# Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist-or-physiotherapist/155eccc7-7179-48dd-9010-f5a79d4a19ea - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist-or-physiotherapist/155eccc7-7179-48dd-9010-f5a79d4a19ea.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bracknell - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 per annum (incl of HCAS) - **Contract type:** 1 year (Fixed term end date will be determined after pre-employment checks have been completed) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-23T11:01:24.784Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8177688 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8177688?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We here at BHFT are looking for an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to work within the Care Home Support Team within East Berkshire . This unique role will allow you to work on a Monday to Friday basis between normal office hours, using your clinical expertise to train and develop care home staff across East Berkshire. Unlike your normal clinical role, you will be working from home and taking occasional visits to care homes across East Berkshire to deliver in person training. You will work with the Integrated Care Board, Care Homes and Local Authorities to ensure that our care home staff are delivering an enhanced and top tier service to its residents. If this fantastic opportunity appeals to you, we would love to have an application from you. We will be offering interviews on a first come first serve basis and aim to give you an outcome on your application within 2 working days. We are open to offering this post as part time or full time. This is a fixed term post to cover maternity leave an end date will be confirmed in due course. ### Main duties of the job To work in partnership with care homes to develop pro-active training/educating advisory service that aims to improve the health, well-being, and independence of all care home residents. Identify the specific skills and training requirements for each care home and deliver and record a tailored training programme Attend and contribute to clinical/care homes MDT and cluster meetings where appropriate. Share expert knowledge and skills with the care homes to enhance their skills. To independently manage a small caseload of complex cases relating to mobility, pressure, and postural care and often in combination with communication, challenging, cognitive and/or perceptual difficulties. Formulate individualised action plans based on the assessment findings and clinical reasoning. Work as a senior practitioner and be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of your own work. Complete support visits to care homes and offer advice and support Continue working alongside local authorities to support those homes rated red or amber and those with residents who have frequent hospital admissions. Signpost and support with making direct referrals on to other community services or professions as required ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The  “must haves” for you to be considered for this role: 1.Registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist 2.Experience in educating and mentoring others 3.Strong communication and people skills 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. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply. If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare! We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Corinna Green on (07929 824 283) or email: (\[email protected\]) who’ll be delighted to help. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required ## Person Specification ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Post registration experience - Specialist knowledge acquired through training or working with older people with complex health needs - Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment **Desirable** - Experience of working with care homes - Experience of working with patients with a postural deviation - Experience of teaching others - Evidence of participating in clinical audits in the workplace. ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - Ability to travel to multiple sites efficiently - Full UK driving licence - The daily use of a car ### Knowledge, Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Demonstrate good organisational and prioritisation skills and ability to work under pressure - Ability to effectively delegate activities to appropriate staff - Advanced IT skills - Ability to translate best practice evidence and national policy into practice - Knowledge of current Health / Social Care legislation, i.e. National Serviced Frameworks - Knowledge of resource management - Knowledge and understanding of adult protection issues ### Education/Qualifications/Training **Essential** - Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy Degree - Registration with Health Professions Council - Post-graduate courses - Evidence of relevant post registration CPD **Desirable** - Relevant courses in postural management and use of relevant equipment - Training in the equipment needs of older people. ### Continuous Professional Development **Essential** - Evidence of on-going professional development ## Documents - [working for us (pdf, 773.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10480615) - [help with your application guide (pdf, 256.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2285) - [job description and person specification (docx, 761.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10480613) - [value based recruitment behaviour framework (pdf, 454.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10480614) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.