UPMC Ireland operates a network of acute hospitals, cancer centres, and specialty clinics across the southeast and beyond, anchored by Whitfield Hospital in Waterford. The organisation is mid-way through a material EHR transition (Cúram implementation), while maintaining core clinical systems (MEDITECH, PACS) and facing near-term operational friction around medication management and data integrity—typical pain points for healthcare providers mid-modernisation. Hiring skews heavily toward clinical roles (234 of 275 open positions), with a concentrated leadership focus on diagnostic imaging, pharmacy, and clinical protocols rather than IT scaling.
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What UPMC Ireland Is Building
◆Challenges
- Medicine shortages
- Improving patient safety
- Reducing errors
- Implementing new ehr system
- Deficiencies in medication management systems
- Cost-effective entry of new medications
- Medication safety incidents
- Low uptake of preventive screening
- Infection control
- Validating data migration
▲Active Projects
- Sop development
- Cúram ehr implementation
- Medicines information resource development
- Accreditation programme
- Clinical guideline development
- Data audit and outcomes tracking
- Quality improvement and accreditation
- Development and implementation of operational policies, protocols, guidelines
- Manage and develop pet ct qa programme
- Development and maintenance of sops
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Diagnostic Imaging Lead, Chief Pharmacist, Care Team Lead, Chief Medical Physicist
