Senior Ergonomics Advisor (Senior Manual Handling Advisor)

Interview will be held on 8th Sept 2025

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist? Do you have an interest in staff wellbeing? Are you looking for an opportunity to lead a team?

We have a fantastic opportunity for a registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to lead our small ergonomics team on a one year contract

Our ergonomics service aims to reduce and prevent musculoskeletal injuries within our staff group and sit as part of the wider Health and Wellbeing Service. This role is an excellent opportunity to impact and influence staff wellbeing and direct patient care.

You will deliver manual handling education and training for all levels of staff and provide specialist manual handling advice and support to clinical and non-clinical teams as well as conducting ergonomic assessments for staff. In addition to this, you will lead the team, making improvements to processes and leading on policy updates.

This role is a full time Band 7 Senior Ergonomic Advisor (Manual Handling Advisor). The office base for the role is at St Marks Hospital but you will be travelling across our Berkshire Healthcare sites and there is some flexibility to work from home when the service allows.

Berkshire Healthcare is committed to compassionate care and was recently rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC. It offers the full range of mental health and community services, and psychologists contribute to these as integrated members of all teams.

• Lead the ergonomics team
• Deliver evidenced based moving and handling training and education.
• Undertake individualised employee assessments on ergonomics and manual handling both virtually and face to face.
• Perform individualised risk assessments for patients with complex moving and handling needs.
• Undertaking advanced assessment of difficult and complex workplace issues. Subsequently, implement appropriate and evidence-based equipment provision, in order to reduce the risk of harm to patients, their carer’s and staff.
• Assist with risk management, including datix incident management support and policy development.
• Promote health and wellbeing for trust employees.

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 further details / informal visits contact: Name: Steph Moakes Job title: Health, Wellbeing and Engagement Manager Email address: steph.moakes@berkshire.nhs.uk #J-18808-Ljbffr