Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Neurodisability in Dublin

About the Role

Consultant Paediatrician with a special interest in Neurodisability in Dublin, Ireland. Full time, Fixed Term. €238,221 - 286,151 per year. Fluent English. Closing date: November 1, 2026 11:45 PM.

(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 purpose of the role is to provide medical assessment and supportive medical care to children attending the CHO 7 Enable Ireland Motor Management Service. This is a 0.5WTE consultant post, primarily based with Community teams in CHO 7 but will CHI based sessional commitment for specific tone management (botulinum toxin), combined paediatric-orthopaedic clinics and the management of complex medical co-morbidities.

The paediatrician with a special interest in motor management / physical disability will work with clinical specialist therapists on the regional teams to provide timely evidence-based care to children with physical disability. This will include timely diagnosis, appropriate access to investigations and additional expertise (eg neuroimaging, genetics), timely access to radiology, gait analysis and orthopaedics based on evidence-based structured musculoskeletal surveillance, appropriate introduction and monitoring of medications for altered muscle tone and pain, timely identification and management of co-existing conditions (eg aspiration, epilepsy, faltering growth).

The paediatrician will support appropriate access to specialist and tertiary services, optimising the use of the acute setting for families and services.

Requirements

Skills and attributes

• IMC Specialist Registration
• 2 years post graduate training

Essential Criteria:

• 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 General Paediatrics
• Two years certified postgraduate training in paediatric neurodisability/Community Child Health

Desirable Criteria:

• Clinical fellowship in Paediatric neurodisability/Community Child Health , national or international

Details

This approach to care for children with disability will deliver on the vision of the National Model of Care for Paediatric Healthcare Services (2016), which advocates for the delivery of safe and appropriate care to paediatric patients as close to home as possible so that children and young people with urgent care needs get the right advice at the right place, first time.

The Model of Care for Paediatric Neurodisability proposes consultant paediatrician delivered support for disability services at local, regional and tertiary (hospital) levels to:

• Optimise care that can be delivered in the community and reduce hospital attendances
• Advise and encourage a holistic approach to health within the CDNT
• Support children with complex medical needs and to keep up to date with the latest medical evidence for the ever expanding numbers of children diagnosed with rare genetic conditions
• Seek senior/specialist medical advice and guidance as appropriate.

The hospital setting provides access to specialist care and diagnostics which are unavailable in primary care and community settings. The paediatrician will also provide an important link for the CNDT to the acute services to facilitate excellent interagency communication.

The Consultant’s presence within an acute service will allow input from the consultant who is familiar with the child in the community setting and well placed to contribute to management during an inpatient stay. Ready access to paediatrics in the community setting may reduce the frequency of acute unscheduled attendances to hospital.

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 11:45pm on Sunday November 1st 2026. 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: Dr. Joanne Balfe, Consultant Paediatrician at Childrens Health Ireland via [email protected]. For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Cillian Greene, Medical Talent Acquisition Specialist via [email protected].