Locum Occupational Therapist

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Occupational Therapist to join its clients Adult Social Care directorate based in Ipswich on a 6month agency contract. This role will support proactive reviews and assessments playing a key part in reducing OT waiting lists and improving service efficiency.

What will your responsibilities be

In this role you will:

• Provide safe and timely delivery of frontline occupational therapy services across the directorate
• Proactively undertake occupational therapy reviews and assessments
• Support triage activity and reduce duplication between health and social care
• Assist with occupational therapy waiting list reduction initiatives
• Support external care providers to ensure safe and correct moving and handling practices
• Review and rationalise care packages to ensure best value and appropriate equipment use
• Review:
  • Doublehanded care packages
  • Waking night care packages
  • General care packages
• Provide mutual aid to other occupational therapy teams as required
• Complete Care Actcompliant assessments and reviews

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have:

• Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration
• Experience within Adult Social Care
• Full UK driving licence (essential)
• Strong moving and handling experience

Benefits:

• 35 per hour (umbrella)
• Hybrid working model
• Longterm contract with meaningful impact
• Supportive multidisciplinary environment

Why Liquid Personnel

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twiceweekly payroll and Faster Pay service getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that arent available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquids exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• Refer a Friend bonus get 500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• Find your own job bonus get 250 for bringing your own position to us*

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel in England based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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