Physiotherapist Senior Grade

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 2024.

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 Senior Physiotherapist to join our team in CHO 7 and CHO6 Day services in Crumlin, Rialto, Sandyford, Dun Laoghaire and Arklow.

Contract Type: 1 year fixed term

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €57,771 to €68,385pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments)

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days per annum and proportionately less for less than 12 months service

Overview of the Post:

Dublin Adult Services provide quality training, support and employment opportunities for people with physical disabilities. The Physiotherapist will be invited to develop a programme within the service which will best suit the needs of the individual service users and their families. This will include responsibility for ongoing assessment and intervention with individual Adult Service Users providing support, training and advice on handling skills, mobility, positioning and postural management.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities:

Please see Job Description for full list

The successful candidate will have

Essential Criteria:

· Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc

· Candidates for appointment must:

· Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU

And

· Have three years full time (or an aggregrate of three years full time) post qualification clinical experience. 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

· 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.

· 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

· Be eligible to work in the state

· Valid driver’s licence for within the state and access to own transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area

Desirable Criteria:

· 2 years Physiotherapy experience working with adults with disabilities

· Experience with : Managing Tone · Managing posture · Service development

· Experience and/or training in clinical supervision.

· Group work

· Supervision of other staff and students

· Physiotherapy caseload management

· Knowledge and experience of Hydrotherapy intervention

· Experience of delivering education and / conducting research

· Experience in service development and practice standards development

· Experience in coordinating clinics and leading and working at a consultative level in clinics alongside consultant and other lead
therapists

· Experience in managing databases such as hip surveillance, surgery, Botulinum Toxin, etc. and conducting audits

· Experience and knowledge of 24 hour postural management and management of adults with a physical disability.

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

Benefits

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

· Flexible Working

· Long service reward scheme

· Pay adjusted Maternity Leave

· Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave

· Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

· Wellbeing benefits

· Pension

For a full list of our benefits & conditions, please click here:

What now?

To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 3rd April 2025 @ 12pm.

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

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