Trinity Health

Post Specification

The successful applicant will be expected to take up post on the 4^th of June. For departments requiring Garda Vetting: Please note that Garda vetting will be sought in respect of individuals who come under consideration for a post.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The College Health Service is working with the Trinity Disability Service to provide summer internship opportunities to disabled students in Trinity.

The free contraception scheme was launched in September 2022, firstly at those aged 17-25 and has now been extended to those 17-31 inclusive. Governments have a central role in changing behaviours. By providing free contraception this eliminates any barriers to access for contraceptive healthcare for those within this age range, creating equitable access to contraceptive healthcare for women.

Subsidising or providing free contraception are governments policy instruments to change behaviours, through addressing them directly or influencing their environment. The majority of our student population fall into the age category between 18-25 years of age, which is our patient demographic meaning that the scheme will target a large proportion of our female students. The purpose of this internship will be to analyse how this scheme has impacted the uptake of contraception in the College Health Service, with a view to looking at a behaviour change when cost is eliminated

Development Opportunities

• The College Health Service a dynamic busy practice, you will gain experience looking in a busy healthcare setting, working with healthcare professionals, looking to statistics, communication, presentation, healthcare polices and how policy influennces healthcare.

Workplan

• You may be asked to send college wide email doddle poll to collect information for this study and use this information for the purpose of this study.
• You will be asked to look at statistics generated automatically from software database and compare them on previous years on the uptake of LARC – long-acting reversible contraception and oral contraception and the uptake since this scheme has come into effect and compare the two.
• You will be asked to look at relevant government healthcare policy
• You will be asked to create a power point slide on your findings
• You will be asked to meet with an established working group within College Health to collect relevant information, this working group will be comprising of, one GP, one Nurse, one administrator from College Health and more.
• You may be asked to present your findings at the end of your internship. The intern’s preference of presentation will be taken into consideration alongside accommodations or support (i.e. presentation skill development) which may be required to deliver this task.

Requirements

• Current student connected with the Trinity Disability Service.
• Have an interest in working within a healthcare setting
• Have an interest in working with a team
• Have a interest in analysing information
• Have an interest in ICT skills eg .presenting findings from this study

Desirable

• Sample: Knowledge of accessibility issues students with disabilities experience in higher education.
• Sample: Experience of creating engaging social media content (video, audio, imagery) across a variety of platforms and delivering key messaging to a diverse population.
• ICT skills

  Person Specification

• Person spec should set out the skills, knowledge, qualifications and experience the employer considers are needed for someone to perform the role to the required standard. Please see note on the bottom of this template for further inclusive practice guidance on this part of the job specification.

Application Procedure

This Job Description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post. As circumstances change it may be necessary to review the responsibilities outlined above.

Candidates should submit a full curriculum vitae alongside a cover letter (1 x A4 page) that specifically addresses their suitability for this role.

Please apply through the below link before the closing date of the 22^nd of March 2024.

Job application link: https://forms.office.com/e/xXQbjcsDqj  

Informal enquiries can be made to Catriona Curran at curranc4@tcd.ie

For further support with the application process please contact askds@tcd.ie or refer to our application booklet attached here.