Job Tag: Community Occupational Therapist

Staff Grade Occupational Therapist (Older person)

Job: Staff Grade Occupational Therapist – Dublin Southwest Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons
Job Type: Part-time maternity leave cover, 17.5 hours per week
Location: Clondalkin Primary Care Centre,
Salary: HSE Salary Scale, Staff Grade Occupational Therapist

Excel Healthcare is recruiting a Staff Grade Occupational Therapist for the Dublin South West Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons. This is a part-time maternity leave cover role based in Clondalkin Primary Care Centre.

The successful candidate will support older persons through high-quality, person-centred Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention, working closely with a well-established multidisciplinary team focused on independence, safety, and quality of life.

Working days and times can be negotiated across Monday to Friday, 9-5, with the exception of a requirement to work Wednesday mornings from 09:30-11:30.

The successful candidate will:

  • Provide Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention, and recommendations for older persons within the Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons.
  • Work from the Integrated Care Hub, Block B, Level 1, Clondalkin Primary Care Centre, Dublin 22, while carrying out regular home visits as a key part of the role.
  • Use clinical knowledge of dementia care, aids and appliances, and assistive technology to support safe, practical outcomes for service users.
  • Travel as required to carry out the duties of the role, so access to own transport and a full drivers’ licence are essential.

About the Role

The Occupational Therapist will deliver a high-quality Occupational Therapy service for older persons, supporting assessment, functional independence, environmental recommendations, and practical interventions that promote safety and wellbeing in the community. Home visits are a significant part of this role, allowing the Occupational Therapist to assess each person’s needs within their own environment and recommend practical supports that make daily life safer and more manageable.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Carry out Occupational Therapy assessments and develop appropriate intervention plans for older persons.
  • Support people living with dementia through person-centred assessment and practical recommendations.
  • Prescribe and advise on aids, appliances, and equipment to support independence and safety.
  • Assess and recommend assistive technology where appropriate.
  • Work collaboratively with service users, families, carers, and a well-established multidisciplinary team.
  • Maintain accurate clinical records and documentation in line with professional and organisational standards.

Requirements:

  • CORU registration as an Occupational Therapist is essential.
  • Recognised Occupational Therapy qualification.
  • Knowledge and experience working with people living with dementia.
  • Knowledge and experience in aids and appliances prescription.
  • Knowledge and experience in assistive technology.
  • Access to own transport and full drivers’ licence to carry out the duties of the role.
  • Garda vetting will be required for this post.

What you need to do now:

For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or telephone 00353 89 9455139.

Senior Grade Occupational Therapist

Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist – Adult Primary Care
Location: Ballyfermot Primary Care Centre
Contract Type: Full-time (35 hours per week, Monday-Friday)
Salary: HSE Pay Scales

Excel Recruitment are recruiting a Senior Occupational Therapist on behalf of a well established Primary Care Team based in Ballyfermot Primary Care Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for an adult-trained Occupational Therapist to lead and deliver a high-quality, adult-focused Occupational Therapy service within a community setting.

Overview:

The successful candidate will deliver evidence based Occupational Therapy interventions for adults presenting with a wide range of physical, cognitive, and functional needs.

You will have a comprehensive clinical induction, access to some HSE training as required by the role (determined by OT manager).

You will have a clinical supervision with an Occupational Therapy manager. And peer support of a small, but experienced, OT Department.

Clinical Responsibilities:

  • Provide high-quality assessment, intervention, and review for adult clients, particularly older adults and individuals living with frailty.
  • Conduct home visits to assess functional ability, safety, environmental supports, and recommend appropriate equipment or adaptations.
  • Deliver interventions focused on functional rehabilitation, falls prevention, cognitive assessment, and environmental modification.
  • Provide client-centred interventions in outpatient and community settings, developing tailored rehabilitation programmes and education plans.
  • Develop, implement, and evaluate goal-focused care plans using best practice and sound clinical reasoning.
  • Monitor outcomes and adapt interventions in collaboration with clients, families, carers, and MDT colleagues.
  • Provide education and guidance to families and carers to support independence at home.
  • Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary Primary Care Team, including Physiotherapists, Public Health Nurses, GPs, Social Workers, Speech and Language Therapists, and other allied health professionals.
  • Liaise with hospitals, community services, voluntary agencies, and relevant stakeholders to ensure coordinated and integrated care.
  • Participate in integrated care pathways and frailty initiatives, including joint assessments where required.
  • Contribute to discharge planning, advocacy, and community reintegration.
  • Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support to junior staff, therapy assistants, and students.

