Occupational Therapist - Mental Health
Liquid PersonnelSuffolk, East of England, United Kingdom · Posted 5 months agoDescription
Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Occupational Therapist (Mental Health) for a 6-month contract, supporting proactive reviews and assessments across the Suffolk Mental Health Locality.
Working Across Multiple Sites:
- West: West Suffolk House, Bury St Edmunds
- Ipswich: Endeavour House, Ipswich
- North: Riverside, Lowestoft
This is a locality-wide role, offering variety, autonomy, and the opportunity to support system-wide improvements.
What will your responsibilities be?
You’ll play a key role in strengthening front-line OT delivery across the directorate, with a strong focus on efficiency, safety, and value.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Delivering safe, timely OT assessments and reviews
- Supporting triage & reducing duplication between health and social care
- Helping reduce OT waiting lists
- Reviewing care packages to ensure best value and appropriate equipment use
- Reviewing double-handed & waking night packages
- Supporting external providers with safe moving & handling
- Providing mutual aid across OT teams when required
This is an ideal role for a confident, organised OT who thrives in busy, outcome-focused environments.
Benefits:
- £35 per hour
- Hybrid flexibility
- High-impact project work
- Opportunity to directly reduce waiting lists
- Broad locality-wide exposure
Qualifications & Experience:
- HCPC-Registered Occupational Therapist
- Mental Health experience
- Strong review & assessment background
- Confident working across multiple sites
- Excellent partnership & triage skills
Why Liquid Personnel?
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
- Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
- Free access to Liquid’s 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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