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ARTHROPLASTY DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT

 

 The Arthroplasty staff  are committed to providing non-discriminatory, holistic, quality patient centred care.

We emphasise safety and health promotion while encouraging patient independence and self-esteem through our core values:

  1. Respect & Dignity – patients are treated with respect & dignity regardless of their race, gender & religion.
  2. Compassion – patients & carers are treated sensitively & with kindness.
  3. Team work- we collaborate with the MDT in the best interest of the patient.
  4. Improving lives- work as part of the orthopaedic team to improve the health & wellbeing of the patient.

Staff

Noreen Lynch CNM2 & Kas Linehan CNM2

Sharon Ryan Clerical Officer

Services provided

  • Nurse led follow-up clinics for patients post total knee & total hip replacement surgery - Routine schedule reviews/telephone assessments post-operatively are at 6mths, 2 years, 5 years & every 5 years there after.
  • Arthroplasty Nurses are managers of the on-site Irish National Orthopaedic Register (INOR)

Contact details

Tel No: 021 4926429/ext:26429 & 021 4926283/ext 26283

Clerical Officer Tel No: 021 4926274/ext 26274

Opening Hours

Nursing Hours

  • 0800-1600 Mon-Fri

Clerical Hours

  • 7.30 - 12.30 Mon, Wed, Thurs & Fri

 

Page last updated: 25/03/2022
 

South Infirmary

Victoria University Hospital



A teaching hospital

of University College Cork