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September 13, 2024

Ability West

Salthill

OTHER & FULL TIME


Occupational Therapy Manager, Salthill, Galway


About Ability West
Ability West provides a wide range of high-quality services to children and adults with intellectual disabilities and autism across Galway City and County. Services provided are day, residential, short breaks, community supports, rehabilitative training and multi-disciplinary supports. The ethos of service provision is underpinned by our Vision, Mission, Core Values and Strategic Plan, which is to empower people with disabilities to live self-directed lives in an equal and inclusive society. Each person is supported and valued within an environment which promotes their overall autonomy, health and wellbeing and enables them to reach their potential.


Role:
Occupational Therapy Manager



Location
: Salthill, Galway



Contract Available
: Permanent


Closing Date for Applications: 23rd September 2024


JOB SUMMARY:

The Occupational Therapy Manager is a key appointment in the development of a comprehensive/effective service for adults with an intellectual disability and children with complex needs.
The Occupational Therapy Manager will be responsible for the overall management and performance of occupational therapy activity within Ability West in keeping with good professional practice and subject to agreed national policy directives and priorities.


The Occupational Therapy Manager will be responsible for the management, delivery and development of high-quality Occupational Therapy services to adult service users, working in conjunction with other team members in co-ordinating and developing the service to meet the needs of the people we support, as well as carrying a clinical caseload. He/she will liaise with other discipline and service managers as well as the multidisciplinary team in providing a quality service which enables service users to realise their potential by delivering a coordinated approach to their care, within a Person-Centred Practice Model.



The Occupational Therapy Manager as Head of Discipline will be responsible for clinical supervision and clinical governance as outlined under the Occupational Therapists working in Ability West engaging collaboratively with the Head of Disciplines (HODs) in ensuring a quality, best-practice service provision to children and their families.



REQUIREMENT:

a) Be registered as an Occupational Therapist by the Occupational Therapist Registration Board at CORU
b) Maintain annual registration on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU. If clinician is refused or does not maintain registration, they cannot continue to be employed as an Occupational Therapist
c) A full clean driving license and indemnification of Ability Westosep on your car insurance policy
d) A minimum of 5 years working as an Occupational Therapist


If you require further information on the role contact Bryan Gallagher, Director Of Clinical Supports and Services at Bryan.Gallagher@Abilitywest.ie


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