Union asks HSE to pull psychology role in South West over lack of consultation

HSE competition for director of psychology in the South-West, which ended on August 1, sought applicants for a post that would oversee the 'psychological service beyond psychology to include... nurses with psychotherapy/counselling training'.

A second union has called for the HSE to withdraw a controversial new job specification which would see psychiatric nurses overseen by the psychology service.

Fórsa, Ireland’s largest public sector union and the main union for psychologists, said it would request, in writing, that the HSE withdraws the new director of psychology role as it had received no consultation or engagement from the health service, either locally in Cork/Kerry or at a national level prior to the role being advertised.