Occupational Therapist - Integrated Triage Team

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Occupational Therapist for its client's integrated Triage Team at Bexley.

The Bexley Integrated Triage Team is a multi‑disciplinary service providing initial triage, assessment, and response for adults with health and social care needs across primary and secondary care settings. They offer holistic, person‑centred assessments both in the home and over the telephone, ensuring residents receive the right intervention at the right time. 

This is an excellent opportunity for an OT confident in community work, holistic assessment, rehabilitation planning, and supporting adults with a range of physical and mental health needs.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Deliver professional, personalised OT assessments for adults and older adults with physical disabilities and dual physical/mental health needs.
• Provide holistic assessments at home and via telephone triage.
• Recommend rehabilitative, preventative, and independence‑focused solutions to improve safety and quality of life.
• Lead on Access / Home visits and functional assessments across the borough.
• Contribute to shaping and improving the OT service through continuous evaluation and professional feedback.
• Work collaboratively with:
  • Nurses
  • Social Workers
  • Rehabilitation Assistants
  • Physiotherapists
  • Doctors
  • Volunteers and wider MDT colleagues
• Manage a varied caseload, ensuring timely and defensible clinical decision‑making.
• Supervise and support junior staff as required.
• Attend MDT and family meetings, offering OT expertise to guide joint planning.
• Travel independently across the borough to complete home‑based assessments (driver not mandatory unless required by service, but ability to travel is essential).

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
• Experience working with adults and older adults with physical disabilities and dual diagnosis.
• Strong holistic assessment and rehabilitation planning skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a fast‑moving MDT environment.
• Excellent communication skills across clinical, social care, and multidisciplinary settings.
• Confidence managing a community caseload and prioritising effectively.
• Ability to travel independently to home visits across the borough.

  Referral Bonus:  Know an OT who would suit this role? Refer them and  earn a bonus  when they start!

Why Liquid Personnel? Referral Bonus:

• 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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