Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist
Job Title: Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist
Specialism: Adult Social Care Occupational Therapy
Location: Haringey, London
Salary: Up to £42.00 per hour, depending on experience
Type: Locum
Contract: Ongoing, initially 3 months
Start Date: 21 September 2026
Working Pattern: Full Time, 36 hours per week
Positions Available: 1
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to take your career to the next level? Join our team in Haringey as an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist , earning up to £42.00 per hour depending on experience.
This full-time locum position offers an initial 3-month contract starting on 21 September 2026, with the potential for ongoing work. You’ll play a key role within Adult Social Care, using your expertise to manage complex cases, provide specialist guidance, support colleagues, and drive high-quality, person-centred practice.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist who is ready to lead, innovate, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of adults within the community.
Perks and benefits
- Flexible Locum Working: Gain valuable experience across different environments while enjoying the flexibility and variety that locum work provides.
- Competitive Pay: Earn up to £42.00 per hour, depending on your experience and expertise.
- Work-Life Balance: Benefit from a 36-hour working week while retaining the flexibility associated with locum employment.
- Meaningful Impact: Make a tangible difference to service users and their families through high-quality, strengths-based and person-centred interventions.
- Professional Growth: Develop your leadership, clinical, supervisory, and service improvement skills within a supportive Adult Social Care environment.
- Collaborative Team: Work alongside a multidisciplinary team that values knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continuous development.
- Ongoing Opportunity: Benefit from an initial 3-month contract with the potential for continued work.
What you will do
- Assess service users with complex care and therapy needs, making a significant contribution to their care and support journeys.
- Apply advanced professional judgement, decision-making, and risk management skills when managing complex cases.
- Identify and coordinate appropriate care pathways to ensure comprehensive and effective service delivery.
- Manage a complex Occupational Therapy caseload to a consistently high professional standard.
- Support the Team Manager in leading and developing a multifaceted multidisciplinary team.
- Provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice and guidance across Adult Social Care services.
- Lead on comprehensive assessments, interventions, reviews, and complex case management.
- Champion best practice, policy development, and service improvement initiatives.
- Supervise, mentor, and support Occupational Therapists and students, sharing your specialist knowledge and experience.
- Facilitate safeguarding discussions, risk management processes, and complex case reviews.
- Chair multidisciplinary meetings and case conferences, ensuring effective decision-making and coordinated outcomes.
- Promote and embed strengths-based and person-centred approaches across practice.
- Contribute to workforce development, professional supervision, education, and quality assurance activities.
- Support the delivery of consistently high standards of Occupational Therapy practice across the service.
- Degree in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration.
- Substantial experience working within Adult Social Care Occupational Therapy.
- Proven experience managing complex cases, assessments, and interventions.
- Strong knowledge of the Care Act, Adult Safeguarding procedures, Mental Capacity Act, and Mental Health Act.
- Experience supervising and mentoring Occupational Therapists and/or other staff.
- Strong communication, leadership, report-writing, and case-management skills.
- Proven ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Confidence in making complex professional decisions and managing risk.
- Experience leading practice development initiatives and representing services at strategic forums.
- Experience supporting workforce development, education, and professional learning.
- Experience contributing to complex safeguarding investigations.
- Experience in service improvement and quality assurance.
Why Haringey?
Haringey is a vibrant and diverse London borough offering an excellent combination of professional opportunity and quality of life. With outstanding parks, excellent transport connections, and a rich cultural scene, it provides an exciting environment in which to live and work.
Working within Haringey Adult Social Care gives you the opportunity to support a diverse community, encounter varied and complex cases, and make a genuine difference to people’s lives. It’s a setting where your expertise can have a meaningful impact while allowing you to develop professionally.
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