Job requirements
Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience working with vulnerable people or customer facing role
- Experience
Previous experience in a Health or Social Care setting
- Education/Skills
Education to GCSE level including English and Maths
- Education/Skills
IT skills, including email
- Education/Skills
Knowledge of Occupational Therapy
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Previous experience in therapies
- Education/Skills
Understanding of hospital working
- Education/Skills
Car driver
Job overview
Band 2 Occupational Therapy Assistant (Elderly Care)
Exciting opportunity to join a compassionate and aspirational Therapy Team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
The role will entail supporting older people who are admitted in to an acute hospital to regain function and independence. A big part of the role involves supporting to get patients home safely.
The successful candidate will work with qualified Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and other member of the multidisciplinary teams to deliver a high quality service for patients.
In this role you will work in line with the trust's CARE values to deliver person-centred care to ensure the best outcomes for patients in our care.
You will work with the Occupational Therapy team to assess and treat patients. You will work with the MDT and community partner organisations to ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time whenever possible.
Main duties of the job
- Face-to-face contact with patients, completing 'initial interviews' and information gathering with patients, their next of kin and other organisations such as social services.
- Delivering Occupational Therapy, working with the guidance of an Occupational Therapist to rehabilitate patients through practicing and supporting activities of daily living such as, washing and dressing, meal preparation, transfers.
- Supporting the completion of home visits with patients along side a qualified therapist.
- Liaison with internal teams to promote smooth transition for patient from hospital to community.
- Manual handling.
- Personal care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.
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.
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This advert is for Occupational Therapy Assistant (Elderly Care) with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in Reading, England. It is listed as a Band 2 Occupational therapy assistant role. The advertised salary is £25,272 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Sep 2026.
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