Senior Occupational Therapist – Adult disabilities

Medforce; Leinster; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Medforce in Longford is seeking an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join Adult Disability Services. This role focuses on adults with physical and intellectual disabilities across community settings, delivering person-centred occupational therapy.

You will lead on seating, posture management and specialist equipment provision, work within a multidisciplinary team, mentor junior staff, maintain documentation, and contribute to service development and best practice.

Qualifications

• CORU registration as an Occupational Therapist
• Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience, including senior-level experience
• Demonstrated experience in seating and specialist equipment provision
• Experience working with adults with disabilities
• Full, clean driving licence and access to a car
• Excellent communication, organisational and clinical reasoning skills

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, person-centred occupational therapy services to adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities
• Assess, plan, implement and review individualised intervention programmes
• Lead on seating, posture management, and equipment provision, including complex assessments
• Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Support and mentor staff grade occupational therapists and students, as appropriate
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and contribute to service development initiatives

Skills

Seating

Posture management

Specialist equipment

Job description

Senior Occupational Therapist= Adult Disabilities

We are seeking an experienced and motivatedSenior Occupational Therapistto joinAdult Disability Services in Longford. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a progressive, community-based service supporting adults with physical and intellectual disabilities across a variety of settings.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based occupational therapy interventions, with a particular emphasis onseating, posture management, and specialist equipment provision. You will work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team and contribute to service development, clinical leadership, and best practice within adult disability services.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior Occupational Therapist:

• Provide high-quality, person-centred occupational therapy services to adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities


• Assess, plan, implement and review individualised intervention programmes


• Lead onseating, posture management, and equipment provision, including complex assessments


• Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team


• Support and mentor staff grade occupational therapists and students, as appropriate


• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and contribute to service development initiatives

Essential Criteria for the Senior Occupational Therapist:

• CORU registration as an Occupational Therapist


• Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience, including relevant senior-level experience


• Demonstrated experience in seating and specialist equipment provision


• Experience working with adults with disabilities


• Full, cleandriving licenceand access to a car


• Excellent communication, organisational and clinical reasoning skills

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience working within community-based adult disability services


• Experience with complex physical presentations and assistive technology

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