Posted 30 August, 2026
Paediatric Fellowship in Anaesthesiology - July 2027
Childrens Health Ireland
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Full Time
Reference: 1182803885
Join the Future of Paediatric Care at Children's Health Ireland (CHI)
Children's Health Ireland (CHI) is now inviting applications for the 12 month Paediatric Fellowship in Anaesthesiology, commencing Monday, 12th July 2027.
Children's Health Ireland Fellowship Program
The Department of Anaesthesia welcomes you to the Paediatric Fellowship Program at Children's Health Ireland.
We are a collegial department of dedicated clinicians, committed to providing both the best care possible to children of all backgrounds and training future paediatric anaesthesiologists
The successful candidate will be based at CHI Crumlin, with an option of spending time at CHI Temple Street and the Irish Paediatric Acute Transport Service. In 2027, these two historic hospitals sites are proposed to amalgamate into the new National Children's Hospital.
CHI CRUMLIN
CHI Crumlin is a major quaternary Paediatric Hospital, in Ireland, in the vibrant city of Dublin. The hospital admits paediatric patients from all age groups up to 16 years.
We are the all-Ireland Congenital Cardiac Centre and the Paediatric Oncological referral centre for the Republic. There are over 40,000 visits to our Emergency Department per annum, and many of these children will require emergency surgery. We have a 23 bed PICU, with a dedicated VA ECMO program. We work closely and together with the Department of Intensive Care Medicine.
We conduct over 10, 000 surgical cases per year, including approximately 500 on-pump cardiac cases. Additionally, we provide sedation and anaesthesia for children undergoing diagnostic and interventional radiological procedures.
Our Fellowship is mentored and divided into monthly blocks. We can create a bespoke and fluid program, considering your aims and career objectives.
CARDIAC
Including on and off pump cases and thoracic anaesthesia. During this rotation the Fellow will also provide anaesthesia for interventional cardiology in our hybrid catheterisation suite, cardiac MRI and attend the Joint Cardio Thoracic Meeting. Surgical procedures on ECMO and ECLS maybe encountered.
ENT and AIRWAY
A breadth of procedures covering routine ENT procedures such as tonsillotomy to airway reconstruction. The Fellow will be invited to EXIT procedures and any other procedures on gravid patients presenting for foetal surgery during your Fellowship.
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
Including acute and elective surgery, complex spinal surgery, upper and lower limb reconstruction and lengthening. You will gain exposure to a wide range of regional anaesthesia techniques.
GENERAL SURGERY
With a high volume of neonatal surgery, urological, abdominal tumour surgery and surgery for inflammatory bowel disease.
CRITICAL CARE
We have a 23 bed PICU with a separate Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. We offer all forms of organ support including cardiac ECMO.
Additionally, we provide anaesthetic care for acute and elective plastic surgical, ophthalmic, GI scope, dental procedures, and the interventional radiology and CT/MRI services.
CHI TEMPLE STREET
CHI Temple Street is the other major quaternary paediatric referral hospital in Ireland, located in the Georgian heart of Dublin's North Inner City. It is the national paediatric centre for inherited metabolic disease, neurosurgery, nephrology including transplantation, ophthalmology, craniofacial surgery and trauma.
There are 50,000 emergency attendances per year, making it the busiest Paediatric E.D. in Ireland and one of the busiest in Europe. Temple Street has a nine bed PICU and is also home to the Irish Paediatric Acute Transport Service (IPATS).
As in Crumlin, the Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine are intrinsically linked and the anaesthesia fellow will have the opportunity to work in PICU and IPATS if desired. Temple Street also houses a six bed neonatal HDU staffed by neonatology.
There are approximately 6,000 surgeries per year performed in five operating theatres. Anaesthesia services are also provided for diagnostic and interventional radiology.
Subspecialities encountered in Temple Street include:
NEUROSURGERY
The fellow will have significant exposure to both elective and emergency neurosurgery. Elective work includes major tumour resections including posterior fossa and brainstem, spina bifida surgery including management of hydrocephalus and foramen magnum decompression, neurovascular work and epilepsy surgery. Emergency neurosurgery includes myelomeningocoele closure, CSF diversion procedures and involvement in the trauma team for traumatic brain injury management.
CRANIOFACIAL
The fellow will obtain substantial experience in the craniofacial theatre, providing anaesthesia for procedures including cranial vault remodelling, fronto-orbital advancement, Le Fort osteotomy and monobloc advancement. There will be a significant exposure to intra-operative haemorrhage management and use of blood products.
RENAL TRANSPLANT
The fellow will be exposed to anaesthesia for renal transplantation as well as post-operative management in PICU. There will be exposure to general principles of immunosuppression management.
