The Team

Dr. Jaco Oosthuysen was born and raised in South Africa. He qualified and worked there as a

G.P., till his relocation to Ireland. He obtained membership of the Irish College of General

Practitioners in 2019. Attached a photo of an important milestone in his professional career

when he graduated as an Irish G.P. Dr Molly Owens, who is involved in the post graduate

training program of the I.C.G.P., was equally proud of him and the hard work he has put in. That

day opened new opportunities for our clinic. As an Irish G.P., he qualifies for a GMS list and to

accept patients onto his list. He has been a proud member of the Fethard Medical Centre team

since 2012 and has the dream to take our clinic to the next level. His interest includes

rheumatological conditions like joint pains and intra-articular injections. He finds ECG’s, 24-hour

blood pressure monitor and spirometry tests to evaluate heart, blood pressure and lung

conditions fascinating. He is well able to insert and remove the contraceptive implant, though

he doesn’t recommend it as a routine first line form of contraception. He is interested in mental

health conditions like anxiety, depression and to assist patients in weaning off habit forming

substances. He is registered to provide chronic disease management (CDM), diabetic care, heart

watch, under sixes care, antenatal care, childhood vaccinations and the Covid Vaccine. He is also

interested in intestinal, urological, dermatological, ear-nose and throat problems, Men’s Health,

routine medicals and executive medicals. He enjoys cryotherapy of appropriate skin lesions. He

has a post graduate diploma in Occupational Health and is available for Occupational Health

services. We wish him well and give him our full support in managing the clinic and serving the

community.

MB BCh BAO, Dip. Occupational Med, M.Med.Sc. (Med Ed) Dist., MICGP Dr. Owens has been a

GP in Fethard since 2000 and prior to that worked for 10 years as a GP in the Middle East. She is

originally from Belfast and did her medical degree and postgraduate training in Dublin. She has a

special interest in Occupational Medicine, holding a diploma in occupational medicine, and has

been a member of the ISOM (Irish Society for Occupational Medicine) since 2000. She has an

interest in travel medicine and is a longstanding member of the Travel Medicine Society of

Ireland. Dr Owens is also a medical educationalist, holding a Master’s degree in this area. She

has been CME Tutor for the GPs of South Tipperary since 2006, assisting her colleagues in

keeping up to date with ongoing changes in medical practice, and providing them with the tools

necessary to deliver the best possible care to the local community. She has been an examiner

for the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) since 2006, working to ensure high standards

in newly qualified GPs, and was Chair of the MICGP examination 2014-2019. She is currently

Clinical Director for International Programmes with the ICGP and is Educational Lead for the

non-EU GP Programme, working to ease the shortage of medical manpower in rural General

Practice. She was a member of the Postgraduate Training Committee of ICGP, overseeing all

aspects of Irish GP training, from 2008-2022. She was appointed to the Irish Medical Council

panel of assessors in 2019. She is married with 4 children. She is a member of Fethard Town

Park Board of Management, developing world class health and leisure facilities for Fethard and

surrounding areas.