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Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology - School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital Dublin
Royal City of Dublin Hospital
Trust Chair of Cardiology
School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
and St. James’s Hospital Dublin

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin   www.tcd.ie 1
Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology - School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital Dublin
Post Specification

 Post Titles:          Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology
 Post Status:          Permanent appointment
 Discipline/           Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
 Faculty:
 Location:             St. James’s Hospital Dublin and School of Medicine, TBSI, Pearse Street, Dublin
                       2, Ireland
 Reports to:           Head of School of Medicine and CEO, St. James’s Hospital
 Salary:               Type B basis under the Consultant’s Contract 2008 on the Health Service Executive
                       salary scale
 Hours of Work:
                       The initial commitment for this post will be 19.5 hours per week to St. James’s
                       Hospital and 19.5 hours per week to Trinity College Dublin. This post may be
                       subject to restructuring in the future to facilitate the reorganization of acute
                       services in line with new clinical models of acute and community services.
 Closing Date:         12 Noon (Irish Standard Time), 27th August 2020

The successful applicant will be expected to take up post during the 2020/2021 academic year or as soon as
possible thereafter.
Please note that Police vetting will be sought in respect of individuals who come under consideration for a post.

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Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology - School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital Dublin
Post Background                                                   College Dublin. It resides under the governance structures
                                                                  of TCD within the Discipline of Medicine, with Professor Joe
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, and             Keane as the current head of Discipline. It is a partnership
St. James’s Hospital seek to appoint a Professor of               between the College and its two main teaching hospitals,
Cardiology (2019)/Consultant Cardiologist. The post               Tallaght University Hospital and St. James’s Hospital,
will be based at St. James’s Hospital and Trinity College         Dublin. The Institute is one of a number of joint initiatives
Dublin. This post will be located in the Discipline of Clinical   being undertaken by the founding institutions to develop
Medicine, St. James’s Hospital, reporting to the Head of          their research capability in areas where they have significant
Discipline and the Head of School of Medicine.                    academic and clinical strengths. The ICVS was opened by
                                                                  the Minister for Health at the time, Dr Leo Varadkar in 2013
The Vision
                                                                  at the St. James’s site.
Cardiovascular disease is the biggest cause of death in
                                                                  The ICVS at St. James’s/TCD is ideally placed in a University
Ireland. St. James’s Hospital Cardiology is the largest unit
                                                                  setting, but off the corridor of the busiest clinical cardiology
in the country, with Primary PCI remit on call for 1.2 million
                                                                  unit in Ireland. There is a strong interventional, structural
citizens, a valve programme which pioneered the first public
                                                                  and imaging clinical faculty. New imaging techniques
hospital TAVI service, a large heart failure unit, state of the
                                                                  (CT, MRI and optical coherence tomography) can be used
art Cardiac MRI/CT and nuclear imaging, and on-site cardiac
                                                                  to optimize new designs, tease out clinical problems
surgery. The Institute of Cardiovascular Science (ICVS) was
                                                                  for patients and allow for collaborative international
set up in 2006 under the guidance of the late Professor
                                                                  development for the safe and effective creation of new
Michael Walsh, TCD/St. James’s under the aegis of Trinity
                                                                  cardiovascular therapies.

