Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist
Location: Portlaoise
Hours: 35 hours per week
Position: Full time
Contract: 1 year specified purpose contract
Role Overview
Are you a dedicated and passionate Senior Occupational Therapist looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children and families with disabilities? Do you want to be part of a dynamic child disability team that facilitates life-changing interventions?
This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled and experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to further their career while becoming part of a collaborative and interdisciplinary team dedicated to supporting children with complex needs.
Meet Your Potential Employer
Charlene Cooke Healthcare Recruitment is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic Child Disability Team in Portlaoise.
Key Responsibilities
Organize individual and group caseloads, including assessments, interventions, and diagnosis for children (0-18 years) with disabilities such as physical, sensory, and learning disabilities, developmental delays, and autism.
Foresee potential challenges or competing priorities and take appropriate action to maintain service standards.
Foster a sense of accountability for service delivery within the team, ensuring value for money.
Monitor, record, and report performance outcomes and service delivery statistics to meet targets.
Show innovation in managing resources to sustain and enhance service quality.
Provide line management and clinical supervision to basic grade occupational therapists, volunteers, and students as required.
Demonstrate sufficient clinical skills in occupational therapy assessment, intervention, and diagnostics to meet the specific needs of children with disabilities.
Offer occupational therapy services including assessment, intervention, clinical supervision, and ongoing care to children in the early intervention service.
Requirements
Be registered, or eligible for registration, as an Occupational Therapist with CORU.
Have at least 3 years of full-time (or equivalent part-time) post-qualification clinical experience.
Hold full CORU Registration.
Experience working with children with disabilities, including physical, sensory, intellectual, and autism spectrum disorder.
Relevant postgraduate training related to child disability services.
Specific experience in assessing and supporting children with autism and other disabilities.
Experience in working with children with life-limiting conditions.
Previous experience in a Senior Occupational Therapy role.
Familiarity with assessments under the AON process.
What to Expect
The chance to work independently and collaboratively, allowing you to make informed decisions that shape the care provided.
Extensive professional development, clinical support, and mentorship to enhance your career growth.
Joining a close-knit and experienced expert Interdisciplinary team.