Stroke Assistant Practitioner

Stroke Assistant Practitioner

The closing date is 03 March 2026

We are excited to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Stroke Assistant Practitioner to join our continually evolving Integrated Community Stroke Service.

Our Stroke Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team, established in 2009, has recently undergone an exciting period of growth and development. Since April 2023, the service has expanded to increase access to high-quality, specialist, community-based stroke rehabilitation across the localities we serve. This high-profile service supports patients across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, providing rehabilitation following an acute stroke and helping people rebuild their independence closer to home.

The service plays a crucial role in supporting patients during the first six months following discharge from hospital, ensuring a smooth, timely transition from hospital to home. Our focus is on maximising recovery, function, and independence, underpinned by a strong ethos of patient‑centred care, compassion, and consistently high clinical standards.

We are looking for someone with a genuine interest in stroke care and rehabilitation, who is motivated by making a real difference to patients' lives. This role offers the opportunity to work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, develop your skills, and contribute to the ongoing growth and innovation of the service.

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.

We are an award‑winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically‑led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as "outstanding" for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only "outstanding" NHS‑run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

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Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.

• Flexible approach to team working
• Good organisational skills
• Knowledge of other professional roles
• Reliable
• Motivated
• Ability to work under own initiative
• Understanding of when to seek advice
• Knowledge of specialist equipment
• Knowledge of acute, community and Primary Care pathways
• Evidence of involvement in service development
• Ability to prioritise own workload

• NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification in health related subject
• Knowledge and skills acquired through training or experience in Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Speech and Language Therapy in working with rehabilitation of adults
• Validated Courses in relevant subjects

• Experience working with older or disabled people in a care or rehabilitation setting in health or social care
• Working as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• NHS Experience
• Experience of working with stroke patients

• Physically able to carry out role
• Well‑developed handling and observational skills

• Working across localities as role demands
• Able to cover 8am
  -6pm including weekends and bank holidays to meet the needs of the service
• Car Owner / Driver - Full Driving Licence

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearper annum pro rata