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Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology - School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital Dublin
Collaboration and Networking:                                      vascular disease. Approximately 1/3 of the proposed
                                                                   activity of CAMI was dedicated to cardiology research.
1. Locally with the Trinity Translational Medicine Institute
                                                                   Research interests include cardiomyopathies, ischaemia,
   (TTMI). TTMI, formerly the Institute of Molecular
                                                                   effects of HIV and various drugs on the heart, and
   Medicine has been at the forefront of Irish molecular
                                                                   sudden cardiac death pathologies.
   research and development since its foundation in 2001
   by Professor Dermot Kelleher, and through its facilities     4. The Trinity Centre for Bioengineering is a dynamic
   and expertise, cardiology bench research has matured            and innovating cross-link between the University and
   over the last decade. A 4,000m2 multi-disciplinary              new device technology. Device development, valve
   research Institute, TTMI houses core facilities in bio-         design and stent innovation can be implemented in a
   banking, immunology, high level genomics, functional            colloborative fashion with the TCB and we anticipate
   genomic, proteomic and high content screening                   intense feed-on to the TCB after bench development in
   capacity. TTMI is a partner in the RNAi Global Initiative       new generation design so crucial to the long tern safety
   in collaboration with Dharmacon Therapeutics. The               and efficacy of cardiovascular innovation.
   Institute has a full siRNA genomic library with capacity     5. The Centre for Successful Ageing under the aegis of
   for advanced screening technologies. CV therapeutics            Professor Rose Anne Kenny has established TCD as a
   are been increasingly seen as needing molecular                 prime location for population based Cardiovadcular
   signatures with SNP panels to guide therapeutic                 research. The new CSA Building opened in 2015 and is
   response to antiplatelet agents post stenting. The              contuguous and linked to the Institite for Cardiovascular
   in-house concentration of molecular techniques and              Science. The synergies of research focus are clear and
   ambitious education programmes has fostered a highly            the technolgical edge provided by the ICVS and the
   productive atmosphere for PhD students, MD students             successful cabndidate to may seek to work with the
   and post-doctoral molecular and genetic research.               ground up community based infrastrucure of the CSA.
2. The Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAMI) opened in             6. The newly developed National Cardiovascular and
   2008. The remit of the centre is to carry out cutting-edge      Stroke Research Network, (NCSRN) at the Irish Heart
   research in Cardiac, Oncology and Neuropsychiatry               Foundation seeks to create a national level collaborative
   Imaging. Research focuses on 3 broad areas; high                shopfront for CV Research and the appointment of a
   resolution structural imaging, functional imaging, and          senior international level clinical trialist would provide a
   disease response. The centre houses a 3-T MRI research          nidus for such activity.
   system which offers unrivalled spatial and temporal
   resolution for detection and assessment of severity of

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Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology - School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital Dublin
Programme of Work                                             •   Modern undergraduate curriculum in Cardiology and
                                                                  Cardiovascular Sciences.
Outputs (1 year)
                                                              •   Maximising health systems value.
•   Restructure of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science.
                                                                  – Efficient use of resources etc.
•   Initiation of PhD Programme.
                                                                  – High-value research and services.
•   Renewal of undergraduate teaching programme in
    Cardiology and Cardiovascular Science.                    Benchmarks
•   Submission of grant proposals.                            •   National and international research activity and grant
                                                                  funding and philanthropic funding support.
Outcomes (3 years)
                                                              •   Development of cadre of academic clinicians working in
•   Successful Grant awards.                                      cardiology.
•   Structured laboratory/Imaging Centre/Device innovation    •   Vibrant modern undergraduate curriculum.
    programme/Prevention strategy as per candidate
    subspecialty.                                             •   Incorporation of cardiovascular focus into undergraduate/
                                                                  postgraduate/professional education in Faculty of Health
•   Revised undergraduate curriculum in Cardiology and            Sciences.
    Cardiovascular Sciences.
•   PhD recruitment and initial output.

Influence (5 years)                                           Further Information
                                                              Informal enquiries about this post should be made to
•   National and International profile for TCD as leader in
                                                              Professor Joseph Keane, Professor of Medicine at
    Cardiovascular Research.
                                                              jkeane@stjames.ie or Professor Michael Gill,
•   National and International cross-disciplinary network     Head of School at mgill@tcd.ie
    addressing cardiovascular science and innovation.
•   Improved health equity – societal benefits.

