Senior Occupational Therapist In Rheumatology

Purpose of the Role

The Senior Occupational Therapist will play a lead role in the delivery of a responsive occupational therapy service for children, adolescents and young adults with rheumatological diagnoses (e.g Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Juvenile Dermatomyositis, Down syndrome associated Arthritis, Chronic pain conditions and paediatric hypermobility) and will contribute to the continued development of this specialist area. [EL1]

The Senior Occupational Therapist will provide clinical leadership, supervision and cover across the wider paediatric, adolescent and young adult service and team.

The Senior Occupational Therapist will provide specialised assessment and treatment of patients who have complex needs providing expert advice, guidance and information to carers, health and social care professionals to ensure optimum delivery of care.

[EL1]You could include a list of commonly seen conditions here such as Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Juvenile Dermatomyositis, Down syndrome associated Arthritis, Chronic pain conditions and paediatric hypermobility.

Essential Criteria:

· Be registered as an Occupational Therapist by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU with the registration number listed on the CV

· Have at least 3 years’ full time (or an aggregate of 3 years’ full time) post qualification experience

· Clinical experience relevant to the role

· Experience working in an acute hospital setting (minimum 1 year)

Applications for this post must be accompanied by a cover letter, setting out relevant experience that illustrates how the essential criteria listed above is met.

The criterion for short listing is based on the requirements of the post, as outlined in the eligibility criteria.

* Please note that you must submit a cover letter with your CV, this forms part of your application and CV’s will not be accepted without a detailed cover letter.

The closing date for submissions of CV’s and cover letter is Sunday, 16th August 2026 by23:45pm. Applications must be

completed through the advertised post on CHI.jobs by clicking ‘Apply for Job’.

Applications will not be accepted through direct email or any other method.

For informal enquiries for this specialty/department, please contact Sinead Leahy, Occupational Therapy Manager on 01 4096788 or Sinead.leahy@childrenhealthireland.ie

For other queries relating to this recruitment process, please contact Victoria Gsamelova Victoria.Gsamelova@childrenshealthireland.ie