Occupational Therapist - Advanced Practitioner
Liquid Personnel
Salary undisclosed
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Description
Liquid Personnel is recruiting Occupational Therapist for its client's Advanced Practitioner Team at Walsall.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced OT to take on a leadership role, supporting practitioners and promoting independence, safety and wellbeing for adults across the community.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Provide professional supervision, guidance and support to Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants.
- Oversee practice quality, ensuring high standards of assessment and intervention.
- Manage work allocation and workloads across the team.
- Coach, mentor and support the professional development of colleagues.
- Provide guidance on complex cases, clinical decisions and risk management.
- Support assessments for minor and major adaptations, including Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs).
- Advise on equipment provision, specialist equipment and manual handling needs.
- Work collaboratively with the Team Manager and other Advanced Practitioners to improve service delivery and outcomes.
- Promote person-centred practice, prevention and early intervention to help adults maintain independence at home.
Contract Details:
- Rate: £31.97 per hour (Umbrella)
- Service: Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI)
- Working pattern: Hybrid
- Office day: Wednesday
- Other days: Community visits and home working, with the option to work from the office daily.
Please note: An Adult DFE form is required with all candidate submissions.
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have,
- Recognised Occupational Therapy qualification and current HCPC registration.
- Significant post-qualification experience in Adult Social Care.
- Experience supervising, mentoring or supporting staff, students or apprentices.
- Strong professional leadership and decision-making skills.
- Confidence managing complex cases and supporting colleagues.
- Excellent communication and partnership-working skills.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and positive outcomes for adults and carers.
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.
BH - 203217
GH - 36555
Benefits
- professional development
About this role
Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to step into an Advanced Practitioner role within their client's Prevention and Early Intervention team in Walsall. This is a leadership position suited to an OT ready to move beyond direct practice into supervision and quality oversight. You would support and mentor a team of Occupational Therapists and Assistants, guide complex cases and clinical decisions, manage workloads, and champion person-centred approaches that help adults maintain independence at home. The role also involves hands-on involvement in assessments for adaptations and equipment provision, including Disabled Facilities Grants work.
The contract is hybrid with a fixed office day on Wednesdays; other time splits between community visits, home working, and optional office days. You'll need current HCPC registration, significant Adult Social Care experience, and proven capability in supervising or mentoring staff. Strong leadership, communication and partnership skills are essential, as is comfort managing complexity and supporting continuous improvement across the service.
Liquid Personnel offers £31.97 per hour (umbrella), twice-weekly payroll with faster payment options, free DBS and compliance support, and access to their exclusive training and CPD portal. You'll have a dedicated consultant and can benefit from referral bonuses. Note that an Adult DFE form is required with your application.
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