Occupational Therapist

Hollybank Trustees Ltd; Dublin; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

The Marlay is seeking a full-time Occupational Therapist to join CareChoice’s Nursing Home services. You will manage your own caseload, perform comprehensive assessments, and contribute to planning and delivering evidence-based treatment within a multidisciplinary team.

CareChoice emphasizes person-centred care, professional development, and engagement with families and carers while maintaining high documentation standards and adherence to CORU guidelines.

Qualifications

• Qualification required: BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy with CORU registration.
• Minimum 2 years post-graduate experience as an Occupational Therapist.
• Eligibility to work in Ireland with valid driving license and own vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload with assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment programmes according to service standards.
• Conduct seating, functional, hand, and cognitive assessments with recommendations on environmental layout.
• Collaborate with service users, family, carers and staff in planning and delivery of care.

Education

BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Location: On site / Taylorsgrange, Co. Dublin, D16 A363, Ireland
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Medical & Healthcare | Occupational Therapist
Salary: Negotiable salary

Description

Join Our Team as a Full-Time Occupational Therapist at The Marlay.

Are you a dedicated and passionate Occupational Therapist looking for a rewarding role across Nursing Home services?

CareChoice is expanding our Allied Health team, and we are now inviting applications for full-time Occupational Therapist position in The Marlay.

Why Choose CareChoice?

At CareChoice, we are committed to delivering exceptional, person-centred care across our network of facilities. With over two decades of experience and a growing portfolio of specialist rehabilitation and residential services, we are continually developing innovative models of care to support residents and patients with diverse and complex needs.

Join us as we expand our multidisciplinary teams and strengthen our clinical services across the CareChoice Group.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for managing own caseload and for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment/ intervention programmes for service users according to service standards
• Assessments to include but are not limited to seating assessments, complete functional assessments, complete hand assessments, cognitive assessments and recommendations on environmental layout.
• Collaborate with service users, family, carers and other staff in treatment/intervention planning and in the provision of support and advice.
• Plan discharge or transition of the service user between services as appropriate.
• Ensure the quality of documentation of all assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, reports and discharge summaries are in accordance with professional standards
• Foster and maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, front-line managers, and other healthcare personnel in the team
• Be involved in service planning and development by anticipating the changing needs of the service and service users for the inpatient service
• Demonstrate a commitment to research and evidence-based practice, identifying and contributing to research, clinical evaluation and audit opportunities
• Document, and communicate verbally and / or in writing results of assessments, treatment/intervention programmes and recommendations to the team and relevant others in accordance with service policy
• Arrange and carry out duties in a timely manner within settings appropriate to service users’ needs and in line with local policy/guidelines. Attend review meetings, team meetings, case conferences, ward rounds etc.
• Maintain quality standards of practice and participate in quality assurance and clinical audits as appropriate.
• Be responsible for adhering to existing standards and protocols and for leading out on the development and maintenance of standards/strategies for quality improvement and outcome measurement
• Incorporate national and international Evidence-Based Occupational Therapy Practice (EBOTP) into their practice
• Ensure that professional standards are maintained in relation to confidentiality, ethics and legislation
• Operate within the scope of Occupational Therapy practice within Ireland and in accordance with local guidelines
• Adhere to the Ethics for Occupational Therapists from CORU and the AOTI.

Eligibility criteria

• Hold a recognised qualification BSc or MSc as an Occupational Therapist and have validation of your qualifications if you qualified outside the Republic of Ireland.
• 2 year minimum, post-graduate experience as an Occupational Therapist.
• Registration withCORU.
• Must have their own vehicle and full driving licence.
• Excellent language and communication skills as accurate communication is essential.
• Good interpersonal skills are essential.
• All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Ireland.