Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (includes weekend working)
- Job ref
- 193-7880930NCG
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Experienced Occupational Therapist in Medicine
NHS AfC: Band 6
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.”
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’.
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
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.
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
Band 6 Experienced Occupational Therapist in Medicine
This static post provides an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking and highly valued therapy team within acute medicine.
The role involves providing specialist therapy for a wide range of patients and involvement in service development projects to provide continuous improvement within the area.
The post will be operating across the following specialties: renal, respiratory, cardiology, oncology, gastro, rheumatology and endocrine, working with individuals with a variety of complex needs.
The post holder will also be expected to take a role in supervising junior staff and students, contributing to in-service training and the weekend rota.
The role also requires a willingness to develop leadership skills, an excellent opportunity for a Band 5 or 6 looking to further their career.
Main duties of the job
- To be an experienced occupational therapist working for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Hospital (RBFT).
- To participate in the operational management and clinical leadership of occupational therapy in conjunction with the Team Lead and/or Professional Lead.
- To use specialist occupational therapy knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to provide experienced support and advice to the occupational therapy team and to manage own caseload of patients with complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner.
- To ensure a high quality, effective and efficient occupational therapy service in designated area.
- To be a member of the Therapy Department contributing to planning and policy development in these departments.
- To deputise for the Band 7 Team Lead as required.
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.
We attract Occupational Therapists from all over the country and internationally. If you’d like to see more about what we do, please go to our twitter @rbhtherapyteam.
Our innovative Therapies Practice Education Team are an integral part of our staff's experience in their roles. Please follow this link to see more of what we do! https://youtu.be/dFeVzr_UqCw
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" 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 refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.
Person specification
Knowledge/Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- To have a degree or other recognised qualification in occupational therapy
- Post graduate specialist experience as demonstrated by ongoing CPD , evidence-based project work, post graduate teaching
- HCPC Registered
- Understanding of a broad range of acute medical conditions
- Post-graduate training in the management of conditions
- Experience of teaching and presenting to other staff
- Experience of supervising and developing other staff and students
Desirable criteria
- BSc OT
- Specialist knowledge in related area
- Research or audit experience
- Training and Presentation skills
Other
Desirable criteria
- Car driver with UK driving licence, able to drive pool car for access visits
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Application numbers
Candidates to be capped at 30 applications for each whole time equivalent position being recruited to.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stuart Maher
- Job title
- Team Lead OT for Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0118 322 5305
- Additional information
Josie Caffrey (Occupational Therapy Professional Lead) 0118 322 5215 / [email protected]
Rachel Thomas (Therapies Education & Workforce Lead) [email protected]
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