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Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology - School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital Dublin
Professorship at Trinity College Dublin                          research degree (PhD or equivalent) and will have a track
                                                                 record of publications, grant funding and supervision of
Professorship is the highest academic post within the
                                                                 research students.
College. The holder of a Professorship plays a central
leadership role in the development of the relevant discipline    The appointee will be able to avail of an outstanding
and represents it at a senior level inside and outside the       environment for research and scholarly endeavour and will
College. The qualifications for appointment to such a            be expected to engage with new research initiatives within
position are as follows: high academic distinction with the      the School of Medicine. They will have access to state-of-the-
capacity to provide leadership in the development of the         art facilities and resources such as the Trinity Translational
subject and in the promotion of teaching and research;           Medicine Institute (TTMI), Trinity Biomedical Sciences
capacity to represent effectively the discipline inside and
                                                                 Institute (TBSI) and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience
outside the College; capacity to act as Head of an academic
                                                                 (TCIN).
Unit/Discipline.

Standard Duties and Responsibilities                             Person Specification
of the Post                                                      Qualifications:
                                                                 The successful candidate will have a higher research
Clinical:
                                                                 degree (PhD or equivalent) and will have a track record of
The successful candidate will lead the development of the        publications, grant funding and supervision of research
Cardiology service and academic programme in                     students. The candidate must be eligible to be registered
St. James’s Hospital/Trinity College Dublin, in line with        to the Specialist Division of the Irish Medical Council in the
Hospital and Trinity College Strategy.                           specialty of Cardiology.
Teaching:
The successful applicant will have a distinguished reputation    Knowledge & Experience
in research and advocacy in Cardiology. They will be
                                                                 Essential:
expected to provide leadership in both undergraduate and
                                                                 • Experience as consultant level Cardiologist.
postgraduate teaching on cardiovascular science in the
School of Medicine and the Faculty for Health Sciences. The      •   Experience in research grant writing and scientific
post-holder will contribute to curriculum development and            publication.
teaching within the Department of Clinical Medicine, TCD.        •   Experience in teaching and supervision at undergraduate
Particular focus in the initial period will be on revising the       and postgraduate level.
curriculum in Clinical Medicine to address educational needs
                                                                 •   Knowledge and experience in clinical care, research and
and on equipping medical students at an early time point
                                                                     advocacy for cardiology and cardiovascular science.
in knowledge, skills and attitudes to address cardiovascular
science.                                                         Desirable:
                                                                 • Experience in innovation and change management.
Research:
                                                                 •   Demonstrable experience of leadership in advancing
This post provides an exciting opportunity to develop and
                                                                     gender equality.
lead a research group in cardiology and cardiovascular
sciences. The successful candidate will have a higher

