Job Description

Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant in Elderly Care
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 Elderly Care service.
The post holder will work as part of the Elderly Care 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.

About us
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 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.
Details
Date posted
29 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
24,937 to 26,598 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
193-7693373NCG
Job locations
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Craven Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached and Person Specification for further details of the role. Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached and Person Specification for further details of the role.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Skills & Experience
Essential

• 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 email use

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in a care or hospital environment
• Knowledge of hospital functions

Other
Desirable

• Car driver

Person Specification
Knowledge/Skills & Experience
Essential

• 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 email use

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in a care or hospital environment
• Knowledge of hospital functions

Other
Desirable

• Car driver

Skills Required