Senior Occupational Therapist –Adult Intellectual Disability Residential Care

Dublin - Ireland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Specification and Terms and Conditions

OVERVIEW

Campaign Reference RQ1081

Job Title & Grade Senior Occupational Therapist Adult Intellectual Disability / Residential Care

Tenure - The current vacancy available is a permanent role on a full-time basis. Part time hours will be considered.

Hours of Work 35 Hours the allocation of these hours will be at the discretion of the Department Head and in accordance with needs of service

Department Occupational Therapy

Location of Post - Peamount Healthcare Newcastle Co. Dublin

Working Model - Fully Onsite

Remuneration - *64551 (point 1) to 76007 (point 9)

Annual Leave - As per Health Service Executive (HSE)

Closing Date Friday March 27th 2026

Proposed Interview Date - Wednesday April 8th onsite in Peamount Healthcare

Take Up Appointment - Successful applicant(s) must be available to take up the role within a reasonable timeframe

Reporting Relationship Clare Conlon Ph:

WHO ARE WE

Peamount Healthcare is an independent voluntary organisation that operates in partnership with the HSE Health Region Dublin and Midlands to provide a range of health and social care services. Peamount Healthcare is a registered charity and is directly funded by the HSE under Section 38 of the Health Act 2004. The hospital provides consultant led multidisciplinary specialist rehabilitation services to patients at the right time and in the right place which improve patient outcomes. Peamount Healthcare provides specialist rehabilitation in Neurology Age-Related Respiratory and Rheumatology. The services provided also include continuing care services for the older person adults with neurological disabilities and individuals with intellectual disabilities.

OUR VALUES

Peamount Healthcare is committed to the following values:

Person centred seeing each person as unique giving them a voice and focusing on ability.
Respect creating a supportive environment where everyone is given courteous and respectful care and support.
Excellence enabling interdisciplinary teams to deliver high quality integrated care meaningful outcomes with a focus on continuous improvement.
Team working fostering an inclusive healthy working environment where people are valued and recognised for their individual and shared achievements.
Quality improvement supporting teams to embed continuous improvement methodology as part of everything we do.
Education & Research partnering with academia to support education learning research and evidence-based care.

BENEFITS OF WORKING IN PEAMOUNT

Pension
Yearly Increment
Bike to Work Scheme
Free Parking
Onsite Café
Peamount Choir/Social Groups
Employee Assistance Programme
Educational Funding
Subsidised Canteen
Award Winning Tranquillity Room
Staff/Family Fun Days

PURPOSE OF THE POST

To deliver a high-quality person-centred service primarily to older adults with intellectual disabilities in a residential setting. There will also be opportunity to provide input to other clinical areas including residential care for older persons.

To work in collaboration with the Occupational Therapy Manager in planning developing co-ordinating and evaluating the service to meet the needs of the service users and the objectives of the organisation. The Senior Occupational Therapist will be responsible for the provision and delivery of a high-quality Occupational Therapy service in the designated clinical area(s) and will carry out clinical educational and administrative duties as required.

POINT ON SALARY SCALE

New appointees coming from the private sector will be placed on the minimum point of the scale.
Clinical and Therapy Grades: Incremental credit may be applied for recognised relevant service in Ireland and abroad (Department of Health Circular 2/2011) in the Civil Service local authorities public service health service and other public service bodies and statutory agencies.

Your application must be your own work and reflect your own experiences competencies and skills. Do not use AI to complete the application form.

We are all too aware that imposter syndrome and the confidence gap can sometimes stop fantastic candidates putting themselves forward so please do submit an application wed love to hear from you.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC

Job Specification and Terms and ConditionsOVERVIEWCampaign Reference RQ1081Job Title & Grade Senior Occupational Therapist Adult Intellectual Disability / Residential CareTenure - The current vacancy available is a permanent role on a full-time basis. Part time hours will be considered.Hours of Wo...