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Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology - School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital Dublin
St. James’s Hospital: Organisation Profile                           St. James’s Hospital: Cardiology service
Over a period of three centuries, St. James’s Hospital,              Since its inception the Cardiology department at
Dublin, has evolved to become the largest academic and               St. James’s Hospital (SJH) has developed into a leading Irish
acute teaching hospital in the Republic of Ireland. It has           cardiology centre that influences policy and practice by way
exceptional resources including 1,000 beds, around 4,000             of innovation and example. The Cardiology department
staff and an annual turnover of circa €450m. It also enjoys          demonstrates excellence in the treatment and prevention
strong linkages and a formal affiliation to Ireland’s highest        of the acute and chronic sequelae of cardiovascular disease
ranked university; Trinity College Dublin.                           across clinical, educational and research streams at local and
                                                                     national levels.
St. James’s profile is not related purely to scale however; the
visibility of its services and expertise is recognised at national   This excellence has prevailed and grown from the first
level. It provides a comprehensive range of diagnostic and           major infrastructural expansion initiative in 1989 with the
treatment services, many with a regional and national                installation of two cardiac catheterisation laboratories and
patient base. Occupying a prominent position in the public           the opening of the current coronary care unit, to the opening
eye, it places a high emphasis on innovation, quality and            of the Keith Shaw cardio thoracic surgery unit in 1999 and on
excellence of delivery.                                              to the current day. The recent (2015) opening of the Institute
                                                                     of Cardiovascular Science, an academic centre supported
Clinical and corporate directorates are the organisational
                                                                     by the Royal City of Dublin Hospital offers the physical space
structures of choice for St. James’s and serve as the
                                                                     and infrastructure to accommodate researchers to build on
architectural framework upon which core services of
                                                                     the culture of academic industry and achievement nurtured
the hospital are planned and delivered. It is a system
                                                                     over decades of clinical and scientific research conducted in
which engenders an ongoing culture of collaboration and
                                                                     partnership with Trinity College Dublin, The Royal College
partnership within a multidisciplinary team approach to
                                                                     of Surgeons, and with collaborators from the pharma and
patient care and therefore provides excellent and diverse
                                                                     device industries. The next phase in the development in
career opportunities for health professionals.
                                                                     this institute is the establishment of a Professorial Unit in
St. James’s success is a reflection of a continuous and              Cardiovascular medicine with Trinity to lead the growth of
uncompromising emphasis on quality, innovation and                   academic excellence.
patient-centred care through dedicated and exceptional
                                                                     This development will be key to realising and growing
people. It has a proven track record in its commitment to
                                                                     the potential of the critical mass of progressive, energetic
excellence in clinical care which is a core value at St. James’s
                                                                     and adaptable health care professionals who currently
Hospital.
                                                                     provide services, to maintaining and continuing to improve
Central to realising its vision and values, is its committed         high standards of care and education, and to achieving
staff. Their drive, passion and dedication to the hospital and       recognition as an international centre of excellence.
its patients are second to none. The hospital believes that
                                                                     At hospital level several major capital projects are currently
quality and safety are enabled by front-line teams working
                                                                     ongoing or have recently been completed at SJH including
seamlessly together to provide the best possible care for
                                                                     the development of the National Paediatrics Hospital (NPH),
every patient, every time.
                                                                     The Wellcome - HRB Clinical Research Facility at St. James’s
The co-location of the National Children’s Hospital on               Hospital (CRF), and Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing
the St. James’s Hospital site coupled with plans for                 (MISA). The development of the Trinity St. James Cancer
maternity services and the hospital’s own ambitious capital          Centre is now well underway, to be located on the campus.
development programme, will position the campus at the               The SJH service structure is also undergoing significant
forefront of healthcare delivery nationally and internationally      reorganisation, shifting from clinical units to programmes
long into the future.                                                which draw multidisciplinary experience around key
St. James’s healthcare campus will soon extend a range of            areas. These key clinical areas align with the pillars of
services to support the needs of its patients from infancy to        science supported by Trinity College on campus, the main
old age. There will be enormous scope for clinical innovation,       pillars being Cardiovascular Health, Cancer, Ageing, and
job creation, economic and business opportunities with               Inflammation.
integration of diverse specialties and expertise.

