Post 2009 - Specialist Medical Officer (Cork) Cork Post 2009 Specialist Medical Officer Medical Department Part Time (17.5 hours/week) Temporary Cork Centre - MRTC The IBTS is currently recruiting a part-time, temporary Specialist Medical Officer based in the Medical Department, Cork Centre. The SpMO role plays a key role in Service Delivery in MRTC liaising with all departments and staff grades. Working within the relevant regulations, policies and procedures, current organisation of duties, in a Quality Management Framework and under the supervision of the Consultant Haematologist, your responsibilities will include: expert medical donor and donation management (Whole Blood and Component by Apheresis), Therapeutic Apheresis Service, Diagnostic (Immunohaematology) Services, Support of Clinical Transfusion Practice (Hospital Liaison), Look-back and Service Development. You will be required to maintain registration with the Irish Medical Council. Essential Criteria: Registered Medical Practitioner with the Irish Medical Council At least 3 years satisfactory post registration experience in clinical care of patients in the hospital setting Postgraduate qualification in transfusion or MRCPI or equivalent Proficiency in English language both oral and written. Proficiency in use of Information Technology Desirable Criteria: Excellent interpersonal communication skills and a high capacity for responsibility and individual initiative. Experience in Transfusion Medicine Practice. Understanding of Quality Management. The salary scale attached to the post is the Senior Area Medical Officer scale €95,845 to €114,646 (incl. LSI) pro rata per annum. Entry point onto the salary scale is dependent upon relevant experience. The closing date for receipt of applications is 12:00 PM (Irish Time) on Monday 16th March 2026. Interviews for this post will be held in the Munster Regional Transfusion Centre on Friday 20th March 2026. Intending applicant should note that reviewing/short listing of applicants will be in accordance with the recruitment and selection criteria stated above. Satisfactory evidence of being able to fulfil the essential criteria of the job as stated above is essential and must be clearly demonstrated in the application. If the essential criterion has not been clearly demonstrated in the application the applicant will not be called for interview. Applications from existing (permanent and temporary) IBTS staff working temporary contracts will be considered in the context of overall workforce requirements of the Organisation. We thank you for your interest in a career with the IBTS, however, if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, unfortunately you have not been successful at this time. We do hope, however, that this will not discourage you from applying for future opportunities with the IBTS. IBTS reserve the right to close the application process early if there has been a sufficient level of qualified applications received before the closing date. Citizen Requirements Eligible candidates must be: a) A citizen of the European Economic Area (EEA) EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway b) A citizen of United Kingdom (UK) c) A citizen of Switzerland in regards to the agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the movement of people d) A non-EEA citizen who has a stamp 4 visa e) A person awarded international protection under the International Protection Act 2015, or any family member entitled to remain in the State as a result of family reunification and has a stamp 4 visa or f) A non-EEA citizen who is a parent of a dependant child who is a citizen of and resident in an EEA member state if the UK or Switzerland and has a stamp 4 visa. To qualify candidates must meet one of the citizenship criteria above and produce formal supporting evidence of same, by the date of any job offer. The IBTS is an equal opportunities employer. We have a great range of benefits that go beyond salary and offer flexibility to suit you: Competitive holiday allowance Public Sector pension scheme We support and encourage a very strong work/life balance ethic and provide a generous annual leave allowance in addition to a range of attractive policies. Ourpublic service salary scalesare competitive, transparent and incremental Access to a range of learning and development resources and programmes, investing and encouraging lifelong learning for all our staff. . We strongly support a culture of continuous learning and provide staff with a range of formal and informal learning opportunities. Employee Assistance Programme offering free, independent and confidential counselling and support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service includes confidential telephone and face-to-face counselling, parent and career coaching and an online wellbeing portal.
