Senior Occupational Therapist – Surgery, South Dublin, Ireland
Cpl Healthcare in partnership with a leading acute hospital in South Dublin are recruiting for a Senior Occupational Therapist in the Surgery service.
As the Senior OT, you will be responsible for the delivery of Occupational Therapy services for acute patients transferred to a 25 bedded step down unit.
This is a new post involve multi-disciplinary team working to coordinate and expedite patient discharges from the steo-down unit as well as coordinating and supervising the Therapy Assistant. You will also be the link person between community and hospital care, and work closely with the Senior OTs in Acute Services and Discharge Planning to facilitate equipment provision and discharge planning
This position offers an excellent salary, relocation package and training and development opportunities.
The Hospital is a provider of local, regional and national specialties. It is also a national urology centre, the second largest provider of dialysis services in the country, a regional orthopaedic trauma centre and a designated trauma unit.
This position offers the following benefits:
· Competitive salary depending on experience (€63, - €75,)
· 35 hour working week
· Excellent supervision and a focus on developing assessment and interventions strengths as well as continuous Training and Development sessions with a dedicated and individualised training plan
· Further career progression opportunities within the service
Excellent relocation and onboarding package including flights, accommodation allowance for candidates applying from outside Ireland
· Induction and orientation program
· Assistance with registration with CORU, the Health & Social Care Professionals regulatory authority
· Generous annual leave (30 days) and public holiday (10 days) entitlements per year
· Permanent employment contract including sponsorship of a critical skills employment permit if required
Candidates interested in the role must have:
· A recognised qualification as an Occupational Therapist and ideally current CORU registration of eligible for same.
· At least 3 years full time (or equivalent) post qualification clinical experience in an acute hospital and/or community care setting
· Experience assessing for and providing adaptive and enabling equipment to facilitate discharge from hospital.
· Experience of planning complex discharges including home and access visits
· Experience working with patients requiring specialist seating/wheelchairs.
· Experience in supervision and clinical training of junior staff
· Police clearance from any country lived or worked in for 6 months or more
· Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
· Flexibility in work practice
· Excellent verbal and written English
For further information, please email your c.v. to or call Brian Murray on 1 / 87