More than 60,000 people have registered for the 'Be On Call For Ireland' COVID-19 recruitment drive.
The HSE is now analysing all the information, and has asked everyone who has applied to be patient while they work through the applications.
The focus will primarily be on recruiting health professionals who are not providing care in any healthcare setting already, but who are available for work immediately.
Interviews are already underway with doctors and nurses who fall under this category.
The HSE is also urging healthcare professionals who are currently working part-time to ask their managers to increase their working hours in order to improve capacity across the health service.
It said in a statement that the huge response to the recruitment drive "clearly highlights the support that the people of Ireland have for our health services at this critical juncture for which we are truly grateful".
Anne Marie Hoey, HSE National Director for Human Resources, said; “We want to thank all who have been in contact to assist our health services in answering the call in such numbers through the 'Be on Call for Ireland' initiative.
"The HSE are now analysing all the information from the registrations, and we ask for your continued patience. If you have registered, we may be in contact, please bear with us.”
Health professionals who are not already providing care in a public or private capacity are asked to register their interest on www.hse.ie/oncall.
