Occupational Therapist Senior Grade

Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2023.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Bronze Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to join our team in

CHO 8 Meath CDNT 4 Dunshaughlin / East Meath based in Bettystown

Contract Type: This is a Permanent Full Time Contract.

Contract Hours: 1.0 WTE 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €57,771 to €68,385 pro rata per annum

Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement:

Annual leave entitlement is 33 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post:

To work as a senior member of the inter-disciplinary team providing services to children and families within the region. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of an occupational therapy service to include assessment diagnostics and intervention, clinical and performance supervision and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities in the service. Services are provided to children aged 0 – 18 years with significant complex intervention needs and may include physical, sensory, learning disabilities, developmental delay and autism.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

Essential Criteria:

i. Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU (https://www.coru.ie/)

And

ii. Have three years full time (or an aggregrate of three years) post qualification clinical experience

And

iii. Have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office

And

iv. Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued

Annual Registration

i. On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU

And

ii. Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to the Enable Ireland

· Be eligible to work in the State

· Valid driving licence for within the state / jurisdiction with access to own transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area

Desirable Criteria:

· Relevant post graduate training specific to 0 – 18 years, such as Sensory Integration, Bobath, NDT, Feeding, Postural Management, etc

· Relevant training and experience in the assessment and intervention of children with autism.

· Experience of supervising basic grade occupational therapists and/or students.

· 2 or more years working in paediatric services with children with a variety of disabilities and/or complex needs

· Minimum of 1 year post qualification experience of working with children with a range of disabilities / developmental delay and their families.

· Experience in conducting Assessment of Need.

· Experience of working with children aged 0 – 18 years and their families.

· Relevant current experience prescribing and monitoring equipment based on children’s’ needs

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

Benefits

As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

· Excellent internal and external training opportunities

· Generous annual leave entitlements

· Flexible Working

· Long service reward scheme

· Pay adjusted Maternity Leave

· Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave

· Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

· Wellbeing benefits

· Pension

For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click on the Employee Benefits link below:

https://www.enableireland.ie/about-us/careers/employee-benefits

What now?

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and

complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: Friday 2nd August 2024 @ 12 noon

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months in CH08

· The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.

· Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.

· Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.

· The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.

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