Occupational Therapist, Senior, Practice Tutor in Cork

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.

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 2025.

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 Occupational Therapist Senior Practice Tutor to join our team in Cork Services.

Contract Type: Permanent, 35 hours per week.

Salary: €62,072 to €73,477 pro rata per annum.

The practice tutor will have responsibility to coordinate and develop the capacity and quality of practice education within adults and children disabilities services. It is envisaged that the post holder will set up processes and systems to ensure increased and sustained capacity for Practice education placements in Disability services in Cork and Kerry. They will support both students and practice educators. The Practice Tutor will provide structured support to students and Practice Educators, ensuring effective supervision, robust assessment processes and positive placement experiences. The role acts as a key link between clinical teams and university partners, promoting high standards of education, supporting workforce development, and contributing to governance and service improvement initiatives related to practice education.

Requirements

Essential Criteria:

• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Occupational Therapists Register with CORU at time of application and provide proof of statutory registration before a contract of employment can be issued
• 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.
• 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 Drivers Licence with access to own transport
• Eligible to work in the State
• Have experience and/interest in working with students and provision and/or co-ordination of practice placements

Desirable Criteria:

• The post holder will have experience working in children and/or adults’ disability services.

Details

Location: Cork City, County Cork, Ireland

Closing date: 25 Sept 2026

Annual Leave Entitlement: 33 days pro rata per annum.

Benefits: 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.

How to Apply

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: Friday 25th September 2026.