Dublin and South East Recruitment for Carlow/Kilkenny/Tipperary South/Waterford/Wexford Communities

Dublin and South East delivers primary & community care, mental health, older persons, disability and health & wellbeing services across Co Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford. What are Community Healthcare Services? Community Healthcare Services focuses on keeping you well so that you can continue to live at home or close to home through our health promotion, disease screening, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation programs. Community healthcare services include: Primary Care: General Practitioners (GPs), practice nurses, public health nurses, dieticians, dentists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, podiatrists, community pharmacists and psychologists. Older Persons: Specialist teams working together to meet the needs of older people such as home help/home care teams, day-care services, meals on wheels, community hospitals and nursing homes. Disabilities: Specialist teams working with people with a disability through specialist day, training, home support, respite and residential services. Mental Health: A wide range of services that extend from enjoying positive mental health to severe and disabling mental illness. It includes specialised secondary care services for children and adolescents, adults, older persons, and those with an intellectual disability and mental illness as well as a range of mental health promotion initiatives provided by the National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP). Services are provided in a number of different settings including the service user’s own home, day hospitals, hostels and acute units which are located in general hospitals. Health & Wellbeing: Healthcare reforms place considerable emphasis on keeping people healthy and well. Community Healthcare Services already play a critical role in promoting health and wellbeing by making every healthcare contact count and by working across sectors to create the conditions which support good health, on equal ter