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Ipswich, Suffolk · Hybrid

Locum Occupational Therapist

Occupational TherapistContract

Listed compensation

$35/hour

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about call expectations, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Occupational Therapist to join its client’s Adult Social Care directorate, based in Ipswich, on a 6‑month 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 front‑line 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

  • Double‑handed care packages
  • Waking night care packages
  • General care packages
  • Provide mutual aid to other occupational therapy teams as required
  • Complete Care Act–compliant 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
  • Long‑term contract with meaningful impact
  • Supportive, multidisciplinary environment

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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Key Responsibilities

The Occupational Therapist will provide front-line assessments and reviews within the Adult Social Care directorate to improve service efficiency. They will also support waiting list reduction initiatives and ensure safe moving and handling practices for care packages.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy and possess current HCPC registration. A full UK driving licence and significant experience in Adult Social Care are also required.

Qualifications

Education
High school
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Care act assessmentsCare package reviewWaiting list managementMultidisciplinary collaboration

Occupational Therapist Career Context

Of the 40 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% have no call, 75% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Locum Occupational Therapist at Liquid Personnel a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,430 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

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Annual compensation range

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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 60% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,430 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Hybrid
  • Remote
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About Liquid Personnel

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Manchester, Lancashire
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Hybrid working model
Free DBS and compliance service
Twice-weekly payroll
Access to exclusive roles
Free CPD portal
Dedicated consultant
Refer a Friend bonus
Find your own job bonus