Health Care Assistant Cúntóir Cúraim Sláinte – Maternity Services in Clonmel

About the Role

Health Care Assistant Cúntóir Cúraim Sláinte – Maternity Services
Clonmel, County Tipperary, IrelandPermanent, Full time€ 36,651 - 45,939Closing date: September 30, 2026 4:00 PM

Tipperary University Hospital (TippUH), Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, is a Level 111 Acute Hospital. The hospital is part of the HSE Dublin & South East Health Region and is part of integrated health area Carlow, Kilkenny & South Tipperary. TippUH is governed by the Executive Management Team, which is representative of the hospitals clinical and corporate functions to support the delivery of safe, efficient, effective, high-quality patient care.

TippUH has clearly established care pathways with the Model 4 hospitals in the Southern part of the country, University Hospital Waterford and Cork University Hospital. There are also links with specialist centres in Dublin such as Children Health Ireland and St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin.

TippUH provides shared care programmes for those attending paediatric and maternity services outside the region. Mental Health Services are linked with St Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny and University Hospital Limerick (Ennis Co. Clare).

TippUH is also a teaching hospital with academic links to University College Cork, University of Limerick, Trinity College, Dublin Technological University, Sout East Technology University Waterford and Carlow Campus, Institute of Technology and Athlone Institute of Technology.

The hospital has 256 inpatient beds and 22-day beds and provides acute hospital services to the geographically wide catchment area of Tipperary, West Waterford, Kilkenny, Cork, & Limerick. The catchment population for the hospital is between 130,000 - 160,000 people depending on speciality required. The hospital has an Emergency Department and provides a busy outpatient facility for all disciplines. Tipperary University Hospital provides General Medical, Surgical, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Paediatric, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Oncology, Palliative Care and Anaesthetic Services. Diagnostic services provided include Radiology, Pathology, Cardiac Diagnostics and Endoscopy. The therapy services provided include Physiotherapy, Speech and Language, Dietetic, Occupational Therapy, along with Medical Social Work Department. The hospital also facilitates University Hospital Waterford regional services including Urology, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care.

TippUH Maternity had on average 1000 deliveries per year over the past five years. It provides a valuable service to the women and families of Tipperary and surrounding counties. The hospital continues to evolve in line with The National Maternity Strategy. The Maternity Unit is part of Ireland East Women and Infants Directorate (ISWID). The Maternity Unit staff are a dynamic team and strive to achieve the best outcomes possible for all the women and families that use their services. It has been successful in implementing several of the objectives set out in the strategy e.g. Ultrasonography, Bereavement, Lactation Services and Perinatal Mental Health Services. Development is currently underway to develop Community Midwifery based services. Funding has been assigned for a cAMP/AMP Supported Care Pathway, start date awaited.

Maternity Services in TippUH provide a range of antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care, including a SCBU (Special Care Baby Unit). The service offers:

• A 20 bedded unit providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care
• A Special Care Baby Unit with 5 cots providing care to babies over 32 week’s gestation, including repatriation of babies from other units.
• 2 delivery/ labour ward rooms with a 24-hour epidural service, option for an emergency Category 1 LSCS on the Labour ward, with theatre suites in Main Theatre to support both elective and emergency Caesarean Sections and any other surgical procedure which may be required e.g. repair of tears /MROP.
• Hospital outpatient antenatal clinics held on site Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. Outreach antenatal clinics are located in Primary Care Centres in Tipperary Town, Thurles, Carrick on Suir and Cahir.
• Face to face or virtual bookings (via phone) available three mornings per week, including phlebotomy.
• Fetal Assessment Unit available three afternoons per week.
• The Midwifery led service caring for women in the Supported Care Pathway although established, is currently being redeveloped, including Early Transfer Home.
• Face to face off site Antenatal Education Classes in conjunction with a Multidisciplinary Team are currently in place.
• The Scanning Department provides booking, anatomy, growth, placental location and reassurance scans.
• Emergency Gynae Room in operation 24/7 staffed by midwife and NCHD.
• Recent developments include the total refurbishment of the Maternity unit, with implementation of an induction of labour room and cables CTG monitoring to support women in labour. Plans are in place to install CTG archiving.
• The upgrade to Viewpoint 6 and implementation of Video Enabled Care in caring for women with gestational diabetes have been recent developments. Video interactive care for women accessing the perinatal mental health service have commenced.
• New development plans in place for a new build Maternity Unit.

Details

Location: Clonmel, County Tipperary

Sector: public sector

Salary: €36,651–€45,939 per year

Closing date: 30 Sept 2026

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