the essential criteria listed above is met.
The criterion for short listing is based on the requirements of the post, as outlined in the eligibility criteria.
* Please note that you must submit a cover letter with your CV, this forms part of your application and CV’s will not be accepted without a detailed cover letter.
The closing date for submissions of CV’s and cover letter is 4th August by 23:45pm. Applications must be completed through the advertised post on CHI.jobs by clicking ‘Apply for Job’.
Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method.
For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact Dr Robert Ghent at robert.ghent@childrenshealthireland.ie
For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Recruitment at Aine.Campion@childrenshealthireland.ie
Documents & Campaign Information
Frequently asked
- What are the essential requirements for this role?
- Registration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of Anaesthesiology and two years postgraduate training and experience in related paediatric specialties of which one year must be full time in Paediatric Anaesthesiology.
- What are the desirable requirements for this role?
- International Clinical fellowship in Paediatric Anaesthesiology, significant experience in clinical practice in delivery of acute unscheduled care at both local and national levels, experienced clinician with credibility and the ability to command the respect of all clinical and non-clinical professionals, experience of developing, applying and reviewing an evidence-based approach to decision making, excellent inter-personal skills, including experience and familiarity with public, professional, media and political communications and stakeholder relations, demonstrate commitment to fostering partnerships, multi-professional and multi-disciplinary relationships, demonstrate a knowledge and undertaking of the current governance structures and anticipated changes with the establishment of the new children’s hospital, experience in reconfiguring acute services across organisations and regions, demonstrate leadership and team management skills, experience of operating in complex and challenging environments, knowledge of the Irish health sector, national health programmes and health reform agendas, strong negotiation and influencing skills, effective change management skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, risk and issue management skills, ability to recognise and respect the expertise of others and the contribution of team members and harness good teamwork and open contributions to enable the achievement of programme aims, demonstrate evidence of effective planning and organising skills including awareness of resource management.
- What is the closing date for applications?
- 31 Aug 2026
- How do I apply for this role?
- Applications for this post must be accompanied by a cover letter, setting out relevant experience that illustrates how the essential criteria listed above is met. The closing date for submissions of CV’s and cover letter is 4th August by 23:45pm. Applications must be completed through the advertised post on CHI.jobs by clicking ‘Apply for Job’.
- Who can I contact for more information about this role?
- For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact Dr Robert Ghent at robert.ghent@childrenshealthireland.ie. For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Recruitment at Aine.Campion@childrenshealthireland.ie.