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Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology - School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital Dublin
School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin                        •   Occupational Therapy
                                                                      http://www.tcd.ie/medicine/ occupational-therapy/
The School of Medicine is recognised as one of the world’s            undergraduate/
top medical schools; 89th in the QS ranking, 2019 and 1st
                                                                  •   Radiation Therapy
in Ireland. The School operates across multiple sites, both
                                                                      http://www.tcd.ie/medicine/ radiation-therapy/
within the College and adjacent, in addition to several
major clinical campuses including St. James’s Hospital and        •   Human Nutrition & Dietetics
Tallaght University Hospital, delivering multidisciplinary            http://www.tcd.ie/ medicine/nutrition-dietetics/
education across all levels of healthcare and carrying out            undergraduate/
world-class research. The main School Office is located in
                                                                  •   Human Health and Disease
the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute. The School has
                                                                      http://www.tcd.ie/medicine/physiology/undergraduate/
approximately 1000 staff (employed/affiliated) within 24
                                                                      human_health_disease/
Disciplines/Academic Units, 1500 undergraduate students
and 500 registered postgraduate students, with a wide range       The School is an international leader in postgraduate
of additional formal linkages to key College and external         education and provides a vibrant environment for
Centres/Institutes.                                               postgraduate study. The School offers over 20 taught
                                                                  MSc/ Diploma programmes spanning a broad spectrum of
The mission of the School of Medicine at Trinity College is
                                                                  medical and scientific disciplines, and research students
to facilitate and provide medical education to the highest
                                                                  work towards the degrees of PhD, MSc, MD or MCh. Over
international standards; to train clinicians who are equipped
                                                                  the past years, the School of Medicine has consistently
to fulfil their professional roles in a caring, competent and
                                                                  maintained its position as a leading Research School in
patient centred manner; to produce individuals, who through
                                                                  Trinity. This outstanding achievement has been possible
critical thinking and outstanding professional and ethical
                                                                  through adherence to a focused approach to research in the
standards, will become leaders in their field of practice. The
                                                                  biomedical sciences.
School aims to be a leading research-intensive institution
that fosters life-long learning in its graduates in preparation   The following research fields have been developing as the
for postgraduate training. It aims to integrate its educational   areas of particular emphasis:
obligations with other missions for high-quality patient          •   Immunology and Infection
care, research excellence and new knowledge generation.           •   Molecular Medicine
The School embraces an ethos of social responsibility,            •   Ageing
accountability, public service and community involvement,         •   Neuroscience
and is dedicated to meeting the health care needs of the          •   Cancer
wider community by training doctors to practice medicine          •   Population Health
with integrity, and a deep understanding of the impact of         •   Clinical Research and Trials
psycho-social influences and inequity on health and disease.
                                                                  The School recently established the Trinity Translational
The School currently offers the following undergraduate           Medicine Institute (TTMI), which incorporates the Institute
degree courses:                                                   of Molecular Medicine, the Sir Patrick Dun laboratories,
•   Medicine                                                      and consolidates research with the Mercers Institute for
    http://www.tcd.ie/medicine/ug-med/                            Successful Ageing, the Centre for Advanced Medical Imaging
                                                                  and the Wellcome Trust/HRB Clinical Research Facility at
•   Physiotherapy
                                                                  St. James’s Hospital. The aim of TTMI is to consolidate
    http://www.tcd.ie/medicine/physiotherapy/
                                                                  patient orientated research across Trinity College and
    undergraduate/
                                                                  its affiliated hospitals creating a viable process, based
                                                                  on international best practice, for delivering basic to
                                                                  translational biomedical research.

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Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology - School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital Dublin
APPLICATION INFORMATION

                Applications will only be accepted via our e-recruitment system at
                                         http://jobs.tcd.ie

Applicants must provide the following information when applying for this position:

1.   Cover letter (1 x A4 pages maximum).

2.   Comprehensive curriculum vitae including full data on publications.

3.   Names and contact details (i.e., addresses and e-mail) of three referees who will be in a position to
     provide references.

4.   Research statement (2 x A4 pages maximum).

5.   Teaching statement (2 x A4 pages maximum).

6.   A statement of the candidate’s vision for their contribution in a leadership role in the School of Medicine
     (1 X A4 pages maximum).

PLEASE NOTE:

•    Applicants who do not address the application requirements above will not be considered at the
     short list stage.

•    Applicants should note that the interview process for this appointment will include the delivery of
     a presentation.

          Further Information for Applicants
          •   URL Link to Trinity College Dublin: https://www.tcd.ie

          •   URL Link to School of Medicine: https://www.tcd.ie/medicine/

          •   URL Link to Human Resources: https://www.tcd.ie/hr/

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Royal City of Dublin Hospital Trust Chair of Cardiology - School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital Dublin
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
Trinity is Ireland’s leading university and is ranked 108th in     Trinity is the top-ranked European university for producing
the world (QS World University Rankings 2020). Founded in          entrepreneurs for the past five successive years and Europe’s
1592, the University is steeped in history with a reputation for   only representative in the world’s top-50 universities
excellence in education, research and innovation.                  (Pitchbook Universities Report).

