Professor of Surgery (1848) and Consultant Surgeon

Trinity is Ireland’s leading university and is ranked 81st in the world (QS World University Rankings 2024). Founded in 1592, the University is steeped in history with a reputation for excellence in education, research, and innovation, which has been inspiring generations of thinkers for over 400 years. Trinity College Dublin- an introduction Competition ID: 038081

Trinity College Dublin seeks to appoint a Professor of Surgery/Academic Consultant Surgeon in the Department of Surgery at St. James’s Hospital (SJH). This is a full-time appointment made in conjunction with SJH based at the St James’s campus. The Professor of Surgery will be responsible for the academic programme within a Department that also includes Radiology, Anaesthetics, and Critical Care. The Discipline of Surgery consists of teaching units in both major teaching hospitals [SJH and Tallaght University Hospital (TUH)]. In order to ensure effective governance, the Headship of the Discipline rotates every three years between the Heads of the respective Academic Departments. The Professor of Surgery as Head of the academic unit at SJH will sit on the Medical School executive and may from time to time undertake duties on the Executive as requested by the Head of School within TCD.

Post status: Permanent Contract

Hours of Post: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow the link below: www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/academic-hours-public-serviceagreement.pdf.

Salary: This appointment will be made on the Consultant Contract 2023 – Academic, salary scale at a point in line with current Government pay Policy (and will be commensurate with experience). healthservice.hse.ie/staff/pay/pay-scales

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

• A cover letter
• A comprehensive curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications and awarded research grants.
• 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 will not be considered at the short list stage. Applications must be submitted by the closing date specified through eRecruitment.

Closing date: 12 Noon Monday 14^th April 2025, Applications will only be accepted by eRecruitment: jobs.tcd.ie. in the Interest of fairness to all applicants, no late applications will be accepted.

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

Professor Colin Doherty, Head of School, School of Medicine: cdohert@tcd.ie

Chief Executive Officer: CEO@stjames.ie

Application queries about this post should be emailed to the Recruitment Partner at Senior.Appointments@tcd.ie and include the position title in the subject heading.

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