Medical Card Online

Medical Card Genius!

Medical Card Genius!

Medical Card Online!

It seems the HSE have finally come into the technological world and start to use it to everyone’s advantage.

With delays on everything HSE, between being inundated with applications from the unemployment line to disputes and strikes across the board, it seems everyone is waiting for something from the HSE.

BUT, after much criticism received on the delays and waiting times for medical cards, the HSE have announced their launch of their GP visit or Medical Card online application service.

You can now go online and check if you qualify and if so, you can also go through the motions with their online application service!

Paddy Burke, Head of the HSE’s Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) says, “The service will be of interest to thousands of people who simply wish to verify eligibility”.

He went on to comment on “90% of applicants who automatically qualify for a medical card based on their income will be able to use the website for their cards”.

With a combination of relief from applicants and also the HSE employees workload, this may well be one of the best steps the HSE has taken in recent times.

New Maternity Hospital

Sandyford Maternity gets Go Ahead!

Sandyford Maternity gets Go Ahead!

A new Maternity Hospital planned for Sandyford has finally received approval for planning permission.

The new state of the art maternity hospital will be in Sandyford and will exist for women and children’s hospital needs.

It will hold 127 single patient rooms with the divisions being paediatric, maternity and gynaecolgy sections. It will hold 6 delivery rooms, 12 neonatal intensive care and special care beds.

Alongside these, the maternity hospital will comprise of 4 new theatres, 30 daycare beds 16 clinical suites and 8 urgent care beds.

“The women’s and children’s hospital at beacon would be happy to enter a service level agreement with the HSE to alleviate the present and future capacity issues” said the Beacon Medical Group spokesperson.

Initially privately run, the new Maternity Hospital at Sandyford will also open it’s doors for both public and private patients.

It’s All in the Details

Details Details Details

Details Details Details

Whether you are applying for a Medical Sales job, a Nursing Job or a job in the Medical Device industry, your CV says everything about you from first glance. Whether you get that second glance depends on the contents of your CV. It’s all in the details you have provided.

Where as once upon a time, your title in the medical company you worked for and the dates you worked there were all self explanatory, these days a little more fine tuning is required in the details of your CV.

For example, if you are a Nurse, it is no longer acceptable to simply give the name of the hospitals you have worked in and your title of “Staff Nurse” and hope for the best. You need those extra details of not just the hospital, but the type of ward, the specific duties you carried out on a daily basis. Whether you are Orthopaedics or Cosmetics… it is all in the details.

Similarly, if you are working in the Kitting Department of a Medical Device company, you cannot just assume that your next potential employer will automatically know what your current job entails:

  • Do you deal with QA? How so?
  • Do you have regular contact with R&D? In what capacity?
  • Do you have detailed involvement with Product Development? Explain the details.
  • Have you named or detailed the specific projects you have worked on?

It is a very difficult mission, and although a bit daunting it will be worth it in the end. It is those extra details in this day and age that could get you that second glance.. possibly the job!