HSE facing calls to defend decision to launch a controversial new job specification

Cork councillor and clinical psychologist Liam Quaide said the appointment itself 'needs to be referred to the Oireachtas Health Committee for scrutiny'.

The HSE is facing calls to defend its decision to launch a controversial new job specification without consulting with unions and staff.

Last week the HSE “paused” its competition to recruit a Director of Psychology for the southwest, a job spec which had caused an industrial relations row given it would have seen some psychiatric nurses overseen by the psychology service, rather than the local director of nursing.