Health sector jobs:The HSE has advertised some 68 posts for consultants in all specialties. Salaries of up to €205,000 plus potential performance bonuses will apply in many cases.
So-called Type A consultant contracts will limit the practitioner to publicly funded facilities. The Type B consultant contract is remunerated on a salary basis and post-holders may engage in private practice only in public hospitals, public community facilities and co-located private hospitals on public hospital campuses.
For Type A contracts, a salary scale of €180,000-€205,000 in five points of €5,000 each will apply. Consultants holding Type A contracts may also be eligible for a performance-related award of up to 20 per cent. For Type B contracts a salary scale of €160,000-€185,000 in five points of €5,000 each will apply. The scales are subject to review.
Among the jobs are consultant anaesthetist posts in Tullamore, Cappagh/Connolly and Cork University Hospital. There are also positions for consultant respiratory and general physicians with a special interest in cystic fibrosis at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and in Waterford.
A consultant otolaryngologist position is open in Galway. In Mayo, there are two posts open for consultant radiologists. A similar post is also available at Cappagh/Ballymun/Mater hospital in Dublin.
There are also several neurologist positions open. They include consultant posts at Drogheda/Beaumont, Galway/Mayo, Waterford, and CUH/South Infirmary - Victoria University Hospital.