Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Inherited Metabolic Disorders in Dublin

About the Role

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.

The post holder will join the current team of Consultants and will play a full role in the provision of inpatient and outpatient services within the Metabolic Service. The post holder will participate fully in the on-call roster to provide 24/7 comprehensive and seamless cover for metabolic patients at local, regional and national levels. The post holder will work in close co-operation with the existing staff members to ensure seamless cover for patients allocated to their care. In addition, the post holder will work flexibly to support, further develop, and progress existing clinical, administrative, and teaching and research duties currently undertaken by the team.

The post holder will work with existing colleagues to further develop the Paediatric Metabolic service to include:

• The establishment of a Shared Island Metabolic Network
• The expansion of Newborn Screening (currently under review with HIQA) and expected to increase the number of conditions screened considerably in the next few years.
• Further expansion of outreach services to areas not currently covered, e.g. Wexford/Waterford and Donegal/Sligo.
• Collaboration with our colleagues in the adult metabolic service in ensuring the transition service continues to develop with the establishment of a transition clinic in MMUH
• Establishment of shared clinics in NCHI with neuromuscular and neurology colleagues.
• Establishment of a specialist paediatric dyslipidaemia clinic, to work closely with our colleagues in the lipid service in St James to provide family clinics.

Requirements

Essential Criteria - Professional Qualifications and Experience:

• 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 paediatrics
• Two years postgraduate training and experience, to include participation in an out of hours on-call roster, in paediatric metabolic medicine.

Details

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Contract type: Full time, Permanent

Salary: €238,221–€286,151 per year

Closing date: 31 Aug 2026

Interviews are expected to be held on September 29th in Children’s Health Ireland.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please send a CV and letter of application. The closing date for submissions of CV’s and letter of application is Sunday August 30th at 11:45pm. 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.

Informal Enquiries can be obtained from:

• Cillian Greene, Medical Talent Acquisition specialist via Cillian.greene@childrenshealthireland.ie
• For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Dr Joanne Hughes 01 878 4317 - Joanne.Hughes@childrenshealthireland.ie