Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Exciting Fixed Term contract opportunity has arisen for a full-time Band 5 Occupational Therapist (OT) post at Prospect Park Hospital (PPH) based in Reading. Secondment opportunity will also be considered for this post.

PPH serves all the localities in Berkshire and has approximately 170 inpatient beds spread across four adult acute Mental Health wards, two older adult Mental Health wards and a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). In this position you will be allocated to work on one of the wards.

The PPH Therapy team is composed of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics and Speech and Language Therapy team members. Working in a passionate Allied Health Professional team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth with opportunities to help you to build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will have a passion for caring a warm personality and the resilience to play a vital role in helping patients take the next step in their journey. With excellent communication and people skills, you will be empathetic and sensitive to the needs of patients, their families, and carers. You will engage and motivate patients therapeutically, using verbal and non-verbal skills where there are barriers to communication and understanding.

Main duties of the job

• To provide Occupational Therapy services for people in receipt of mental health and physical health services across Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT).

• To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based / client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate Occupational Therapy interventions.

• Contribute specific Occupational Therapy knowledge and skills to the multi-professional team.

• Participate in supervision of junior staff and students as required.

• Ensure effective liaison with other services within the 6 localities in Berkshire including voluntary, statutory general community resources.

• To be an active member of the PPH Occupational Therapy team providing OT intervention in one of the following areas: acute adult mental health admission wards, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), older people's in-patient wards

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites