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This is a new post, the provision of a third Consultant Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service team to the Wexford catchment area will help address this demand for specialist mental health services for children and adolescents with a moderate to severe mental disorder in a timely manner. The Wexford Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service is a component of HSE Dublin & South East Region Mental Health Services comprising of Integrated Health Areas Waterford Wexford, and Carlow Kilkenny and South Tipperary. At the last census 2022, 138,985 out of a total population of 549,720 in the South East was younger than 18 years. It’s purpose is to address the mental health needs of the population of the catchment area who are under 18 years of age and to provide an ‘in reach’ specialist mental health service for children and adolescents when clinically appropriate who have been admitted to paediatric, medical, surgical wards in Wexford General Hospital. This enables alignment of the service’s function and performance with relevant national clinical programmes. The appointment of an appropriately trained specialist in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry to this post will help address the response time to address referrals and increase the senior clinical decision making capacity available to patients and their families. The successful post-holder will deliver a ‘continuity of care’ model of service by ensuring that he/she, in conjunction with the MDT, follow patients throughout their treatment and care. The appointed consultant will provide clinical leadership regarding case prioritization.
EssentialQualifications
Professional QualificationsRegistration as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of child & adolescent psychiatry.
Salary
The annual salary will be as set out in the Public Only Consultants’ Contract 2023. Medical Consultants Salary Scales from 1st August 2025: €233,527 €246,150 €259,475 €266,489 €273,501 €280,513 Incremental credit is awarded in respect of previous experience at Consultant level.
