Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist – Adult Primary Care
Location: Ballyfermot or Clondalkin Primary Care Centre
Contract Type: Full-time (35 hours per week, Monday-Friday)
Contract Duration: 6-month agency contract with potential for extension
Salary: HSE Senior Grade Occupational Therapist Pay Scales
If you’re ready for a role that offers both challenge and reward, while allowing you to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives, I’d love to hear from you.
Excel Recruitment are recruiting an experienced 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.
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.
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For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or contact Charlene by telephone 089-9455139.
