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The aim of this Fellowship is to provide the opportunity for further Post-Graduate education in the area
of Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery. This Fellowship is comprehensive and covers all areas of Foot
and Ankle Surgery including trauma, adult reconstructive, sports medicine (including arthroscopy)and
all aspects of paediatric foot and ankle problems. This Fellowship involves work at the Mater
Misericordiae University Hospital, Children's University Hospital, Cappagh National Orthopaedic
Hospital, Mater Private Hospital, Bons Secure Hospital and Central Remedial Clinic. The Fellow will get
supervised operating experience in 5 sessions per week and will be involved in 3 session of outpatient
clinics.

The Fellow is expected to pursue research projects during the course of his Fellowship and will be
encouraged to present the work at national or internatinal meetings.There is also involvement with
local undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Application:

The candidate for this Fellowship must be eligible for registration with the Medical Council in Ireland
and must have completed a postgraduate orthopaedic training program e.g FRCS (Tr.&Orth) or board
eligible. Applicant is expected therefore to be at the end of their formal orthopaedic training and about
to return to consultant post specialising in foot & ankle Surgery. Applications including a detailed
curriculum vitae and the name of three referees with whom the applicant has worked can be emailed
or posted with a covering letter.

Important Information for Fellows:

Before you leave you need to have:

1. Medical Registration with the Irish Medical Council. The website for medical council is
www.medicalcouncil.ie but if you contact them at registration@mcirl.ie or Ph 353 1 4983100, fax 353 1
4983102 they should be able to send you an application form. It costs 340 euro and they say it takes
about 8 weeks to process. . To expedite the application it is advisable to get one person's name at IMC
registration, and give them a friendly call every few weeks just to make sure everything is on track -
sometimes not even this helps. For non EU citizens, you should apply more than 3 months prior to
arrival and you will have to send your original medical degree and registration certificate. The reason
for starting so early is that first, it takes a long time for them to process the application and secondly,
you need this before Cappagh hospital can apply for your work visa, and without the visa, technically
you can't work and you can't get paid.

2. Medical Indemnity. Go through Medical Protection Society(MPS) . Download an application form
from www.medicalprotection.org (ensure you fill the Irish registration form). It is expensive - 4200
Euro. You do get half of it back, however, from the Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital.

3. Work visa. You need one unless you or your wife are EU citizens. Cappagh hospital's human
resources applies for this on your behalf. Contact Colette in Human Resources
(colette.gleeson@cappagh.ie, ph 353 1 8140391) for this. Remember you need medical registration
first, so try getting the medical council to send (or fax ) your medical registration certificate to Cappagh
hospital.

4. Tax File Number (or your countries local equivalent). Remember it or bring it with you as you need
it for applying for a PPS (SocialSecurity) number here.

5. Car Insurance. You should bring a letter from your car insurance company stating your claim
history. Like anywhere car insurance is much cheaper with a good history. The other catch is they will
not take this history into account if you still hold a policy so either sell your cars before you leave or
take you or your wife's name off the policy. Another problem is that if you are a non EU citizen a lot of
the insurance companies simply won't insure you or regard your foreign drivers licence as the
equivalent of a provisional (ie learner ) licence, hence crank up their fees accordingly. Try Allianz or
AXA- they seemed to ignore both of these obstacles. Also Check the insurance offered by TESCO .

When you arrive you will need:

6. Accommodation. In the past fellows have rented places from registrars here who have gone
elsewhere for fellowships. This is an option if any are available but it will not be much cheaper than
renting something else. All the hospitals you work in are north of the Liffey but are in areas you won't
want to live. In general the south is the most desirable place to live but you would be more reliant on a
car to get to work and the traffic here is an absolute nightmare in peak hour. Clontarf is an ideal
location. It is north but on the coast and is quite a nice area. Its convenient by bus (which comes every
7 minutes) to most of the hospitals (20 min to the city centre then a 20 min walk). A 3 bedroom house
costs around 1350 euro a month. Dublin is not cheap! You could pay less but you'd be looking at either
a 2 bedroom apartment in a similar area or the same house in a dodgy area. A good place to look is
www.daft.ie or www.myhome.ie. For temporary accommodation if you need it on arrival try
www.gullliver.ie. Ideally, have accommodation sorted before you arrive - then you can start the ball
rolling on getting amenities bills to set up bank accounts etc(see below) as soon as you get here. Check
out www.dublinks.com for useful information about dublin.

7. Car. You could survive without one I guess but you will want to see the country a bit and your wife
might find it tough with the kids while you're at work without one. You may be able to borrow one from
a local registrar who's gone overseas or from the previous fellow otherwise you will need to buy one
and sell it when you leave. Renting or leasing is more expensive. Check www.cbg.ie or
www.autotrader.ie or try www.buyandsell.ie for cars. Also try hospital notice boards (especially the
Mater)

8. Bank Account. To open one you need proof of address in Ireland and your passport. You could try
getting Colette in Human Resources at Cappagh to type up a letter when you arrive addressed to you in
Ireland, but they almost certainly won't accept this as proof of address and will require a letter with
your name on it from an amenity eg telephone or electricity.

9. PPS Number. Cappagh need this otherwise you get taxed at a higher rate and your landlord needs
this within a month of you moving in. To get it you again need proof of address, your tax file number or
equivalent, and passport. They may not accept your letter from Cappagh but want to see your rental
agreement as proof of address. Get it at nearest Dept of Social and Family Affairs to where you are
living, otherwise they may redirect you. Your wife may need one as well if you want to apply for child
care benefits.

10. Tax Credit Certificate. You will need your PPS number and Cappagh's taxation number (from
Colette or Anne at Human Resources Dept ) to apply for this. If you want to apply for the married rate
(better than single) you need to produce your marriage certificate. Get this early to avoid what they call
the "emergency" rate of taxation which leaves you a monthly income that will not cover your rent.
Download form 12a at www.revenue.ie and lodge at tax office in Cathedral Street, (off O'Connell
St)Dublin, 1.

11. School: If your kids are school age there are good schools around Clontarf but make sure they are
baptised! Schools are not zoned and it would be best to organise schools prior to arrival. State schools
are usually catholic or church of ireland(protestant) and your acceptance depends on your
denomination.

12. Gym membership. If you are into that sort of thing there is a good one in Clontarf but again it is
expensive (about 400 euro for 3 months or 1000 for 12).Alternatively, try Raheny (next to Clontarf) -
less than ½ this price.

13. Parking. Cappagh: Colette in HR can tell you where to get pass key to staff car park. Temple St:
Get key from medical admin, ask registrar to show you how to get there, the place is a maze. Difficult
to get car out once parked as people park you in and leave mobile number so they can come back and
move their car. Better to park on Gardiner Street Upper (free parking until 4pm but get there before
8am to get a spot. Mater public/private: walk up from Temple Street or catch bus to town and walk up.
Check with Mater admin if want key to their carpark. Bon Secours: Carpark on site, ignore warning
signs about permits, inspectors don't come around until the pm.

On call work is available if you want the money as the salary is only 1900 per month after tax. There is
an allowance for a conference and Mr. Stephens encourages this. He will also get you involved in some
research.

Before you finish you need:

P45: Form from Cappagh to allow you to claim any other tax back. Lodge it after 31st December. Tax
office can send you a cheque.