Physiotherapist Senior Grade, Cavan

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, independence.

Description 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

Physiotherapist– Senior Grade

to join our team in

CHO 1 Cavan CDNT

Contract Type: Permanent Part-time

Contract Hours: 17.5 hours per week (0.5 WTE)

Salary Scale:€62,072 - €73,477

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 : 33 days pro rata per annum

Overview of the Post Enable Ireland delivers children’s services through the Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNT) under the national Progressing Disabilities Services (PDS) model for children and young people with complex needs arising from a disability. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a range of Physiotherapist services for young people (0 – 18 years) and their families within an interdisciplinary framework. Service will include assessment and intervention, clinical supervision and ongoing service development. This will be delivered through a family centred approach across a variety of settings including theclinic, preschools, schools, children’s homes and community settings.

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

The successful candidate will have

Be registered, or be eligible for registration, on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU.

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

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 Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.

Valid driving licence for within the state / jurisdiction with access to own transport in order to deliver services across a large geographical area.

Annual Registration

On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Physiotherapists Register maintained by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU.

Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to Enable Ireland.

A minimum of 1 year’s Physiotherapy paediatric experience working with children with disabilities

Experience with :

Managing Tone

Managing posture

Experience and/or training in clinical supervision.

Supervision of other staff and students

Physiotherapy caseload management

Experience of delivering education and / conducting research

Experience in service development and practice standards development

Experience in coordinating clinics and leading and working at a consultative level in clinics alongside consultant and other lead therapists

Experience in managing databases such as hip surveillance, surgery, Botulinum Toxin, etc. and conducting audits

If you believe you would fit the role then please submit your application today.

Benefits

Excellent internal and external training opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlements

Long service reward scheme

Pay adjusted Maternity Leave

Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave

Pay adjusted Paternity Leave

For a full list of our benefits&conditions, please click here:

What now? To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification for your information and complete the online application form. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 2nd June 2026, @ 12pm

PLEASE NOTE - PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

The post will be subject to reference checks and may be subject to Garda vetting/police clearance, as relevant.

Due to the large volume of applications, we are not in the position to provide individual feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants from all sections of the community.

The above information serves only as a guide to the advertised position. Enable Ireland, at its discretion, reserves the right to change this prior to appointment.

Please review the Enable Ireland’s External Data Protection Notice available at for details on how Enable Ireland processes applicant’s personal information. Please note if you are invited for interview, we will share your personal data with: 1) Any virtual service provider we use tohost the interview; and 2) the interview panel (if applicable). Your information will be stored for this purpose in line with our retention policy

Enable Ireland is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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