Cerebral Palsy Foundation Associate Professor/Consultant in Cerebral Palsy

The Cerebral Palsy Foundation Associate Professor/Consultant in Cerebral Palsy will be a senior academic clinician, located in the Discipline of Paediatrics, Trinity College Dublin, and Children’s Health Ireland (CHI).

The Child Development and Neurodisability Service works closely with community services and hospital specialist services. The work reflects the complexity of need of many children with Neurodisability, and the importance of providing support in the community and close to home when possible. There are close working relationships with hospital specialists and with community disability and primary care. The paediatricians working in the service provide acute inpatient care and ambulatory care in CHI and provide health and specialist expertise in community clinics. Close working with the community requires a good knowledge of services across health and education, which is established with time and experience.

The Associate Professor of Cerebral palsy and neurodisability will work closely with Trinity College Dublin and Children’s Health Ireland. The successful applicant’s primary reporting relationship and accountability for the discharge of contract is to the Head of School, TCD and to the Chief Executive of CHI through the Directorate structures, and to the Head of Discipline of Paediatrics, for teaching and research responsibilities and administration purposes.

Post status: Permanent Contract

Salary:

HR Circular 008 2023 Public Only Consultant Contract 2023
Salary scales consultant-contract-2023-salary-scales-and-allowances.pdf 

How to apply: Applicants should provide the following information when applying for the Associate Professor / Consultant position:

• A cover Letter (1x A4 page)
• A comprehensive curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications.
• The names and contact details (i.e. addresses, e-mail, etc.) of three referees.
• A research plan (summarising research to be carried out over the coming 5 years and including details of funding to be sought – up to 4 pages)
• A teaching statement (summarising teaching experience and approach – 2 pages).

Applicants who do not address the application requirements above in their cover letter will not be considered at the short list stage. Applications must be submitted by the closing date specified through eRecruitment. Any Applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Informal Enquiries about this post should be made to Hiring Manager Professor Eleanor Molloy, Professor of Paediatrics,
email: Eleanor.molloy@tcd.ie

Application queries about this post should be emailed to the Recruitment Partner at knowledj@tcd.ie and include the Competition ID number in the subject heading.

At Trinity, we are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. Trinity welcomes applications from all individuals, including those applicants with disabilities, those who may have had non-traditional career paths, those who have taken time out for reasons including family or caring responsibilities. We also welcome international applicants including those whom have been displaced due to war.

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