Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine in Limerick

About the Role

St. John’s Hospital, Limerick is seeking a Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine. This is a permanent, whole-time position. The role involves delivering inpatient and outpatient services to older adults, participating in rostered consultant supervision, and providing clinical supervision and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The appointee will work closely with Acute Medicine colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team.

Requirements

Applicants must have suitable experience in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine (GIM) and specialist registration in Geriatrics & GIM with the Irish Medical Council. Fluency in English is required. The role includes on-call duties (1 in 6) and a commitment to teaching and educationally supervising medical students and NCHDs. Staff may be requested to undertake Irish language training to support patient-centred services and compliance with the organisation's Irish language commitments.

Details

The role is based at St. John’s Hospital, Limerick, and University Hospital Limerick, University of Limerick Hospitals Group on a Public Only Consultant Contract (POCC) 2023 by the Health Service Executive. The post is permanent with a commitment of 37 hours (30hrs St John’s Hospital / 7hrs St. Camillus Limerick).

Salary: €238,221–€286,151 per year.

Closing date: 2 Nov 2026.

Interviews will be held soon after the competition has closed. A start date will be indicated at the job offer stage. Due to service needs, the successful candidate must be in a position to take up the post as soon as possible, therefore a GNIB Stamp 4 or Irish/EU citizenship is required.

How to Apply

Applications forms can be accessed on https://www.stjohnshospital.ie/jobs/.

Further information and informal enquiries to: Dr Izhar Ahmed, Associate Clinical Director, Email: [email protected].