Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist: Neuroscience Service

Children’s Health Ireland Jobs; Dublin; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Health Ireland Temple Street seeks an experienced Occupational Therapist to lead the neurosciences OT service, delivering comprehensive care to paediatric patients with neurological conditions. The role involves supervising the Neuroscience OT Team and collaborating with neurology, neurosurgery and neuro-rehabilitation colleagues.

The post holder will contribute to service development, support onboarding, and help drive CHI’s integration towards the NCH, while providing expert

Qualifications

• Be CORU registered or eligible to commence by January 2027.
• Five years post-registration experience; four years in neurology/neurosurgery or neuro-rehabilitation.
• Proven clinical excellence in the neurosciences.
• Evidence of continuing professional development through courses or qualifications.
• Experience supervising junior staff or students.

Responsibilities

• Support, develop and lead the neurosciences OT service and provide comprehensive OT care.
• Supervise junior staff and oversee the Neuroscience OT Team and Spina Bifida OT team.
• Collaborate with Neurosurgery, Neuro-rehabilitation and Neurology teams within CHI.
• Contribute to MDT development and CHI integration ahead of the move to NCH.
• Deliver clinical services to complex paediatric neuro patients and support discharge planning.
• Provide cross-site department cover and deputise for the site manager when required.

Skills

Post-registration exp

Clinical excellence

CPD evidence

Audit & teaching

Supervisory experience

Education

CORU registered

Job description

Purpose of the Role

The post holder will primarily support, develop and lead the neurosciences OT service whilst providing a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service to the patients accepted by the service. Children and families referred within CHI at Temple Street will be received from the Neurosurgery, Neuro-rehabilitation, and Neurology teams. The post holder will maintain appropriate clinical and leadership competencies to work across the neurosciences, whilst supporting junior members of staff to carry out their clinical duties. The post holder will provide supervisory roles to team members of the Neuroscience OT Team and the Spina Bifida OT team. The post holder will offer understanding of the neurosciences OT services and will support its on-going development in conjunction with the wider MDTs, service changes and CHI Integration, ahead of the move to the NCH. The post holder will also provide clinical services to complex children and young person’s attending in-patient services including those attending as a result of a brain tumour, traumatic brain injury, and neurological disorders or those under investigation due to neurological presentations. The role encompasses supporting the neuro-rehabilitation of children during their stay in CHI @ Temple Street and supporting their safe onward discharge to home, other CHI sites, and community or specialised centres. The therapist will work within the OT department of CHI Temple Street and will support service developments. The post-holder will contribute to departmental cross cover as directed by the OT Manager and will deputise for the site manager when required.

Essential Criteria

• Be registered on the Occupational Therapists board at CORU, or pending completion of registration to be able to commence post by January 2027
• Have five years full-time (or aggregate of five years) post- registration qualification; of which four years full-time (or aggregate) post registration qualification clinical experience must be in the required area of specialism (e.g. neurology, neurosurgery, neuro-rehabilitation AND including sufficient experience in an acute setting related to this area of specialism).
• Demonstrate a proven record of clinical excellence in specialist area
• Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development relevant of the required area of specialism, in the form of post-graduate qualifications or relevant courses.
• Demonstrate achievement in the areas of clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives, practice development, teaching and research
• Demonstrate evidence of having supervised junior staff members and/or students

Onboarding and Commencement Dates

CHI has transitioned to a process of a one commencement day per month for all new employees and Secondments. This update to our Onboarding process is aligned to changes in our monthly/fortnightly payroll and with the corporate induction program. This process enhancement ensures that we can thoroughly prepare for your arrival and facilitate a smooth transition in your onboarding journey. It is important for you to note that if you do not have your pre-employments and mandatory training completed in time, your commencement date will be deferred to the next available date.

Commencement Dates for 2026 & 2027

• 18thJanuary 2027
• 8thFebruary 2027
• 8thMarch 2027

Contact Information

For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact Colette Slevin, Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy Service, 01 8784542, [e-mail] or Sinead Leahy OT Manager, CHI Crumlin, 01 8786788, [e-mail]

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist Victoria Gsamelova [e-mail]