# Occupational Therapy Assistant (Fixed Term to August 2027)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Reading
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term to cover secondment until August 2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (some weekend working may be required)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T07:41:10.894Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Reading/Royal_Berkshire_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8164816
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8164816?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Band 2 Occupational Therapy Assistant

**This is a fixed-term/secondment opportunity for 12 months to August 2027**

PLEASE NOTE: We cannot offer visa sponsorship for this post.

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 Neuro team, as a fixed-term post for 12 months to cover a secondment.

You will split your time between working as part of the Acute Stroke Unit Therapy Team and the Neuro Rehab Unit 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 a good previous level of experience working with  inpatients, ability to run group sessions, 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.

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.

### 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

### Edcuation

**Essential**

- Education to GCSE level including English and Maths
- Proven experience in a Health or social care setting
- IT skills, including email
- Knowledge of Occupational Therapy
- Understanding of hospital working

**Desirable**

- Previous experience of health or social care setting

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience working with vulnerable people or customer facing role

**Desirable**

- Previous experience in therapies

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 139.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=603)
- [band 2 ot assistant jd (pdf, 195.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10466064)
- [behaviours framework 2022 (pdf, 2.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2970)
- [probation policy & procedure (pdf, 559.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1640)
- [learning in therapies at rbft 2026 (pdf, 820.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10466066)
- [working in therapies at the rbft 2026 (pdf, 813.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10466065)

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