Stroke Practitioner

We have a vacancy for a full time Band 4 Stroke Practitioner within the Community Stroke service based within the city of Nottingham.

We are looking for compassionate, enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals from a health or social care setting who have experience of working with/within multidisciplinary teams and can demonstrate an understanding of how a stroke can impact on patients and those around them.

The role requires you to be self-motivated as you will be managing your own caseload. You will be part of a large but supportive multidisciplinary team carrying out assessments, and supporting rehabilitation in peoples homes, care homes and other city venues or clinic settings. Patients seen will have had a stroke within the past 2 years.

In addition to APs, the team comprises of Administrator, Discharge Coordinator, Mental Health Nurses, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Support Workers, Reviewing Officers, Speech and Language therapists and Stroke Nurses.

There are good opportunities for training and development both internal and external and excellent opportunities to develop the role and to be involved in shaping the service through involvement in audits or other service development projects., The Stroke Practitioner role is key to supporting patients to progress in their recovery following discharge from hospital to either their own home environment or to a care setting, working closely with the other members of the Community Stroke Service and feeding back any changes to the clinicians involved. The role is a very important part of the service in that it supports the qualified clinicians in implementing rehabilitation of patients who have suffered a stroke by carrying out assessments and progressing clear rehabilitation goals and care plans. They also support Rehabilitation Support Workers with their caseload management.

Stroke practitioners are required to encourage and promote self-care with individuals following a stroke, providing support and guidance, and working in partnership with patients, carers, and other agencies to ensure a person-centred approach.

There are also opportunities to run groups, support clinics, and be involved in training sessions. You will be expected to be an active member of the team including being involved in ongoing service evaluation and development such as participating in audits and other projects that will improve service delivery and patient outcomes.

You will receive regular supervision and appropriate training to develop within the role.

You will need to demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills. You must be able to prioritise tasks and manage your time effectively. You will need to be flexible and organised.

We are a provider of NHS Community Health Services, CityCare exists to support the health and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health and care partners to achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with a passion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a difference everyday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care. As a social enterprise we aim to add social value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping to make a difference in peoples lives.

CityCare value the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.