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 individuals and their families to develop 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, independence, and support.
Description
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.
As an equal opportunities employer, Enable Ireland proudly holds a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity and is dedicated to fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement.
We are currently seeking a highly‑motivated Senior Physiotherapist to join our team in Cork Children’s Services, Curraheen, Cork.
Contract Type: Permanent.
Contract Hours: Full‑time
Salary Scale: €59,662 to 70,624 pro rata per annum.
Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days pro rata per annum.
Overview of the Post
Enable Ireland delivers children’s services through the Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNT) under the national Progressing Disabilities Services (PDS) model for children and young people with complex needs arising from a disability. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a range of Physiotherapy services for young people (0‑18 years) and their families within an interdisciplinary framework, including assessment, intervention, clinical supervision and ongoing service development. Services will be delivered in a family‑centred approach across a variety of settings, including the clinic, preschools, schools, children’s homes and community settings.
Duties & Responsibilities
Please see the full job description for the complete list.
Qualifications & Requirements
* Registered or eligible for registration on the Physiotherapists Register with CORU at time of application and able to provide proof of statutory registration.
* At least three years of clinical experience working as a physiotherapist.
* High standard of suitability and professional ability for the proper discharge of duties of the office.
* On appointment, maintain annual registration on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU.
* Provide confirmation of annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.
* Full clean driver’s licence and own transport.
* 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, neuro‑developmental approaches, neuro‑affirmitive approaches.
* 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.
Benefits
* Excellent internal and external training opportunities.
* Generous annual leave entitlements.
* Long service reward scheme.
* Pay-adjusted maternity leave, adoptive leave and paternity leave.
For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here: Benefits.
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: 11th November 2025
A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies that 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, 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 applicants’ personal information. If you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with any virtual service provider we use to host the interview and 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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