Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Some weekend working required)
- Job ref
- 193-7300514NCG-2
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Occupational Therapy Assistant in Medicine
Band 3
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
Occupational Therapy Assistant in Medicine
We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to come and join our team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. We are looking to employ a dynamic, compassionate and aspirational individual for the role of Occupational Therapy Assistant in our Acute Medicine service.
The post holder will work as part of the Medicine Therapy Team, supporting functional assessment, rehabilitation and discharge planning to patients during their inpatient stay.
The successful applicant will be passionate about delivering high quality patient care and outcomes. You will require excellent communication skills to build rapport with patients, their relatives / carers and the multidisciplinary team. You will have sound IT skills and demonstrate the Trust’s values of Compassion, Aspiration, Resourcefulness and Excellence.
Regular appraisal, supervision and support will be given to develop you as an individual in the therapy team with many opportunities to progress further. You will work alongside senior colleagues to implement new initiatives to continue to develop the service in line with best practice and clinical guidelines.
Main duties of the job
- To be an occupational therapy assistant working to assist the occupational therapists in the therapeutic management of patients for the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
- Under supervision to facilitate and participate in ongoing patient treatment and assessment.
- Under supervision of OT, adjustment of own clinical interventions based on the fluctuating needs of the patient.
- Assist in the implementation, evaluation and modification of OT.
- To work effectively as a team member in carrying out, under direction, assessment of patient’s functional activities including personal care assessments, meal preparation and assisting on home visits when required.
- To participate in providing a high quality, effective and efficient occupational therapy service.
- Under supervision of a registered OT, provide a range of activities, instructing and guiding patients, individually or in groups, to support them in achieving identified goals and promoting independence.
- To undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth. running of the service.
- To carry out outreach and community work , under supervision of OT.
- Driving for access visits and home visits in lease car.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006.
It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority.
The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Person specification
Knowledge/Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- Education to GCSE level including English and Maths
- NVQ or equivalent in Health and Social Care field
- Proven experience in a Health or social care setting, demonstrating experience of assisting with personal care activities.
- Experience of working in Therapies
- IT skills including word and e-mail use
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in a care or hospital environment
- Knowledge of hospital functions
Other
Desirable criteria
- Car driver
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Josie Caffrey
- Job title
- OT Professional Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0118 322 5215
- Additional information
Stuart Maher - OT Team Lead in Medicine
List jobs with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in Allied Health Professions or all sectors