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Occupational Therapist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Manylion swydd
Dyddiad hysbysebu: 03 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog: Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: £48,270 - £54,931 per annum ( Incl of HCAS)
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 03 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad: Maidenhead, SL6 1LD
Cwmni: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd: Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd: 7254324/371-CFS514

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Interview will be held on 25th June 2025

Join our Berkshire Eating Disorders Service (BEDS) as a Band 7 Occupational Therapist, where you'llplay a crucial role insupporting young people with eating disorders- including where these disorders are co-morbid with neurodevelopmental diagnoses.


Based in Maidenhead & Reading with the potential opportunity for work from home. 


You’llbe anexperienced OT with a holistic skill set and will work within our multidisciplinary team to assess,developand implement care plans.We offer evidence-based interventions and therapies in a supportive outpatient setting.  Working closely with young people and their families,you’lljoin us in having apatient centred tailored approach with a core principle that every decision made through the eye of the patient.

We are a committed and friendly team who support each other and make decisions collaboratively. You’llbe part of a service renowned for itsinnovation and pioneering methods, for example our SHaRON service which hassubsequentlybeen rolled out across other services and Trusts.

We welcome full time and part time applications.  Our serviceoperatesfrom9am-5pm, Mon-Fri.


Applications are processed as they are received. We would encourage you to apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early!




• Provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and interventions for children and young people with eating disorders,

• Deliver individual and group therapy sessions, including mental health interventions, and perform specialist OT assessments with various tools.

• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions and contribute to service evaluations,developmentand audits.

• Offer guidance on lifestyle changes and environmental adaptations for patients and theircarers. Lead on OT-related matters within the service.

• Use your occupational therapy skills to support the multi-disciplinary team.

• Represent occupational therapy at multi-disciplinary and professional forums as needed.

• Improve care standards by developing OT practices, promoting evidence-based methods, andparticipatingin audits and quality improvement projects.

• Maintain regular contact with CYPF Division and the Trust Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy.

• Work with families, carers, and other professionals from community CAMHS, social care, and voluntary sectors to support the wider CAMHS service in Berkshire


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



The must haves for this role:

1. Compassiontowards people struggling with eating disorders and mental health difficulties, and a heartfelt desire to helpothers;  

1. Resiliencewhich enables you to work in a fast-paced and at times demanding NHSenvironment;  

1. Commitmentto your colleagues and the ability to support each other, “muckin”  andpull together as a team  

1. Creativityand innovation as you will be a part of a team which prides itself on adapting quickly and innovatively to change and challenges    


For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.


We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.


We’recommitted to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.


We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to contactEmma Reganviaemail:emma.regan@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’llbe delighted to help.


Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.



This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Jun 2025

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