Associate Professor Consultant in Clinical Pharmacology

Trinity is Ireland’s leading university and is ranked 75th 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

Post Summary

Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin and St James’s Hospital wish to appoint an Associate Professor/Consultant to the Discipline of Pharmacology & Therapeutics. The postholder will ensure high-quality coherent delivery of existing activities across teaching, research, and clinical practice. As well as developing their own research interests, they will play a critical role in raising the profile of clinical research and strengthening the relationship between the School of Medicine, clinical faculty, and corporate leadership at St James’s Hospital.

The Discipline of Pharmacology and Therapeutics was established in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin as a centre of excellence for the pharmacology, hypertension, cardiovascular risk and prescribing practice, encompassing patient care, research, and education. The specialty interfaces with the Wellcome-Health Research Board Clinical Research Facility at St James’s Hospital (SJH-CRF) and other relevant disciplines including Medicine and Medical Education. The post will be a 50:50 clinical academic contract based at St James’s Hospital, and Trinity College Dublin.

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:  https://www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/academic-hours-public-serviceagreement.pdf.

Salary: This appointment will be made on the Associate Professor/ Consultant, Public Only
Consultant Contract (POCC23) – Academic, salary scale at a point in line with current Government pay Policy (and will be commensurate with experience).  https://healthservice.hse.ie/staff/pay/pay-scales/

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

• A comprehensive curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications.
• The names and contact details (i.e. address, e‐mail, etc.) of three referees.
• A research plan (summarising research to be carried out in the next two years which includes details of funding to be sought – 2 pages) and 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, 22nd September 2025, Applications will only be accepted by e-recruitment. In the Interest of fairness to all applicants, no late applications will be accepted.

Please allow plenty of time to complete the application process. 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

• Professor Paul Spiers (spiersj@tcd.ie, Head of Discipline)
• Professor Martina Hennessy for Clinical enquiries (mhenness@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.

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