Senior Multi Therapy Assistant

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health services trust is seeking a Senior Therapy Assistant to support clinician teams in Reading. This role involves patient assessments, maintaining care plans, and coordinating with healthcare professionals. Candidates must possess excellent communication skills and the ability to travel between multiple sites. This position offers flexible working options and a comprehensive benefits package, including generous annual leave, an NHS pension scheme, and excellent opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days' annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Learning and career development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Access to wellbeing services

Discounts at retailers

Staff networks for support

Generous leave policies

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills are essential.
• Must have the ability to travel to multiple sites by car.
• Willingness to work alone and effectively manage co-morbidities.

Responsibilities

• Undertake safe assessments of patients.
• Ensure patients have clear care plans.
• Discuss patients' progress with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Assist patients in identifying and achieving their goals.
• Coordinate changes with healthcare professionals.
• Be a contact point for junior staff.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Car driver with ability to travel

Managing co-morbidities

Job description

Introduction

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 in a timely way and to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospitals and residential care.

Team

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, voluntary agencies and GPs. The team also supports the hospital discharges, 2‑day pathway, falls, community physiotherapy pathways and provides support to patients at risk of hospital admission due to lack of equipment or care support.

Senior Therapy Assistant Role

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.

Responsibilities

• Undertake initial safe assessments when a referral is received through the Lead Referral Coordinators from general practitioners or from the community/acute hospital.
• Ensure that patients are taken on through the appropriate service and have a clear care plan identifying their needs and ensuring appropriate actions are taken.
• Discuss patients' progress while on the service and review with the multi‑disciplinary team as appropriate.
• Assist the patient in identifying their goals and recognise when these have been achieved.
• Holistically support the patient throughout the re‑ablement process and fulfil the needs of those who are unable to recover from ill health.
• Maintain a patient‑centred approach.
• Coordinate with Registered Nurses, Registered Occupational Therapists, Registered Physiotherapists, Care Managers and Social Workers to communicate changes in patients' condition and keep accurate and concise reports.
• Be the first point of contact for junior staff and elevate accordingly.
• Participate in professional development meetings.
• Collect information for triage of referrals and assess patients' needs from the information collated, pursuing the most appropriate action in a timely manner on behalf of the referrer or patient.

Qualifications & Qualities

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.

Values

• Caring for and about you is our top priority.
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services.
• Working together with you to develop innovative solutions.

Benefits

• 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.

Employer

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.

Equal Opportunity

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.

Application Closure

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date. This advert closes on Monday 19 Jan 2026.