Staff Occupational Therapist

Purpose of the Role

The post holder will fulfil the duties expected of a staff grade occupational therapist.

This staff grade position is part of a rotational sequence with the opportunity to work across a number of medical and surgical clinical teams, and will involve opportunities to work across a variety of CHI sites, within both in-patient and out-patient settings. The clinical areas may include Orthopaedics, Burns & Hand Therapy, Neurosciences (Neurology & Neurosurgery), General Paediatrics (in-patient medical & surgical), Neonatology, Neurology,Cardiology,Haematology/ Oncology, and Neuromuscular/ Spina Bifida/orthopaedics.

Essential Criteria:

• A recognised validated qualification in Occupational Therapy
• Be registered as an Occupational Therapist with CORU

How to Apply & Informal Enquiries

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 the 7th of October by 23:45pm. 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 Colette Slevin, Occupational Therapist Manager in Charge III, Colette.slevin@childrenshealthireland.ie or 018784542 or Sinead Leahy, Occupational Therapy Manager, Sinead.leahy@childrenshealthireland.ie or 01 4096788.

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

Below, you’ll find the list of commencement dates for 2025 and 2026 for your information.

• November 10th 2025 ( internal only)
• December 15th 2025
• January 7th 2026
• January 12th 2026 ( NCHD rotation only)
• February 9th 2026
• March 9th 2026