Job Summary
Job Title: Occupational Therapist 84122
Grade: Band 6
Trust: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location: St Marks Hospital, Maidenhead SL6 6DU
Ward/Dept: Henry Tudor Ward
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Shift Pattern: Mon-Fri 8:00-16:00
Pay Rates: £25.01 per hour (exc Holiday Pay)
Why might this job interest you?
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist who is passionate about delivering premium healthcare? We have a new and exciting opportunity for a band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the team based in Berkshire. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 6 OT to join our amazing integrated therapy team, where you will assist in the delivery of a high-quality Occupational Therapy service. Under the guidance of Senior Occupational Therapists, you will assess and manage a caseload of varied and complex needs.
Responsibilities
* Manage a caseload of complex cases of all ages relating to mobility, pressure and postural care and often in combination with communication, challenging, cognitive and/or perceptual difficulties with support from senior staff as needed.
* Formulate individualized action plans based on the assessment findings and clinical reasoning; prescribe appropriate specialist equipment using options from a range of equipment.
* Communicate complex and sensitive information and advice in a sensitive and empathic manner to service users, carers and professionals, including information about diagnosis and prognosis, to find ways of enabling the information to be understood.
* Use evidence-based patient‑centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, as well as responsibility for managing and transferring an individual patient’s ongoing care to other professions and agencies as appropriate.
* Identify service developments, needs, contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of the service and have responsibility for defined projects.
Qualifications
* OT Qualification and experience mandatory.
* HCPC registration mandatory.
Experience
* Experience of working in a care home.
* Specialist knowledge acquired through training or working with older people with complex health needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
About NHS Professionals
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.
Employer
NHS Professionals Limited
St. Marks Hospital, 112 St. Marks Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 6DU
Job Location
St. Marks Hospital, 112 St. Marks Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 6DU
Job Details
* Date posted: 05 November 2025
* Pay scheme: Agenda for change
* Band: 6
* Salary: £25.01 an hour
* Contract: Bank
* Duration: 3 months
* Working pattern: Full‑time, Flexible working
* Reference number: M0042-84122
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