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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8:00 - 16:00)
Job ref
193-7792707NCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/03/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Hand Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Job overview

Band 6 Senior Hand Therapist

CQC RATING: GOOD

Are you a dynamic individual with hand therapy experience? 

Are you passionate about patient-centred care and do you value working in a positive team environment focused on peer support and development?

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to come and join our team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. 

We are a GOOD rated hospital following CQC inspection and are looking to employ a highly skilled, forward-thinking, dynamic individual as a Band 6 Hand Therapist.

We welcome applications from both Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists for this role.

Please contact us if you would like further information or to arrange an informal visit.

Please Note: This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

  • To be responsible for the efficient, effective and safe therapeutic management of patients within RBFT.
  • To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical practice for patients under your management and to support more junior staff to do likewise.
  • To receive referrals and independently assess and treat own caseload of patients, ensuring evaluation and progression of treatment programmes to a high standard, and in line with National and Trust clinical guidelines, protocols and pathways where they exist.
  • To have clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and prioritise that work efficiently taking into account clinical and service priorities, using clinical knowledge to underpin decisions.
  • To manage clinical risk within own clinical caseload and identify and report any risks witnessed.
  • To formulate and deliver specialist individual therapy treatment programmes based on clinical knowledge of current practice, evidence based practice and treatment options, using clinical assessment and reasoning skills. 
  • To have knowledge of a range of treatment skills relevant to the management of patient’s conditions, including transfer assessments, function, and provision of advice, education and support.  To provide therapy to patients individually, or as a group.

Working for our organisation

We are one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country - serving a population of more than 500,000 people - and the main provider of acute and specialist care services for West Berkshire.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, play, and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role.

Person specification

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential criteria
  • NHS Experience across all core clinical areas
  • Minimum 6 months experience in a Hand Therapy role
  • Understanding of current evidence base
Desirable criteria
  • BAHT L1
  • 2 years of Hand Therapy experience

Education

Essential criteria
  • Degree or other recognised qualification in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
  • HCPC Registered
Desirable criteria
  • Post-graduate Hand Therapy course

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Florence Nightingale FoundationNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kathryn Rigler
Job title
Team Lead MSK Outpatients Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0118 322 6513
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