Overview
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.
Responsibilities
* Deliver Occupational Therapy services for acute patients in the 25 bedded step down unit.
* Work within a multi-disciplinary team to coordinate and expedite patient discharges from the step-down unit.
* Coordinate and supervise the Therapy Assistant.
* Act as the link 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.
Qualifications & Experience
* A recognised qualification as an Occupational Therapist and ideally current CORU registration (or 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 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.
* Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and flexibility in work practice.
* Excellent verbal and written English.
Benefits
* Competitive salary depending on experience (€63,912 - €75,254).
* 35 hour working week.
* Excellent supervision and a focus on developing assessment and intervention strengths with continuous training and development sessions and an individualized training plan.
* Further career progression opportunities within the service.
* Relocation and onboarding package including flights and 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.
Additional information
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.
How to apply
Candidates interested in the role must email your CV to brian.murray@cplhealthcare.com or call Brian Murray on +353 1 482 5421 / +353 87 222 6752.
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