Occupational Therapist (Senior) in Limerick

About the Role

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.

We are currently seeking a highly-motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to join our team in Enable Ireland Adult Services Midwest (Clare, Limerick, North Tipperary).

Contract Type: Full-Time Permanent Contract

Contract Hours: 35 Hours per week

Annual Leave Entitlement: Annual leave entitlement is 33 days pro rata per annum

Salary Scale: €62,072 to €73,477 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments).

The post holder will be responsible for the initiation and provision of a quality Occupational Therapy Service to adults with disabilities attending our services in Clare, Limerick and North Tipperary. This will include assessment and intervention to meet identified needs and working with service owners to integrate goals as relevant in their person-centred plan. The role will also include supporting and upskilling staff in the day centres to maximise each Service Owner’s potential, their engagement and active social roles.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have:

Essential Criteria:

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU (https:/www.coru.ie/)
• Have three years full-time (or an aggregate of three years) post-qualification clinical experience
• 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 before a contract of employment can be issued
• Annual registration
• 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
• Full clean driver’s licence
• Must be eligible to work in the state
• Basic IT skills

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience working with teenagers or young adults with a range of physical, sensory, intellectual, and autism spectrum disorders
• Postgraduate experience of working in a community-based setting with adults
• Postgraduate experience of working on an interdisciplinary team in a disability setting
• Postgraduate training and experience in the provision of wheelchair and seating supports
• Postgraduate experience in the management of upper limb tone and function
• Experience and knowledge of assistive technology
• Postgraduate training and experience in the provision of sensory assessment and program provision
• Postgraduate experience in the use of positive behaviour support

Details

Location: Limerick, Clare, North Tipperary

Closing date: 28 Aug 2026, 3:00 PM

Informal Queries: By email to Marian Purcell, Adult Services Manager, mpurcell@enableireland.ie

Applications must be made on the Enable Ireland application form only. CV’s will not be accepted. To apply, please download the job description and person specification for your information and complete the online application form.

Interview date: TBC