Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist (Postural and Motor Management)
* Dublin, Ireland
* Full time, Permanent
Who We Are
Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood, our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults, we offer a range of services covering personal development.
Description
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 2024.
Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver 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 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist (Postural and Motor Management) to join our team in CHO6, Dublin South/South East.
Contract Type: This is a permanent, full-time contract.
Contract Hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary Scale: €64,123 – €74,738 pro rata per annum.
Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days per annum.
Overview of the Post:
To provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy services, including advanced and specialised interventions, to support the therapists, service users, and families in CHO6.
The post holder will act as a positive and supportive team leader in their specialism, using their clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to colleagues to support the development of their knowledge and skills, whilst maintaining a clinical caseload on the Children’s Disability Network Team.
The post holder will also participate in ongoing audit and appropriate work-related research/evaluation projects in areas relevant to their clinical field.
Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:
Please download the job description for this post to view a full list of duties.
The successful candidate will have:
1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc:
(a) Candidates for appointment must:
(i) Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
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(ii) Have five years full-time (or equivalent) post-qualification clinical experience, of which four years full-time (or equivalent) must be consecutive in the required area of specialism.
AND
(iii) Demonstrate a proven record of clinical excellence.
AND
(iv) Professional Development and Practice:
Candidates must demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the required area of specialism, in the form of post-graduate qualifications or relevant courses.
AND
Candidates must demonstrate achievement in the areas of clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives, practice development, teaching, and research.
AND
(v) Have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability, management, leadership, and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
AND
(vi) 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.
2. 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 Enable Ireland.
If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.
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
* Long service reward scheme
* Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
* Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
* Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click on the Employee Benefits link below:
To apply, please download the job description and person specification from below for your information and complete the application form.
Closing date for applications: 19th February 2025
A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.
Enable Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.
· 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.
· Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information.
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