Occupational Therapist – Discharge to Assess

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Occupational Therapist for its client’s Thackley Green Specialist Care Centre. This is a full-time agency role offering £39 per hour and supporting rehabilitation, discharge planning, and safe transitions from hospital back into the community.

The Role

We are seeking a skilled Occupational Therapist to join a multidisciplinary team supporting patients admitted to the service following discharge from acute hospital settings. You will play a key role in delivering therapy assessments, rehabilitation programmes, home access visits, and discharge planning to help patients regain independence and return safely to their communities.

Working collaboratively with healthcare professionals, patients, and families, you will provide person-centred interventions, recommend equipment and minor adaptations, and contribute to seamless transitions of care.

What Will Your Responsibilities Be?

Lead Occupational Therapy assessments and rehabilitation programmes.

Assess patients admitted from acute hospital settings.

Conduct home access visits to identify equipment and minor adaptation requirements.

Manage a varied caseload and delegate tasks to Therapy Assistants where appropriate.

Support the wider Discharge to Assess pathway when required.

Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary professionals to facilitate safe and timely discharges.

Produce accurate assessments, reports, care plans, and clinical documentation.

Promote independence, wellbeing, and person-centred care throughout the rehabilitation and discharge process.

Benefits of the Role

£39 per hour.

37 hours per week.

Supportive multidisciplinary team environment.

Varied and rewarding caseload.

Weekly payroll.

Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement.

Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes and independence.

Qualifications and Experiences

Qualified Occupational Therapist.

Current HCPC registration.

Experience in rehabilitation, discharge planning, or community Occupational Therapy.

Strong assessment, clinical reasoning, and problem-solving skills.

Experience managing a caseload and overseeing or delegating work to Therapy Assistants.

Excellent communication and multidisciplinary working skills.

Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle with appropriate business insurance.

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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