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Job Title: Occupational Therapist - 89768
Grade: Band 6/7
Trust: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Erlegh House, Reading RG6 6BZ
Ward/Dept: CYPIT Occupational Therapy
Hours: 37.5 hours
Shift Pattern: Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00
Pay Rates Day: £24.61/£28.90
Why might this job interest you?
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for a new role? We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Band 6/7 Occupational Therapist to join the team based in Reading.
Berkshire Healthcare CYPIT service is an integrated childrens therapy service shaped around the needs of the child and family operating within the Children, Families and All Age Services Division (CFAA). They are structured within integrated teams consisting of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists, as well as a strong integrated therapy assistant team based in locality areas within West Berkshire strategically focused on phases of life. They work closely together to ensure that they have the greatest therapeutic impact, working both directly and indirectly with children, young people and families to enable them to achieve their goals.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist advice, teaching and training to colleagues working within and outside the service, regarding individual patients and all areas of clinical delivery.
Investigate, interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate clinical diagnosis, evaluation and prognosis as part of the comprehensive assessment of patients, particularly those with a highly complex presentation, and to recommend the best course of intervention.
Be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the families and stakeholders under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise
Maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.
Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and other therapy and education staff to ensure delivery of a coordinated integrated service.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Details
- Date posted: 30 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 7
- Salary: £24.61 to £28.90 an hour
- Contract: Bank
- Duration: 6 months
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: M0042-89768
- Job locations: Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, Science & Technology Centre, Earley Gate, Whiteknights Road, READING, RG6 6BZ, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of supervision and training of other band 5 therapists/students and other professionals.
- Minimum of 2 years experience in working with children.
Qualifications
Essential
- OT Qualification and NHS experience mandatory.
- HCPC registration mandatory.
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