Requirements

  • CORU registration as an Occupational Therapist (essential).
  • Recognised CORU-approved qualification in Occupational Therapy.
  • Min 3 years experience
  • Preferably 1 year adult primary care, adult medical, adult disability, seating, complex cases, neurological or palliative care experience.
  • Access to a car (almost all work is taking place in service users homes in / around the Ballyfermot / Palmerston / Inchicore / Cherry Orchard area).
  • Have an enthusiastic attitude and be keen to take on what is a challenging work environment -meaning lower than average staffing levels, and lengthy waiting times.
  • Strong knowledge of equipment prescription, assistive technology, and environmental modifications.
  • Experience working within a multidisciplinary and interagency framework.
  • Excellent communication, clinical reasoning, and documentation skills.

Apply Today

For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or contact Charlene by telephone 089-9455139.

Staff Grade Occupational Therapist (Adults)

Job Title: Occupational Therapist – Adult Primary Care
Location: Clondalkin Primary Care Centre
Contract Type: Full-time (35 hours per week, Monday-Friday)
Salary: HSE Pay Scales

Excel Recruitment are recruiting an Occupational Therapist on behalf of a well established Primary Care Team based in Clondalkin Primary Care Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for an adult trained Occupational Therapist to lead and deliver a high quality, adult-focused Occupational Therapy service within a community setting.

You’ll be joining a Primary Care service where your ideas matter, your growth is encouraged, and your contribution genuinely improves quality of life for adults living in Ballyfermot, Palmerstown, Inchicore, Cherry Orchard, Clondalkin, and surrounding areas

Overview:

  • Preferably have adult primary care / adult medical / adult disability / seating / complex cases / neurological / palliative care experience.
  • Need to have access to a car (almost all work is taking place in service users homes in / around the CHN Ballyfermot area (Ballyfermot / Palmerston / Inchicore / Cherry Orchards area) or CHN Clondalkin area (Fonthill, Rowlagh, Neilstown, Clondalkin, Deansrath)
  • Preferably the candidate(s) would also have an enthusiastic attitude and be keen to take on what is a challenging work environment -meaning lower than average staffing levels, and lengthy waiting times.

Clinical Responsibilities:

  • Provide high-quality assessment, intervention, and review for adult clients, particularly older adults and individuals living with frailty.
  • Conduct home visits to assess functional ability, safety, environmental supports, and recommend appropriate equipment or adaptations.
  • Deliver interventions focused on functional rehabilitation, falls prevention, cognitive assessment, and environmental modification.
  • Provide client-centred interventions in outpatient and community settings, developing tailored rehabilitation programmes and education plans.
  • Develop, implement, and evaluate goal-focused care plans using best practice and sound clinical reasoning.
  • Monitor outcomes and adapt interventions in collaboration with clients, families, carers, and MDT colleagues.
  • Provide education and guidance to families and carers to support independence at home.
  • Participate in integrated care pathways and frailty initiatives, including joint assessments where required.
  • Contribute to discharge planning, advocacy, and community reintegration.
  • Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support to junior staff, therapy assistants, and students.

Requirements

  • CORU registration as an Occupational Therapist (essential).
  • Recognised CORU-approved qualification in Occupational Therapy.
  • Preferably have some adult primary care, adult medical, adult disability, seating, complex cases, neurological or palliative care experience.
  • Access to a car (almost all work is taking place in service users homes in / around the Ballyfermot / Palmerston / Inchicore / Cherry Orchard area).
  • Have an enthusiastic attitude and be keen to take on what is a challenging work environment -meaning lower than average staffing levels, and lengthy waiting times.
  • Strong knowledge of equipment prescription, assistive technology, and environmental modifications.
  • Experience working within a multidisciplinary and interagency framework.
  • Excellent communication, clinical reasoning, and documentation skills.

Apply Today

For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or contact Charlene by telephone 089-9455139.

Staff Grade Occupational Therapist

Job Title: Occupational Therapist – Adult Primary Care
Location: Ballyfermot Primary Care Centre
Contract Type: Full-time (35 hours per week, Monday-Friday)
Salary: HSE Pay Scales

Excel Recruitment are recruiting a Occupational Therapist on behalf of a well established Primary Care Team based in Ballyfermot Primary Care Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for an adult-trained Occupational Therapist to lead and deliver a high-quality, adult-focused Occupational Therapy service within a community setting.

Overview:

The successful candidate will deliver evidence based Occupational Therapy interventions for adults presenting with a wide range of physical, cognitive, and functional needs.

You will have a comprehensive clinical induction, access to some HSE training as required by the role (determined by OT manager).

You will have a clinical supervision with an Occupational Therapy manager. And peer support of a small, but experienced, OT Department.

