Occupational Therapist, Staff Grade

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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 Staff Grade Occupational Therapist to join our team in CDNT6 Mid Wicklow.

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €43,276 to €57,653 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI's (Long Service Increments). This pay scale is subject to increases in 2025 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 32 days per annum pro rata

Overview of the Post:

To work as a member of the interdisciplinary team providing services to children aged 0-18 years 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 and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities. The post holder will be required to work across a variety of settings including the clinic, schools, preschools and special schools, children's homes and community settings.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please See Job Description For Full List.

The successful candidate will have:

Essential Criteria:

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• Newly graduated applicants should demonstrate evidence that they are in the process of undergoing CORU registration.
• 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.
• 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

• On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.
• Be eligible to work in the State.
• Hold a 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:

• One-year full time post qualification experience working as an Occupational Therapist.
• Occupational Therapy experience of working with children with a disability in a community setting.
• Relevant post graduate experience/training in assessment and intervention in one or more of the following: Postural Management; Upper Limb Intervention Sensory Integration; Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  
  

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 here

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.

NOTE: Enable Ireland welcomes applications from candidates who will be eligible for Professional Registration in the coming months. In the event that candidates are considered for appointment pending their Professional Registration, they may initially be appointed to an assistant grade post.

Closing date for applications: 5 September 2025

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise in Dublin & South East (at the following sites Arklow, Bray, Wicklow, Leopardstown and Sandymount) in during the next 12 months.

• 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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Seniority level

• Seniority levelNot Applicable

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionOther
• IndustriesNon-profit Organizations

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