Remote Occupational Therapist — Community Care & Prevention

Liquid Personnel Limited.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Job summary

Liquid Personnel Limited. is seeking an occupational therapist to conduct remote assessments and provide guidance and equipment prescriptions for adults, carers, and professionals.

The role involves safeguarding escalation, risk assessment, and collaboration with health, housing, social care, and reablement teams. The candidate should have experience in adult social care or related settings, manage complex cases, and demonstrate strong communication skills for digital and telephone interactions.

Qualifications

• Experience working in Adult Social Care, community OT, hospital discharge, reablement, or similar settings (Essential).
• Experience managing complex cases and risk in fast-paced environments (Essential).
• Experience completing remote assessments (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Review referral information to identify priority, risk, and required OT intervention.
• Carry out remote assessments via telephone and video call.
• Provide preventative advice, guidance, and problem-solving support to adults, carers, and professionals.
• Escalate safeguarding concerns in line with statutory procedures.
• Apply strong functional questioning and clinical reasoning to assess needs remotely.
• Prescribe standard equipment and minor adaptations in accordance with service guidelines.
• Make defensible, evidence-based clinical decisions that reflect risk, strengths, and need.
• Maintain accurate and timely case records.
• Contribute to prevention-focused work, including equipment reviews, moving & handling advice, and self-management strategies.
• Work collaboratively with community health, housing, social work, reablement, voluntary sector teams, and safeguarding partners.
• Participate in supervision, MDT meetings, training, and service-development activities.
• Promote a solution-focused and strengths-based culture.

Skills

Care Act 2014

Housing legislation

Equipment provision

Strength-based approaches

Digital & telephone comms

Risk assessment

Problem solving

Independent working

Team working

Moving & handling

Job description

Liquid Personnel Limited. is seeking an occupational therapist to conduct remote assessments and provide guidance and equipment prescriptions for adults, carers, and professionals.

The role involves safeguarding escalation, risk assessment, and collaboration with health, housing, social care, and reablement teams. The candidate should have experience in adult social care or related settings, manage complex cases, and demonstrate strong communication skills for digital and telephone interactions.