OPHTHALMIC SURGERY
The fellow will be exposed to neonatal ophthalmic surgery for retinopathy of prematurity and retinoblastoma.
ORTHOPAEDICS
The full range of paediatric orthopaedic surgery is performed. There is a high volume of spinal surgery for children with congenital disease, both inherited (including Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy) and those with neural tube defects.
CRITICAL CARE RETRIEVAL
The fellow will have the opportunity to work with the IPATS team, travelling with a consultant initially with the potential to progress to team lead for suitable cases.
Additionally, we provide anaesthetic care for acute and elective paediatric surgery, ENT including airway surgery, plastics, urology, dental and radiology services.
We believe the volume and breadth of our case load will provide the successful candidate with a robust and unique Fellowship. Under mentored supervision, you will gain the skill, knowledge and experience to become an expert in delivery of safe Paediatric Anaesthesia.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
CAREER PREPARATION
Clinical responsibilities:
Application process:
Eligibility to register with the Irish Medical Council is a prerequisite, and the successful candidates will have completed their specialist training (Post- CCST) by the starting date of the fellowship.
The applicant should provide evidence of their interest and experience in Audit, QI and or clinical research.
Applicant should contact the Fellowship Lead via email to express their interest and desired starting date, including a well-formatted CV and a cover letter with information on how the Paediatric Anaesthesia Fellowship program would contribute to their career plans.
Key Dates:
Closing date: Sunday October 11th 2026, 11:45pm
Please note: As part of your contract, you may be required to work across any of the CHI sites. CHI is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. All posts are subject to allocations from the relevant Training Schemes.
Link to applications: https://childrens-health-ireland.rezoomo.com/jobs/
For more information, please contact any of the fellowship leads:
Dr Yvonne Doyle ([email protected])
Dr Andras Kelecsenyi ([email protected])
Dr David Greaney ([email protected])
For general queries, contact our Medical Recruitment team at: [email protected]
Children's Health Ireland (CHI) is now inviting applications for the 12 month Paediatric Fellowship in Anaesthesiology, commencing Monday, 12th July 2027.
Children's Health Ireland Fellowship Program
The Department of Anaesthesia welcomes you to the Paediatric Fellowship Program at Children's Health Ireland.
We are a collegial department of dedicated clinicians, committed to providing both the best care possible to children of all backgrounds and training future paediatric anaesthesiologists
The successful candidate will be based at CHI Crumlin, with an option of spending time at CHI Temple Street and the Irish Paediatric Acute Transport Service. In 2027, these two historic hospitals sites are proposed to amalgamate into the new National Children's Hospital.
CHI CRUMLIN
CHI Crumlin is a major quaternary Paediatric Hospital, in Ireland, in the vibrant city of Dublin. The hospital admits paediatric patients from all age groups up to 16 years.
We are the all-Ireland Congenital Cardiac Centre and the Paediatric Oncological referral centre for the Republic. There are over 40,000 visits to our Emergency Department per annum, and many of these children will require emergency surgery. We have a 23 bed PICU, with a dedicated VA ECMO program. We work closely and together with the Department of Intensive Care Medicine.
We conduct over 10, 000 surgical cases per year, including approximately 500 on-pump cardiac cases. Additionally, we provide sedation and anaesthesia for children undergoing diagnostic and interventional radiological procedures.
Our Fellowship is mentored and divided into monthly blocks. We can create a bespoke and fluid program, considering your aims and career objectives.
CARDIAC
Including on and off pump cases and thoracic anaesthesia. During this rotation the Fellow will also provide anaesthesia for interventional cardiology in our hybrid catheterisation suite, cardiac MRI and attend the Joint Cardio Thoracic Meeting. Surgical procedures on ECMO and ECLS maybe encountered.
ENT and AIRWAY
A breadth of procedures covering routine ENT procedures such as tonsillotomy to airway reconstruction. The Fellow will be invited to EXIT procedures and any other procedures on gravid patients presenting for foetal surgery during your Fellowship.
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
Including acute and elective surgery, complex spinal surgery, upper and lower limb reconstruction and lengthening. You will gain exposure to a wide range of regional anaesthesia techniques.
GENERAL SURGERY
With a high volume of neonatal surgery, urological, abdominal tumour surgery and surgery for inflammatory bowel disease.
CRITICAL CARE
We have a 23 bed PICU with a separate Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. We offer all forms of organ support including cardiac ECMO.
Additionally, we provide anaesthetic care for acute and elective plastic surgical, ophthalmic, GI scope, dental procedures, and the interventional radiology and CT/MRI services.
