Senior Physiotherapist

Overview
Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland. Enable Ireland is named as one of Ireland's Best Employers 2024. The organisation holds a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity and advocates for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement. We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Physiotherapist to join our Cork Childrens Services, Curraheen, Cork.

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: Full-time

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

Overview of the Post
Enable Ireland delivers children’s services under the national Progressing Disabilities Services (PDS) model for children and young people with complex needs arising from a disability. As a Lead Agency within this model, Enable Ireland has responsibility for the delivery of services to children assigned to Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNT) within designated network areas. Services are provided in accordance with legislative and service delivery frameworks and requirements, within the resources allocated. As a senior member of the interdisciplinary team, the post holder will be responsible for the provision of physiotherapy services, including assessment and intervention to children and adolescents enrolled on the CDNT. Services will be provided across a variety of settings including the clinic, schools, preschools and special schools, children’s homes and community settings.

Responsibilities
Please See Job Description For Full List

Qualifications
The successful candidate will have:

Essential Criteria:

Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Physiotherapists Register with CORU at time of application and provide proof of statutory registration before a contract of employment can be issued.

Have three years’ clinical experience working as a physiotherapist.

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.

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

Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.

Full clean Drivers Licence.

Desirable Criteria:

Clinical experience working with children and their families as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Relevant postgraduate experience and training specific to children with disabilities (0-18 years) e.g. postural management, neurodevelopmental approaches, neuroaffinitive approaches.

Hydrotherapy experience

Experience in identification of secondary impairments associated with children with complex disability/physical disability.

Experience providing clinical supervision to basic grade PTs and/or students.

Access to own transport.

Benefits

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

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: 16th September 2025 noon

Note: A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise 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 reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.

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