Company/Organisation Profile

The National Rehabilitation University Hospital (NRH) provides Complex Specialist Rehabilitation services to patients who, as a result of an accident, illness or Injury, have acquired a physical or cognitive disability and who require specialist medical rehabilitation.

The National Rehabilitation Hospital:

• Is the only Hospital of its type in the country
• Is a single entity, publicly funded Voluntary Hospital
• Provides Specialist Rehabilitation services, delivered by Medical Consultant-led Interdisciplinary Teams
• Services are delivered to Adult and Paediatric patients from throughout Ireland, through our comprehensive Inpatient and Outpatient Programmes at the NRH

The NRH, backed by over 50 years’ experience, clinical expertise and a solid reputation for excellence, provides patients with every opportunity to meet their rehabilitation goals through personalised treatment plans delivered by the Consultant-led Interdisciplinary Teams at NRH.

Rehabilitation Programmes at NRH are tailored to meet the individual needs of adult and paediatric patients in the following areas of specialty:

• Brain Injury (including traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury, Stroke, and other neurological conditions)
• Spinal Cord System of Care (including traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury)
• Prosthetic, Orthotic and Limb Absence Rehabilitation (POLAR)
• Paediatric-Family Centred Rehabilitation

Placement Details

The event is on annually in January and is open to all senior cycle 2nd level students who are interested in a career in healthcare in such areas as Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Medical Social Work, Music and Art Therapy, Nursing, Medicine, Psychology or Speech and Language Therapy.

The event will:

• Give an overview of a patients’ experience of rehabilitation and the NRH
• Outline what it’s like to work as a therapist in the NRH
• Give some details of undergraduate and post-graduate training needed to qualify in Health and Social Care Profession (HSCP) disciplines
• Finish with a Q&A session

How to Apply

Interested students can register to attend this event and find out more details by emailing [email protected] from September each year.