Staff Occupational Therapist
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Job type: Permanent.
Location: South Dublin/Dublin.
Salary: €39,993 per annum.
Overview:
The successful candidate will be responsible for the provision of an occupational therapy service including assessment, diagnostics and intervention as required to all children accessing the service; and will work as a member of the interdisciplinary team providing services to children and families.
Duties:
1. Planning and Organising:
* Planning and organising an assigned caseload of children aged 0 – 18 years with physical, sensory and learning disabilities.
* Plan and organise activities and necessary resources efficiently and effectively.
* Understand the importance of time management and in particular how this translates to organising their assigned caseload.
* Demonstrate the ability to arrange and schedule activities.
* Deal with unexpected scenarios with persistence and flexibility to ensure the achievement of goals.
* Maintain a disciplined and professional level of performance under sustained or situational pressure.
2. Professional Development and Standards in the Service:
* Demonstrate sufficient clinical skills in assessment intervention and diagnostics to meet the specific needs of children with a range of disabilities / developmental delay.
* Adequate awareness of policy, legislative and professional requirements to ensure appropriate standards in their area of responsibility.
* Ensure that all records and technical data are up to date and available if required.
* Ensure strict compliance with health and safety standards and adhere to operational guidelines ensuring equipment is checked and working correctly in accordance with safety standards.
* Ensure that the needs of the service users are being adequately met by the occupational therapy service provided.
3. Integrity and Decision Making
* Hold an appropriate and effective set of professional values and beliefs and behave in line with professional standards as set down by relevant professional bodies.
* Make decisions in a well-judged and timely manner bringing all relevant information to bear.
* Use logical analysis to break complex problems into their component parts.
* Promote and consistently support the demonstration and development of evidence based service delivery.
4. Service Delivery and Initiative:
* Functional and technical knowledge and skills in occupational therapy relevant to children with a range of physical/sensory/learning disabilities to actively engage in service development.
* Collaborate with the service user while working in partnership with the service user parent/family/carer and all other relevant stakeholders to identify and achieve goals.
* Strive to achieve quality results at all levels of the service in line with the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM).
* Take initiatives to move the service forward and show a willingness to try out new ideas under supervision that add service delivery value.
* Show enthusiasm and a high level of motivation in completing projects.
* Take responsibility for the maintenance and replacement of equipment and stock.
5. Building & Maintaining Working Relationships:
* Forms strong positive working relationships across all areas of the service, builds on a common understanding.
* Demonstrates a supportive and reciprocating work style including strong empathy with service users.
* To communicate effectively with parents of children attending the service so as to provide a children and family centred service.
* Work appropriately with all stakeholders.
* Develop and maintain good working relationships with personnel from the HSE and other agencies so as to promote a seamless service to families.
6. Team Working:
* Work in collaboration with the other members of the inter/transdisciplinary team in the planning and delivery of services for children.
* Attend and actively contribute to relevant clinical and professional and service meetings.
* Participate in training and developmental opportunities as identified and agreed.
* Support and contribute to research initiatives as required.
* Understand concepts of inter and transdisciplinary team working and complexity of working in teams.
REQUIRED:
- 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 before employment.
- Annual registration:
- 1. On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU
- 2. Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to the organisation.
- Candidates must be eligible to work in the State.
Consultant
Elizabeth Fenlon
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