Occupational Therapist - Mental Health

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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