Located on an iconic campus in the heart of Dublin’s city          Trinity is home to the famous Old Library and to the historic
centre, Trinity has 18,000 undergraduate and postgraduate          Book of Kells as well as other internationally significant
students across our three faculties – Arts, Humanities, and        holdings in manuscripts, maps and early printed material.
Social Sciences; Engineering, Mathematics and Science; and         The Trinity Library is a legal deposit library, granting the
Health Sciences.                                                   University the right to claim a copy of every book published
                                                                   in Ireland and the UK. At present, the Library’s holdings span
Trinity is ranked as the 17th most international university in     approximately 6.5 million printed items, 400,000 e-books and
the world (Times Higher Education Rankings 2020) and has           150,000 e-journals.
students and staff from over 120 countries.
                                                                   With over 120,000 alumni, Trinity’s tradition of independent
The pursuit of excellence through research and scholarship         intellectual inquiry has produced some of the world’s finest,
is at the heart of a Trinity education, and our researchers        most original minds including the writers Oscar Wilde and
have an outstanding publication record and strong record           Samuel Beckett (Nobel laureates), the mathematician
of grant success. Trinity has developed 19 broad-based             William Rowan Hamilton and the physicist, Ernest Walton
multidisciplinary research themes that cut across disciplines      (Nobel laureate), the political thinker Edmund Burke, and
and facilitate world-leading research and collaboration within     the former President of Ireland Mary Robinson. This tradition
the University and with colleagues around the world. Trinity       finds expression today in a campus culture of scholarship,
is also home to 5 leading flagship research institutes:            innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and dedication to
   n     Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI)              societal reform.

   n     Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN)          Rankings
   n     Trinity Translational Medical Institute (TTMI)            Trinity is the top ranked university in Ireland and ranked
                                                                   108th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2020).
   n     Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities                 Trinity ranks in the top 50 in the world on 4 subjects and in
         Research Institute (TLRH)                                 the top 100 in 18 subjects (QS World University Rankings by
                                                                   Subject 2020).
   n     Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures
         and Nanodevices (CRANN)                                   Full details are available at:
                                                                   www.tcd.ie/research/about/rankings

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The Selection Process in Trinity

The Selection Committee (Interview Panel) may include             Applications from non-EEA citizens are welcomed. However,
members of the Academic and Administrative community              eligibility is determined by the Department of Business,
together with External Assessor(s) who are expert in the area.    Enterprise and Innovation and further information on the
Applications will be acknowledged by email. If you do not         Highly Skills Eligible Occupations List is set out in Schedule
receive confirmation of receipt within one day of submitting      3 of the Regulations and the Ineligible Categories of
your application online, please contact the named Recruitment     Employment are set out in Schedule 4 of the Regulations.
Partner on the job specification immediately and prior to
the closing date/time. Given the degree of co-ordination and      Non-EEA candidates should note that the onus is on them to
planning to have a Selection Committee available on the           secure a visa to travel to Ireland prior to interview. Non-EEA
specified date, the University regrets that it may not be in a    candidates should also be aware that even if successful at
position to offer alternate selection dates. Where candidates     interview, an appointment to the post is contingent on the
are unavailable, reserves may be drawn from a shortlist.          securing of an employment permit.
Outcomes of interviews are notified in writing to candidates
and are issued no later than 5 working days following the
selection day. In some instances, the Selection Committee may
avail of telephone or video conferencing.

The University’s selection methods may consist of any or all of
the following: Interviews, Presentations, Psychometric Testing,
References and Situational Exercises. It is the policy of the
University to conduct pre-employment medical screening/full
pre-employment medicals. Information supplied by candidates
in their application (Cover Letter and CV) will be used to
shortlist for interview.

