Occupational Therapist, Staff Grade

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

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

Generous annual leave

Long service reward scheme

Maternity Leave pay adjusted

Adoptive Leave pay adjusted

Paternity Leave pay adjusted

Job summary

Enable Ireland in Galway (CDNT5) invites applications for a highly motivated Occupational Therapist to join an interdisciplinary team. The role provides skilled OT services to children, young people and their families, with focus on assessment and planned interventions tailored to life stages.

The successful candidate will be registered or eligible for CORU, with post-qualification paediatric disability experience and an interest in assistive technology.

Qualifications

• Be registered, or eligible for registration, on the CORU Occupational Therapists Register.
• Eligibility to work in Ireland.
• Post-qualification experience in paediatric disability setting.
• Interest in Assistive Technology.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled Occupational Therapy services to meet the assessed needs of children, young people and their families.
• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team to deliver holistic care.
• Contribute to assessment of need and development of individual care plans.

Skills

Interdisciplinary team working

Paediatric disability experience

Post-qualification experience

Education

CORU registration or eligible

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 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, independent living, supported employment, social and leisure activities. The demand for our services continues to increase throughout Ireland. We have set ourselves the challenging goal of meeting these needs by providing a full range of high quality services, and expanding into local communities.

Skills and attributes

• Must hold relevant qualification

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 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, independent living, social and leisure activities. The demand for our services continues to increase throughout Ireland. We have set ourselves the challenging goal of meeting these needs by providing a full range of high quality services, and expanding into local communities.

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 Occupational Therapist to join our team in Galway (CDNT5).

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

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

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 32 days

Overview of the Post:

Working as an effective member of an interdisciplinary team to provide skilled Occupational Therapy Services to meet the assessed needs of children, young people and their families.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• 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.
• Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU
• On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.
• Be eligible to work in the state.
• Interdisciplinary team working.
• Experience in 0-18years’ age group.
• Post qualification experience in paediatric disability setting.
• Any relevant postgraduate training specific to child disability services.
• Experience in conducting Assessment of need.
• Interest in Assistive Technology

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

Enable Ireland welcomes applications from candidates who will be eligible for Professional Registration in the coming months.

In the event that candidates are considered for appointment pending their Professional Registration, they may initially be appointed to an assistant grade post.

Closing date for applications: Monday 19th October 2026

A panel may be formed from this vacancy for any similar vacancies, which may arise during the next 12 months.

• 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