CHI TEMPLE STREET
CHI Temple Street is the other major quaternary paediatric referral hospital in Ireland, located in the Georgian heart of Dublin's North Inner City. It is the national paediatric centre for inherited metabolic disease, neurosurgery, nephrology including transplantation, ophthalmology, craniofacial surgery and trauma.
There are 50,000 emergency attendances per year, making it the busiest Paediatric E.D. in Ireland and one of the busiest in Europe. Temple Street has a nine bed PICU and is also home to the Irish Paediatric Acute Transport Service (IPATS).
As in Crumlin, the Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine are intrinsically linked and the anaesthesia fellow will have the opportunity to work in PICU and IPATS if desired. Temple Street also houses a six bed neonatal HDU staffed by neonatology.
There are approximately 6,000 surgeries per year performed in five operating theatres. Anaesthesia services are also provided for diagnostic and interventional radiology.
Subspecialities encountered in Temple Street include:
NEUROSURGERY
The fellow will have significant exposure to both elective and emergency neurosurgery. Elective work includes major tumour resections including posterior fossa and brainstem, spina bifida surgery including management of hydrocephalus and foramen magnum decompression, neurovascular work and epilepsy surgery. Emergency neurosurgery includes myelomeningocoele closure, CSF diversion procedures and involvement in the trauma team for traumatic brain injury management.
CRANIOFACIAL
The fellow will obtain substantial experience in the craniofacial theatre, providing anaesthesia for procedures including cranial vault remodelling, fronto-orbital advancement, Le Fort osteotomy and monobloc advancement. There will be a significant exposure to intra-operative haemorrhage management and use of blood products.
RENAL TRANSPLANT
The fellow will be exposed to anaesthesia for renal transplantation as well as post-operative management in PICU. There will be exposure to general principles of immunosuppression management.
OPHTHALMIC SURGERY
The fellow will be exposed to neonatal ophthalmic surgery for retinopathy of prematurity and retinoblastoma.
ORTHOPAEDICS
The full range of paediatric orthopaedic surgery is performed. There is a high volume of spinal surgery for children with congenital disease, both inherited (including Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy) and those with neural tube defects.
CRITICAL CARE RETRIEVAL
The fellow will have the opportunity to work with the IPATS team, travelling with a consultant initially with the potential to progress to team lead for suitable cases.
Additionally, we provide anaesthetic care for acute and elective paediatric surgery, ENT including airway surgery, plastics, urology, dental and radiology services.
We believe the volume and breadth of our case load will provide the successful candidate with a robust and unique Fellowship. Under mentored supervision, you will gain the skill, knowledge and experience to become an expert in delivery of safe Paediatric Anaesthesia.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
- Dedicated Fellowship Mentors
- Twice weekly didactic lecture series
- Simulation participation and opportunity to join as a leader
- Grand Round Series
- Journal Club
CAREER PREPARATION
- Formal career mentoring
- Participation in continuous quality improvement activities
- Weekly dedicated non-clinical time and supervision to support completion of academic projects
Clinical responsibilities:
- The duration of the appointment is 12 months.
- Fellows will be expected to participate in clinical activities including provision of anaesthesia in all available specialties in rotation, under the supervision of the attending consultant.
- There is a gradual progression in the level of responsibility allowing the Fellow to demonstrate their ability for independent practice nearing the completion of the Fellowship.
- Fellows will complete a 8 week rotation on PICU including paediatric cardiac PICU.
- Fellows will be required to participate in the on call rota .
- Fellows will be required to engage in quality improvement projects, teaching activities for medical students and junior trainees and will be expected to participate in quality improvement projects and/or clinical research projects.
Application process:
Eligibility to register with the Irish Medical Council is a prerequisite, and the successful candidates will have completed their specialist training (Post- CCST) by the starting date of the fellowship.
The applicant should provide evidence of their interest and experience in Audit, QI and or clinical research.
Applicant should contact the Fellowship Lead via email to express their interest and desired starting date, including a well-formatted CV and a cover letter with information on how the Paediatric Anaesthesia Fellowship program would contribute to their career plans.
Key Dates:
Closing date: Sunday October 11th 2026, 11:45pm
Please note: As part of your contract, you may be required to work across any of the CHI sites. CHI is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. All posts are subject to allocations from the relevant Training Schemes.
Link to applications: https://childrens-health-ireland.rezoomo.com/jobs/
For more information, please contact any of the fellowship leads:
Dr Yvonne Doyle ([email protected])
Dr Andras Kelecsenyi ([email protected])
Dr David Greaney ([email protected])
For general queries, contact our Medical Recruitment team at: [email protected]
