Senior Home Therapy Dialysis Assistant (Part Time 20 hrs p/w)
The closing date is 16 November 2025
Job summary
Band 3 Senior Home Therapy Dialysis Assistant
This is a part-time post for 20 hours per week.
This post is hybrid- working within the community at the homes of patients, and also based within our Home Therapy team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital site - the service includes visiting the homes of patients across East & West Berkshire.
The majority of your time will be spent within the homes of patients providing practical support / setting up automated peritoneal dialysis (PD) machines and all the clinical care around this.
The renal replacement therapy is carried out either 4 x daily manually, or, overnight by an automated machine.
It is a life saving treatment that is required every day - the service is therefore required to run 365 days a year and so will involve some weekend / bank holiday working.
The roll involves undertaking PD related care - such as machine set ups, observations, patient weights, machine set-ups, blood taking, dialysis related dressings, stock takes.
There is some flexible working, but the care must be provided within the hours of approximately 9am -2pm.
You must hold a current valid UK driving licence as the service is community-based and you must be able to travel the homes of patients across East & West Berkshire.
Main duties of the job
The post doesn't involve any personal care to patients - it is dialysis-related care only.
Set up of the Automated Peritoneal dialysis.
Manual Peritoneal dialysis.
Observations / stock taking / clinical disposal of waste / dialysis related dressings.
Liaising with the trained renal team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Blood taking.
About us
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 and 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.
Details
Date posted
02 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro-rata per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
193-7572500NCG
Job locations
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer's website
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