Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist - Mental Health Services, Dublin South Central & Tallaght University Hospital

Vacancy ID

6394

Department/Authority

HSE Dublin & Midlands 

Department/Authority Website

https://www.hse.ie

Advertising Date

02/07/2026
 

County

Dublin 

Location

Tallaght University Hospital, Other

MHS Dublin South Central 

Closing Date for Application

23/07/2026, 15:00
 

Contract

Permanent 

Type of role

Health Service Executive

Accessibility Information: We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act. Please see our Statement on Accessibility

Job summary

LPPSPS05 Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist

This is an appointment to the HSE Dublin & Midlands Region on a Public Only Consultants’ Contract 2023 by the Health Service Executive. The initial commitment for this post will be to MHS Dublin South Central for 23.5 hours per week and Tallaght University Hospital for 13.5 hours. 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.

Main Duties of the Job

The Strategy for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services is the Vision for Change: (Govt of Ireland 2006) and with some additional recommendations in Sharing the Vision - A Mental Health Policy for Everyone (Govt of Ireland June 2020).

 RECOMMENDATION 12.2 of Vision for Change was for 39 rehabilitation and recovery CMHTs to be established nationally, with assigned sector populations of 100,000. Assertive outreach teams providing community-based interventions were to be the principal modality through which these teams worked. 

Dublin West and South West Mental Health Services provide specialist mental health services to people living in south-west Dublin on behalf of the HSE, with a comprehensive range of community-based mental health services to a population of over 273,000.

The Consultant and team will follow the plan for services outlined in the HSE “Model of Care for People with Severe and Enduring Mental Illness and Complex Needs”.

1. The Consultant and team will provide care and treatment to their patients in existing community residences in Tallaght Mental Health Service.

These are included in the National Capital plan and are at an advanced stage of planning.

It is envisaged that these residences will foster recovery skills acquisition and progress towards greater independence and an enhanced quality of life for these service users with complex mental illness.

1. The Consultant will also assess patients in sector teams when referred for assessment and possible treatment by the rehabilitation team
2. The Consultant and team will further develop the community rehabilitation service in line with the model of care. The team provides an outreach service, and a strategic goal will be to optimize this service and develop it further develop this further. The critical features of a successful assertive outreach team are set out in the model of care.

Please see information booklet for more details.

Information about the organisation

The headquarters of our Rehabilitation and Recovery service is based at The Ballyfermot Primary Care Centre, Upper Ballyfermot Road, Ballyfermot, D10 C973. The service is composed of:

1) A Residential programme and 2) An Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) component.

The Community Based Residential Rehabilitation service consists of high, medium, and low support residences as follows:

High Support: There are 4 High support residences which are staffed for 24 hours :

1. Teach Ban, Peamount Road, Newcastle, Co Dublin. This is a 6 bedded residence with a high staff to patient ratio, where patients with chronic and enduring illnesses and who present with challenging behaviours are housed.
2. Grove House, Ardclough Road, Celbridge, Co.Kildare, W23 W985. This is a 14 bedded residence.
3. Oakview Hostel, St Loman’s Road, Yellow Walls, Lucan, Co. Dublin K78VH90. This is a 17 bedded residence.
4. Mountainview Hostel, New Road, off Upper Ballyfermot Road, Ballyfermot, D10 CF20. This is a 17 bedded residence.

Medium Support: There are 2 medium support residences which are staffed until 20.00 each day.

1. Lionsvilla Residence, St Martin’s Row, Main St, Chapelizod, Dublin 20. D20 AH61. This is a 10 bedded residence, with 10 males. There is security presence here at night- time.
2. Ballydowd House, Main Road, Lucan, Co Dublin K78 V8X8. This is a 5 bedded residence where consideration is currently being given to provide a day- time rehabilitation facility for non- residents.

Low Support:  There are 6 low support residences within our service. The residents in these houses are supported by the AOT.

1. The Manse, Dispensary Lane, Lucan, Co. Dublin K78 RP03. This is a 5 bedded mixed gender residence.
2. Shoedine, 97 Cromwellfort Road, Walkinstown, Dulin 12, D12 YVF4. This is a 4 bedded residence for females.

Please see information booklet for more details.

Benefits

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.

Selection Process Details

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.

Vacancy contact: 

Dr Yolande Ferguson

Executive Clinical Director 

Yolande.ferguson@hse.ie