Clinical Responsibilities:

  • Provide high-quality assessment, intervention, and review for adult clients, particularly older adults and individuals living with frailty.
  • Conduct home visits to assess functional ability, safety, environmental supports, and recommend appropriate equipment or adaptations.
  • Deliver interventions focused on functional rehabilitation, falls prevention, cognitive assessment, and environmental modification.
  • Provide client-centred interventions in outpatient and community settings, developing tailored rehabilitation programmes and education plans.
  • Develop, implement, and evaluate goal-focused care plans using best practice and sound clinical reasoning.
  • Monitor outcomes and adapt interventions in collaboration with clients, families, carers, and MDT colleagues.
  • Provide education and guidance to families and carers to support independence at home.
  • Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary Primary Care Team, including Physiotherapists, Public Health Nurses, GPs, Social Workers, Speech and Language Therapists, and other allied health professionals.
  • Liaise with hospitals, community services, voluntary agencies, and relevant stakeholders to ensure coordinated and integrated care.
  • Participate in integrated care pathways and frailty initiatives, including joint assessments where required.
  • Contribute to discharge planning, advocacy, and community reintegration.
  • Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support to junior staff, therapy assistants, and students.

Requirements

  • CORU registration as an Occupational Therapist (essential).
  • Recognised CORU-approved qualification in Occupational Therapy.
  • Preferably have some adult primary care, adult medical, adult disability, seating, complex cases, neurological or palliative care experience.
  • Access to a car (almost all work is taking place in service users homes in / around the Ballyfermot / Palmerston / Inchicore / Cherry Orchard area).
  • Have an enthusiastic attitude and be keen to take on what is a challenging work environment -meaning lower than average staffing levels, and lengthy waiting times.
  • Strong knowledge of equipment prescription, assistive technology, and environmental modifications.
  • Experience working within a multidisciplinary and interagency framework.
  • Excellent communication, clinical reasoning, and documentation skills.

Apply Today

For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or contact Charlene by telephone 089-9455139.

Staff Grade Occupational Therapist

Job Title: Occupational Therapist – Adult Primary Care
Location: Ballyfermot Primary Care Centre
Contract Type: Full-time (35 hours per week, Monday-Friday)
Salary: HSE Pay Scales

Excel Recruitment are recruiting a Occupational Therapist on behalf of a well established Primary Care Team based in Ballyfermot Primary Care Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for an adult-trained Occupational Therapist to lead and deliver a high-quality, adult-focused Occupational Therapy service within a community setting.

Overview:

The successful candidate will deliver evidence based Occupational Therapy interventions for adults presenting with a wide range of physical, cognitive, and functional needs.

You will have a comprehensive clinical induction, access to some HSE training as required by the role (determined by OT manager).

You will have a clinical supervision with an Occupational Therapy manager. And peer support of a small, but experienced, OT Department.

Clinical Responsibilities:

  • Provide high-quality assessment, intervention, and review for adult clients, particularly older adults and individuals living with frailty.
  • Conduct home visits to assess functional ability, safety, environmental supports, and recommend appropriate equipment or adaptations.
  • Deliver interventions focused on functional rehabilitation, falls prevention, cognitive assessment, and environmental modification.
  • Provide client-centred interventions in outpatient and community settings, developing tailored rehabilitation programmes and education plans.
  • Develop, implement, and evaluate goal-focused care plans using best practice and sound clinical reasoning.
  • Monitor outcomes and adapt interventions in collaboration with clients, families, carers, and MDT colleagues.
  • Provide education and guidance to families and carers to support independence at home.
  • Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary Primary Care Team, including Physiotherapists, Public Health Nurses, GPs, Social Workers, Speech and Language Therapists, and other allied health professionals.
  • Liaise with hospitals, community services, voluntary agencies, and relevant stakeholders to ensure coordinated and integrated care.
  • Participate in integrated care pathways and frailty initiatives, including joint assessments where required.
  • Contribute to discharge planning, advocacy, and community reintegration.
  • Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support to junior staff, therapy assistants, and students.

Requirements

  • CORU registration as an Occupational Therapist (essential).
  • Recognised CORU-approved qualification in Occupational Therapy.
  • Preferably have some adult primary care, adult medical, adult disability, seating, complex cases, neurological or palliative care experience.
  • Access to a car (almost all work is taking place in service users homes in / around the Ballyfermot / Palmerston / Inchicore / Cherry Orchard area).
  • Have an enthusiastic attitude and be keen to take on what is a challenging work environment -meaning lower than average staffing levels, and lengthy waiting times.
  • Strong knowledge of equipment prescription, assistive technology, and environmental modifications.
  • Experience working within a multidisciplinary and interagency framework.
  • Excellent communication, clinical reasoning, and documentation skills.

Apply Today

For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or contact Charlene by telephone 089-9455139.