Location: | Dublin - Ireland |
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Salary: | This appointment will be made on the Associate Professor/ Consultant, Public Only Consultant Contract (POCC23) |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 6th October 2025 |
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Closes: | 4th November 2025 |
Job Ref: | 038613 |
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.
Post Summary
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, St. James’s Hospital, and the Health Service Executive (HSE) Public Health Laboratory Dublin, seek to appoint an Associate Professor / Consultant Microbiologist. The post will have its main base in the academic Department of Clinical Microbiology which is located at St. James’s Hospital, has a presence at the Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Tallaght University Hospital, and will also be accommodated in the Public Health Laboratory Dublin, HSE, located in Cherry Orchard Hospital.
The postholder will have developed a research programme in clinical microbiology which is relevant to the activities of the departments in which the postholder will be working and will be expected to provide leadership in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the Discipline of Clinical Microbiology, which includes the department’s Masters (MSc) in Healthcare Infection, in addition to clinical responsibilities. This post provides an exciting opportunity to lead in the development of the Discipline in areas such as microbial pathogenicity, microbial genomics, host-pathogen interaction, antimicrobial resistance, laboratory diagnostics of infections, infection control and public health microbiology.
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:
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.
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Closing Date: 12 Noon Tuesday, 4th November 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.
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