Occupational Therapist - Urgent Response Team

Liquid Personnel are currently recruiting for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join an Urgent Response OT Team in Barnet.

This is an exciting opportunity for an OT with strong manual handling expertise who is confident working autonomously within a fast-paced community environment. The role focuses on urgent Occupational Therapy and Moving & Handling assessments to support people at immediate risk and prevent injury, hospital admission and breakdown of care arrangements.

The team covers the whole borough of Barnet and is looking for a proactive, positive and collaborative OT who is passionate about delivering a high-quality service.

What will your responsibilities be?

Complete urgent Occupational Therapy and Moving & Handling risk assessments

Manage a caseload autonomously across the borough

Provide specialist manual handling advice and solutions

Assess complex transfers and recommend appropriate interventions

Complete one duty OT day per week

Support safe care delivery and reduce risks to individuals and carers

Work alongside colleagues and wider professionals to achieve positive outcomes

Complete accurate clinical documentation and maintain high standards of practice

Referral Areas Include:

The team supports cases involving:

Unsafe transfers where equipment is unavailable or no longer suitable

High risk of physical injury to carers

Safeguarding concerns relating to equipment or moving and handling

Immediate risk where a person cannot safely transfer, mobilise or manage stairs

Equipment failures creating a risk to the individual or carer

Requests to increase from single-handed to double-handed care requiring manual handling assessment

Palliative care cases where specialist services are not currently involved

Benefits:

£36.00 per hour

Hybrid working arrangement - Hybrid working | 1–2 days office-based | 3 days remote/community working

Monthly supervision and ongoing support

Opportunity to work within a specialist urgent response service

Varied and clinically rewarding caseload

Supportive and proactive team environment

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist

Excellent manual handling and moving & handling assessment experience

Ability to work autonomously and manage urgent referrals

Experience within community/social care settings

Strong clinical reasoning and risk assessment skills

Excellent communication and MDT working abilities

A positive, proactive approach to supporting service users

A car driver is preferred due to community travel requirements.

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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