Assistant Practitioner - Stroke/Neurology

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated Assistant Practitioner to join the Community Stroke Team in Wolverhampton. The post spans outpatient and community environments, delivering rehabilitation across Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, and Physiotherapy.

A full driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential. This Band 4 post offers professional development within a supportive NHS environment.

Qualifications

• Substantial, relevant experience in a therapy or rehabilitation role.
• Community experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver treatment programmes that support patients in achieving their rehabilitation goals.
• Undertake stroke and neurology-specific therapeutic interventions under the supervision of qualified therapists.
• Act as a key worker for allocated patients, ensuring effective communication and feedback to clinicians.

Skills

Driving licence

Education

Foundation degree in health and social care

NVQ 3 diagnostic and therapeutic care

Job description

Employer The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site New Cross Hospital/Trust Sites/Community Town Wolverhampton Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/09/2026 23:59

Band 4

Job overview

We are seeking a dedicated Assistant Practitioner, or someone to develop into this role, to join our dynamic Community Stroke Team. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of specialist rehabilitation across Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, and Physiotherapy. The role requires a flexible approach, with responsibilities spanning outpatient and community environments.

You will work with patients individually, in groups, and as part of a multidisciplinary team. Ongoing professional support and development opportunities will be provided to enhance your skills within this specialist area.

As community visits form a key part of the role, a full driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

Main duties of the job

Deliver treatment programmes that support patients in achieving their rehabilitation goals.

Undertake stroke and neurology‑specific therapeutic interventions under the supervision of qualified therapists.

Act as a key worker for allocated patients, ensuring effective communication and feedback to clinicians.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as"Good"by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.

Person specification

Experience

• Substantial, relevant experieince in a therapy or rehabilitation role
• Community experience

Qualifications

• Foundation degree in health and social care or equivalent qualification
• NVQ 3 diagnostic and therapeutic care or equivalent competency based qualification

Skills

• Full UK driving license and use of vehicle for work

Visa/Sponsorship Information

In line with UKVI requirements, the Trust is unable to sponsor any applicants for Skilled Woker Visas who do not meet the minimum eligibility requirements including applicable salary thresholds and concessions. Before applying, please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK, or that the role is eligible for sponsorship. For more information, please visit: Health and Care Worker Visa or Skilled Worker Visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.