Basic Grade Physiotherapist

Rezoomo; Dublin; On-site; EUR 43,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Maternity Leave pay adjustments

Adoptive Leave pay adjustments

Paternity Leave pay adjustments

Job summary

Enable Ireland in Dublin South East (CHO6) is seeking a highly‑motivated Basic Grade Physiotherapist to join our team in Sandymount. There are both full-time and part-time posts with a permanent contract.

The role delivers physiotherapy to children aged 0–18 and involves assessment, intervention, and service development within a family-centred, interdisciplinary framework across clinics, schools, homes, and community settings.

Qualifications

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by CORU.
• Postgraduate work experience as a Physiotherapist.
• Experience working with children with disabilities and their families.
• Postgraduate training in child disability services (e.g., Hanen, Lamh, PECS, ADOS, AT).

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy services for children and young people (0–18 years) and their families.
• Assess, intervene, and provide ongoing service development within an interdisciplinary framework.
• Deliver services across clinics, preschools, schools, homes, and community settings.

Skills

Physiotherapist Registration CORU

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Child Disability Services Experience

Assistive Technology Knowledge

Education

Postgraduate training in child disability services

Job description

Enable Ireland provides services to over 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 43 locations in 14 counties. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and the their family on a plan for each life stage. Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, indep

Would you like to work for a great employer? Enable Ireland is an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Ireland, and is named as one of Ireland's Irish Independent 150 Best Employers 2025.

Enable Ireland, as an equal opportunities employer, proudly maintains a Silver Award in Diversity from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We vigorously advocate for fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement, and are dedicated to ongoing enhancement in these areas.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Basic Grade Physiotherapist to join our team in Dublin South East (CHO6). We have part time and full time opportunities within our teams in Sandymount.

• 1 WTE based in Sandymount

Contract Type: Permanent Posts

Contract Hours: Full time and Part Time Posts

Salary Scale: €43,231 - €63,184 rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 32 days pro rata per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service.

Overview of the Post:

Enable Ireland delivers children’s services through the Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNT) under the national Progressing Disabilities Services (PDS) model for children and young people with complex needs arising from a disability. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a range of Physiotherapy services for young people (0 – 18 years) and their families within an interdisciplinary framework. Service will include assessment and intervention, clinical supervision and ongoing service development. This will be delivered through a family centred approach across a variety of settings including the clinic, preschools, schools, children’s homes and community settings.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list of duties.

The successful candidate will have:

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU.
• AND
• Have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
• AND
• Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.
• AND
• Eligible to work in the State.

Annual registration

• On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU.
• AND
• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.

• Post graduate work experience as a Physiotherapist.
• Experience of interdisciplinary team working.
• Experience working with children with disabilities and their families.
• Any relevant post graduate training specific to child disability services. e.g. Hanen, Lamh, PECS, ADOS, AT training.
• Experience in working with Assistive Technology.
• Post graduate experience in a public sector health service.
• Experience working on or completing a placement with a CDNT.
• Relevant voluntary experience working with children or people with disabilities.

As a staff member of Enable Ireland, you will have access to a wide range of benefits, including:

• Excellent internal and external training opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlements
• Long service reward scheme
• Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
• Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
• Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

What now?

Closing date for applications: October 16th2026

Interview date for successful applications: TBC

• The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.
• Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.
• Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.
• The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.
• Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at https://www.enableireland.ie/privacy-policy for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with. 1) Any virtual service provider we use to host the interview; and 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy.

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer