Senior Occupational Therapist Mental Health in Intellectual Disability

Job Purpose

Location of Post

Carrickmacross Primary Care Centre

There is currently 1 permanent whole-time Senior Occupational Therapy vacancy

available in the Cavan/Monaghan/Louth/Meath MHID team

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Cavan/Monaghan/Louth/Meath MHID team from which current and future,

permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

We welcome enquiries about this campaign.

Please contact:Emma GrimleyActing OT ManagerCavan Monaghan Mental Health ServicesPhone: 0864127165Email: [email protected]

Organisational Context

Purpose of the Post

To work in conjunction with other team members in co-ordinating and developing the service to meet the needs of the service user group and the objectives of the organisation.

The Senior Occupational Therapist will be responsible for the provision of a high quality Occupational Therapy service and will carry out clinical and educational duties as required.

Details of Service

The person appointed to this post will work as part of multi-disciplinary teams delivering a coordinated approach with Service Users whom have a Mental Health diagnosis and also have a moderate to severe Intellectual disability. S/he will be required to carry out Occupational Performance assessments with individuals and provide the required follow-up Occupational therapy interventions.

The successful applicant will contribute to development of an evidenced based model which focuses on empowering and enabling people with an intellectual disability and mental health challenges to live as full and independent a life as possible in line with their wishes.

See section below for further post specific information and additional information will be provided to candidates at the 'expression of interest' stage of the recruitment process.

Essential Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Qualifications and/or Experience

Candidates must have at the latest date of application:

1. Statutory Registration Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc

(a) Candidates for appointment must:

(i) Be registered on the Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU.

Or

(ii) Applicants who satisfy the conditions set out in Section 91 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, (see note 1 below*),

must submit proof of application for registration with the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU. The acceptable proof is correspondence

from the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU confirming their application for registration as a Section 91 applicant.

And

(iii) Have three years full time (or an aggregate of three years) post qualification clinical experience.

And

(iv) 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.

2. Annual registration

(i) Practitioners must maintain annual registration on Occupational Therapists Register maintained by the Occupational Therapists Registration Board at CORU

And

(ii) Confirm annual registration with CORU to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC)

3. Age

Age restriction shall only apply to a candidate where s/he is not classified as a new entrant (within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation

(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004). A candidate who is not classified as a new entrant must be under 65 years of age on the first day of the month in

which the latest date for receiving completed application forms for the office occurs.

4.HealthA candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office a

nd be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

CharacterEach candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character.

Post Specific Requirements

Postgraduate experience in mental health is essential.

It is desirable that candidates have previous experience of working with Service Users with Mental Health and intellectual Disability

and have a good working knowledge of Sensory Informed Practice/Sensory Modulation

Information technology skills are required

Skills & Competencies

Please see attached job spec and additional campaign information:

4826CHCM Senior OT MHID Job Spec

Additional Campaign Information CM