Physiotherapist Senior Grade

Overview

Enable Ireland is an equal opportunities employer providing services to children and adults with disabilities and their families across 43 locations in 14 counties. Our teams work with individuals and families to plan for each life stage, supporting physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence and into adulthood.

Description

Enable Ireland is a great employer that makes a real difference in the lives of people with disabilities in Ireland. It is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2024. We are an equal opportunities employer with a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity, advocating for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement.

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Physiotherapist to join our team in CHO 8 Meath CDNT 5 Navan/Slane.

Contract Type: This is a permanent part-time contract

Contract Hours: 21 hours per week (0.60 WTE)

Salary Scale: €57,771 to €68,385 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to Long Service Increments (LSI). 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: 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 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 a physiotherapy service including assessment, diagnostics, intervention, and ongoing service delivery to children with a range of disabilities.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities

Please see the Job Description for the full list.

The successful candidate will have

a) Candidates for appointment must:

i. Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU.

And

ii. Have three years full-time (or an aggregate of three years full-time) 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 Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.

And

v. Be eligible to work in the state.

And

vi. Have a valid driving licence for within the state/jurisdiction with access to own transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area.

Annual Registration

1. On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU.

And

2. Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.

- A minimum of 1 year's Paediatric Physiotherapy experience working with children with disabilities
- Experience with managing tone
- Experience with managing posture
- Experience and/or training in clinical supervision
- Group work
- Supervision of other staff and students
- Physiotherapy caseload management
- Experience of delivering education and/or conducting research
- Experience in service development and practice standards development
- Experience in coordinating clinics and leading and working at a consultative level in clinics alongside consultant and other lead therapists
- Experience in managing databases such as hip surveillance, surgery, Botulinum Toxin, etc., and conducting audits

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

Benefits

- 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 and conditions, please click here.

What now?

To apply, 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: Monday 29 September 2025 at 12:00

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies that may arise during the next 12 months in the region.

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 a 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 Enable Ireland's External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicants' personal information. If you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with any virtual service provider used to host the interview and with the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy.

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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