Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team Associate Practitioner
The closing date is 15 March 2026
The Stroke Rehabilitation Assistant works as an integral member of the interdisciplinary stroke team, supporting the delivery of high quality, person centred rehabilitation across hospital and community settings.
The role involves assisting qualified clinicians in providing therapeutic interventions, monitoring patient progress, and ensuring a safe, inclusive environment that promotes recovery, dignity, and independence.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the interdisciplinary team covering both the inpatient stroke unit and community, the post holder will be trained to take responsibility for carrying out delegated, relatively routine assessments spanning the professional domains of nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy. The results of which will be fed back to registered health professionals to establish subsequent care/activity plans.
The post holder will take responsibility for delivering rehabilitation programmes, delegated by professionally qualified staff, which can be performed safely with training and under protocol and direct or indirect supervision.
The post holder will monitor the outcomes of the rehabilitation provided, to make recommendations to minor changes and refer on to professional qualified staff as appropriate.
The post holder will document all aspects of care in which they have been directly involved. This will include assessments, observations and care provided.
To undertake trusted assessor training and applied responsibilities.
To complete 6 month stroke reviews as per the Stroke Pathway under the direction of the Stroke Nurses.
To contribute to the development of effective and efficient teamwork in the delivery of care.
To ensure that professional and own behaviour is managed in line with Trust competencies.
To show a commitment to lifelong learning.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* A-Level qualifications or equivalent (e.g. NVQ 3); Health & Social Care NVQ level III or above experience
* Care certificate completion within the first 6-12 months of employment if new to the Trust
* English and Maths GCE/GCSE or equivalent Grade C or above or equivalent qualification to demonstrate numeracy and literacy
* Qualifications to access foundation degree
* Knowledge of nursing / physiotherapy / occupational therapy / speech and language therapy procedures and practices.
* Full driving license
* Health and Social Care Foundation Degree or equivalent.
* Knowledge of stroke rehabilitation
Experience
* Significant experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting
* Experience of working within stroke Care.
* Experience of working in the community.
Additional Criteria
* Willing to work flexible hours and locations, if necessary, to meet the needs of the service
* Initiative
* Open to feedback
* Committed to patient care
* Motivated
* Reliable
* Aware of own strengths and weaknesses
* Able to work under own
* initiative, whilst following
* instructions/directions of
* Qualified Staff.
* Abel to carry our trusted assessor tasks independently
* Able to use own initiative
* Ability to project a positive outlook
* Ability to cope with change
* Ability to cope under stress
* Able to manage own time with senior supervision
* Evidence of working in a team.
* Demonstrate ability to communicate verbally and in writing
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£27,485 to £30,162 a year based on full time hours
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