Occupational Therapist - Discharge to Assess

Job Title: Occupational Therapist - Discharge to Assess
Location: East Sussex (Flexible hours)
Pay Rate: £32 per hour

Job Description:

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Occupational Therapist to join the Discharge to Assess Project team in East Sussex. In this role, you’ll work closely with Adult Social Care Hospital Teams to support safe, timely hospital discharges and help people return home with the right support.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Complete holistic, strengths-based assessments for adults ready to leave hospital


• Coordinate equipment provision and home adaptations to promote independence


• Liaise with hospital teams, community services, and equipment providers


• Support service users and carers through the discharge process


• Promote safe, person-centred transitions from hospital to home


• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in line with professional standards

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours available – full-time or part-time considered.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy


• HCPC registration (essential)


• Experience working in hospital discharge, community, or social care settings


• Strong knowledge of equipment provision, home adaptations, and D2A pathways


• Excellent communication, organisational, and collaborative working skills


• Commitment to promoting independence and person-centred care

Know someone perfect for this role?

Refer them and receive a generous referral bonus if they’re successful!

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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