Senior Occupational Therapist

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Generous NHS pension

Excellent learning and career dev.

Free parking across Trust sites

Job summary

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Wokingham seeks a Senior Occupational Therapist with a focus on physical rehabilitation. You will lead a community inpatient unit, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with Therapy Team Leads to enhance patient care.

The role offers a Monday–Friday pattern, with opportunities for professional development in a Trust rated outstanding by the CQC. Join a supportive, inclusive team committed to high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Registered Occupational Therapist with interest in older adults rehabilitation.
• Strong organisational and teamwork skills.
• Experience leading a therapy team and supervising staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and specialist advice, supervising students and staff.
• Identify service developments and contribute to planning and evaluation.
• Manage a highly complex caseload using an interdisciplinary rehab approach.
• Deliver skilled assessments and client-centred interventions with thorough record-keeping.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Clinical supervision

Interdisciplinary collaboration

OT assessment

Education

HCPC registered

Rehabilitation of older adults interest

Job description

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist in physical rehab? Are you looking for a role that can offer you consistent personal and professional development?

Step Up to Lead:Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a focus on physical health?Do you want to take the next step in your career, guiding a community team while staying hands-on with patient care?

We’re looking for a passionate OT to join us as Senior Occupational Therapist for our Wokingham Community Hospital Inpatients Unit, a friendly and supportive community-based physical health service. The unit includes two wards helping adult patients recover from surgery or acute medical conditions as they prepare to return home.

What makes this role different?

• Support a team of OTs while managing a smaller personal caseload. Your focus will be on mentoring junior staff and assisting with more complex cases.
• Collaborate for better care: Work closely with the Therapy Team Leads to develop and improve patient care.
• Working pattern: Enjoy standard Monday to Friday hours (currently no weekends or evenings).

The ideal candidate will be a registered Occupational Therapist with an interest in the rehabilitation of older adults, have great organisational skills and enjoy team working.

• To provide clinical leadership and specialist advice, through supervision, education of students, Band 5, Occupational Therapy Assistants, support workers and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• To identify service developments, needs, contribute to the planning, development and evaluation of the service, and have responsibility for defined projects.
• To be responsible for a highly complex caseload using an interdisciplinary, patient focused rehabilitative approach.
• To provide highly skilled and specialist assessments of occupational performance, plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based client centred intervention maintaining the associated records in compliance with the standards from the College of Occupational Therapy and the Trust.

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

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jamie Poole Job title: Talent Acquisition Partner Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07770543828