Blackrock Health Group has announced it is to create 1,000 in Dublin and Galway over the next five years.
The roles will result from a €500m investment by the group in the expansion of its operations.
The cash injections will be in the Blackrock and Hermitage Clinics in Dublin and the Galway Clinic.
The group also owns the Limerick Clinic.
Among the new facilities will be 187 beds, 77 of which will be in-patient with the other 110 ambulatory care.
There will also be the addition of 14 new operating theatres, six new cardiac cath labs and a cancer centre.
“As our population continues to grow and age with more people living longer, we must always focus on their future healthcare needs,” said Dr Caroline Whelan, Group CEO, Blackrock Health.
“To continue delivering against our commitment to provide world-class clinical care, we are investing a further €500 million into Blackrock Clinic, Hermitage Clinic and Galway Clinic to future proof the changing healthcare landscape.
“We will hire 1,000 people to ensure that we can continue to serve our patients in-line with their evolving and growing health needs.”
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Once complete the growth will bring to 4,000 the number of people employed by the organisation.
The larger group will have 808 beds, including 495 for in-patients and 313 for day cases.
It will also have 36 operating theatres and 10 cardiac cath labs.
Blackrock Clinic is to get 47 new in-patient beds and 63 ambulatory care beds, along with five new operating theatres, two new cardiac cath labs and the new cancer centre with two radiation suites and a larger medical oncology unit.
Twenty-five new ambulatory care beds will be added to the Hermitage Clinic, alongside four new operating theatres, two new endoscopy suites, two refurbished cardiac cath labs and one new one, as well as a new eye health clinic.
In the west, the Galway Clinic will receive 30 new in-patient beds and seven new ambulatory care beds for cardiology patients.
An additional 15 ambulatory care beds, five new operating theatres, a new cardiac cath lab and a cardiac CT scanner will also be added.
The Blackrock Health Group is controlled by businessman Larry Goodman.
Last year the private hospitals cared for more than 360,000 patients.
