Occupational Therapist, Staff Grade in Galway

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 to join our team in Galway (CDNT5).

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary Scale: €42,384 to €61,945 pro rata per annum. Salary scales are subject to LSI’s (Long Service Increments).

This pay scale is subject to increases in 2026 in accordance with the recent WRC agreement towards enhanced pay adjustments in Section 39 organisations.

Annual Leave Entitlement: 32 days

Overview of the Post: Working as an effective member of an interdisciplinary team to provide skilled Occupational Therapy Services to meet the assessed needs of children, young people and their families.

Overview of Duties & Responsibilities: Please see Job Description for full list

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.
• 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.
• Be eligible to work in the state.

Desirable Criteria:

• Interdisciplinary team working.
• Experience in 0-18years’ age group.
• Post qualification experience in paediatric disability setting.
• Any relevant postgraduate training specific to child disability services.
• Experience in conducting Assessment of need.
• Interest in Assistive Technology

Details

Location: Galway, Ireland

Closing date: 2 Aug 2026

Salary: €42,384–€61,945 per year

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.