Senior Multi Therapy Assistant | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 February 2026 |
| Location: | Reading, RG1 8NQ |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7714046/371-CHS1102-D |
Summary
Intermediate care is a multidisciplinary service that helps people to be as independent as possible. It provides support and rehabilitation to people at risk of hospital admission or who have been in hospital. It aims to ensure people transfer from hospital to the community ina timelyway and to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospitals and residential care.
Reading Intermediate Care is a team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, a nurse, and senior therapy assistants, who treat people in their own homes to rehabilitate them to as high a level of independence as possible. This supportive multidisciplinary teamwork with patients across Reading in close communication with social services, voluntaryagenciesand GPs. The team also support thehospital discharges /2 daypathway/ falls / community physiotherapy pathwaysand providingsupport to patients at risk of hospital admission due to lack of equipment or care support.
The Senior Therapy Assistant will work with and support the clinicians by working with the patients to achieve their goals. They will also receive and process referrals, collect relevant data information and share information with the relevant services.
The post holder will support and teach practical skills to junior therapeutic and care assistants, students, patients their relatives and/or carers.
To undertake initial safe assessments when a referral is received through the Lead Referral Co-ordinators from general practitioners in the reading locality or from the community/acute hospital. To ensure that patients are taken on through theappropriate serviceand have a clear care planidentifyingtheir needs and ensureappropriate actionsare taken. To discuss patients, progress while on the service and review with the multi-disciplinary team asappropriate.Toassistthe patient inidentifyingtheir goals and to recognise when these have been achieved.To holistically support the patient throughout the re-ablementprocess and to fulfil the needs of those who are unable to recover from illhealth. Tohave a patient centred approach. To liaise with Registered Nurses, Registered Occupational Therapists,Registred Physiotherapists and Care Managers/Social Workers to communicate changes in patients’
condition and to keepaccurateand concise reports. To be the first point of contact for junior staff and escalate accordingly. To contribute andparticipatein professional development meetings.To receive and process referrals, collect relevantinformationand share information with the relevant services.To collect information for triage of referralsand assess the patients’ needs from the information collated and to pursue the mostappropriate actionin a timely manneron behalf of the referrer or patient.
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 SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.
The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
• Have excellent communication skills
• Car driver with ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites
• Willingness to work alone and effectively manage co-morbidities under the rehabilitation umbrella
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’re committed 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.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible
This advert closes on Monday 19 Jan 2026
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