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Equal Opportunities Policy                                            Pension Entitlements
Trinity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed           This is a pensionable position and the provisions of the Public
to employment policies, procedures and practices which do             Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004
not discriminate on grounds such as gender, civil status, family      will apply in relation to retirement age for pension purposes.
status, age, disability, race, religious belief, sexual orientation   Details of the relevant Pension Scheme will be provided to the
or membership of the travelling community. On that basis we           successful applicant.
encourage and welcome talented people from all backgrounds
to join our staff community.                                          Applicants should note that they will be required to complete
                                                                      a Pre-Employment Declaration to confirm whether or not
Trinity’s Diversity Statement can be viewed in full at                they have previously availed of an Irish Public Service Scheme
https://www.tcd.ie/diversity-inclusion/diversity-statement.           of incentivised early retirement or enhanced redundancy
                                                                      payment. Applicants will also be required to declare any
                                                                      entitlements to a Public Service pension benefit (in payment or
                                                                      preserved) from any other Irish Public Service employment.

                                                                      Applicants formerly employed by the Irish Public Service that
                                                                      may previously have availed of an Irish Public Service Scheme
                                                                      of Incentivised early retirement or enhanced redundancy
                                                                      payment should ensure that they are not precluded from re-
                                                                      engagement in the Irish Public Service under the terms of such
                                                                      Schemes. Such queries should be directed to an applicant’s
                                                                      former Irish Public Service Employer in the first instance.

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Garda Clearance                                                   Applicants should be aware that any information obtained
                                                                  in the Garda Vetting process can be made available to the
Police vetting will be sought in respect of individuals who       employing area.
come under consideration for a post.
                                                                  It is the responsibility of the applicant to seek security
PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will be required to complete              clearances in a timely fashion as they can take some time. No
and return a Garda vetting form should they come under            applicant will be appointed without this information being
consideration for appointment. In some cases they may be          provided and being in order.
requested to complete the form on the day of interview. This
form will be forwarded to An Garda Síochána (Irish Police)
for security checks on all Irish addresses at which they have           The following websites may be of assistance in
resided. An Garda Síochána will make enquiries with the                 this regard:
Police Service of Northern Ireland with respect to addresses
in Northern Ireland. If an applicant is not successful in               • www.disclosurescotland.co.uk
obtaining the post for whatever reason, this information                • www.psni.police.uk
will be destroyed. If an applicant, therefore, subsequently
comes under consideration for another position, they will be            This website provides information on obtaining
required to supply this information again.                              a national police clearance certificate for
                                                                        Australia:
While applicants must complete information in relation to
all addresses at which they have resided, the vetting is only           • www.afp.gov.au
done on addresses on the island of Ireland.                             This website provides information on obtaining
If an applicant has resided / studied in countries outside of           police clearance in New Zealand.
Ireland for a period of 6 months or more, it is mandatory               • www.courts.govt.nz
for them to furnish a Police Criminal Records Check/ Police
Certificate from those countries stating that they have no
convictions recorded against them while residing there.
                                                                  For other countries not listed above applicants may find it
Applicants will need to provide a separate Police Criminal
                                                                  helpful to contact the relevant embassies who could provide
Records Check/ Police Certificate for each country in which
                                                                  information on seeking Police Clearance. Original Police
they have resided. The Police Criminal Records Check/ Police
                                                                  Clearance documentation should be forwarded to Human
Certificate must be dated after the date the applicant left the
                                                                  Resources where it will be copied and the original returned to
relevant country. Applicants should provide documentation
                                                                  the applicant by post. Any cost incurred in this process will
in the English and/or Irish language. Translations must be
                                                                  be borne by the Applicant.
provided by a registered translation company/institute in the
Republic of Ireland; all costs will be borne by the applicant.
Only original version documents will be accepted.

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Application Procedure
           Applicants should submit all required documentation as per application information
                                              set out above.

                    APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED BY E-RECRUITMENT
                                            http://jobs.tcd.ie
                           If you have any application queries, please contact:
                              Senior Appointments, Human Resources,
                       House No. 4, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
                                  Email: senior.appointments@tcd.ie

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