Occupational Therapist - Dublin

Position: Occupational Therapist

Location: Dublin (Hybrid)

Role: Permanent

Salary: 40,000 - £80,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Start: ASAP

Our client is Dublin based HSE approved practice dedicated to providing high-quality psychological care across Ireland. They provide high-quality services to patients in Ireland, including neurodevelopmental and psychological assessments for children.

The Role: This is an exciting and valuable role within a busy service, providing invaluable assessments to families and children. This is a hybrid role for suitably qualified clinicians working within the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team for children referred for autism and/or ADHD assessments.

The role requires conducting comprehensive specialist assessments including diagnostic assessments of individuals with suspected autism and/or ADHD using established diagnostic tools.
Assessments of mental health conditions may also be required.
The clinician is also responsible for writing up assessment reports in a timely and professional manner, as well as providing appropriate recommendations and interventions.

Qualifications:

• CORU registered Occupational Therapist.

• Must be eligible to work in Ireland.

• Experience in conducting diagnostic neurodevelopmental/ specialist developmental assessments with children and young people.

• Experience working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders or mental health difficulties in a clinical setting.

• Knowledge of appropriate assessment tools for autism and ADHD.

• Knowledge of differential diagnosis.

• Ideally ADOS-2/ ADI-R trained.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

• Experience in report writing and record keeping.

• Additional qualifications in relevant areas of autism and/ or ADHD.

• Clinical Supervision integral to the role.

Benefits:

• Pension.

• Generous Annual Leave allowance.

• Full ongoing training and clinical supervision.

• Ongoing training and CPD.

• Clinical Supervision integral to the role.