# Occupational Therapist Assistant

**Company**: Priorygroup
**Location**: Newbury, Berkshire
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £26,300
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Priory Hospital Newbury, located in Berkshire, is a level 2 rehabilitation service supporting male adults with mental health needs. The hospital also provides an acute service for local patients in crisis. As an Occupational Therapist Assistant, you will play a key part in patient recovery, supporting the assessment and delivery of tailored treatment plans while ensuring dignity, respect, and high standards of care.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Support the Occupational Therapist in planning and delivering therapeutic activities to promote patients' independence, wellbeing, and recovery.

- Assist patients in developing daily living skills, including personal care, self-care routines, and practical life skills.

- Facilitate individual and group activities designed to improve social interaction, confidence, communication, and engagement.

- Encourage patients to participate in meaningful occupations and therapeutic activities that support their individual recovery goals.

- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to support person-centred care and contribute to patients' treatment plans.

- Monitor and report patients' progress, engagement, and any changes in presentation to the Occupational Therapist and wider clinical team.

- Help maintain a safe, supportive, and therapeutic environment that promotes dignity, choice, and independence.

- Support the preparation of therapeutic resources, activity programmes, and group sessions in line with patients' individual needs.

- Maintain accurate records of patient participation and ensure all activities are delivered in accordance with clinical policies and procedures.

**Benefits**

- Enhanced maternity pay

- Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra day's annual leave

- Contributory pension scheme

- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones), and private healthcare

- Access to development opportunities

- Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel

- Leadership & management development

- Long service award

- Refer a friend bonuses

## Skills

### Required
- Psychology
- British Psychological Society (BPS) accreditation
- Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC)

### Nice to have
- Experience working within a mental health setting
- psychological assessments
- administering and scoring psychometric measures
- contributing to therapeutic interventions
- maintaining accurate clinical records

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