8450
HSE Dublin & South East
https://www.hse.ie
28/08/2026
Waterford
University Hospital Waterford
17/09/2026, 15:00
Permanent
Health Service Executive
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Consultant Cardiologist University Hospital Waterford for 37 hours per week
This is an appointment to the HSE Dublin & South East Region on a Public Only Consultants’ Contract 2023 by the Health Service Executive. The initial commitment for this post will be to University Hospital Waterford for 37 hours per week. This post may be subject to restructuring in the future to facilitate the reorganisation of acute services in line with new clinical models of acute and community services. It is noted that the post must be congruent with the requirements of, and facilitate implementation of national health policy, the HSE’s National Clinical Programmes including commitment to deliver the relevant performance outcomes.
• To work with the existing and incoming Consultants to deliver the highest level of Cardiology service to the patients who attend UHW.
• To work with Clinical Director and Hospital Management to support flow in the wider organisation
• To work with Clinical Director and Hospital Management to develop and progress the Hospital as an Organisation of quality safe care.
• To work with Clinical Director and Hospital Management to develop and progress the Hospital as an accredited supportive teaching site for trainees
Please see Information Booklet for further details
University Hospital Waterford is a Model 4 Hospital in the Dublin SouthEast Regional Health Area and provides a broad range of Regional Services to the population of the South East (SE) (520,000). This same population base will be served under the Slaintecare programme.
It is one of the 8 Cancer centres, a regional trauma centre and dedicated teaching hospital for UCC & RCSI students with 535 inpatient bed capacity. Specialty Services include Geriatrics, Nephrology, Neurology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Respiratory, Acute Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Urology, Vascular Surgery, GI, Haematology, Palliative Care, Oncology, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
The cardiology service functions as a consultant-provided service where the current 6.5 consultants work as one team. This facilitates a seamless service delivery, continuous running of the catheterisation laboratories and a consultant delivered service across UHW and Waterford community services.
The appointment is whole-time, permanent and pensionable.
The annual salary will be as set out in the Public Only Consultants’ Contract 2023. Medical Consultants Salary Scales from 1st June 2026:
€238,221 €251,098 €264,691 €271,846 €278,998 €286,151
The standard working week applying to the post is: 37 hours per week.
The annual leave associated with the post is: 30 Working Days per annum.
A ranking and or shortlisting exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application form. The criteria for ranking and or shortlisting are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification.Therefore it is very important that you think about your experience in light of those requirements.
Failure to include information regarding these requirements may result in you not being called forward to the next stage of the selection process.
The HSE is an equal opportunities employer.
Dr Solomon Asgedom
Consultant Cardiologist and General Physician
Solomon.asgedom@hse.ie
This vacancy is closed to applications.
