Stroke Unit Associate Practitioner | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Park Hospital Stroke Unit are looking to recruit 2 Stroke Unit Associate Practitioners.

We are delighted to have these new positions to support us in increasing rehabilitation intensity to our stroke inpatients. You will work across the multi-disciplinary team, assisting experienced and specialist registered staff in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Dietitics.

This is a really exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the recovery of our stroke patients.

• To work under the indirect supervision of registered therapists and clinicians to carry out rehabilitation to stroke patients. This may be working alongside a registered member of staff or independently, completing individual or group sessions.
• To deliver rehabilitation holistically incorporating multi-disciplinary treatments based on each individuals rehabilitation needs post stroke.
• To be involved in using outcome measures, goal setting and data collection to demonstrate the effectiveness of rehabilitation in line with current guidelines.
• To communicate effectively with all relevant parties, including the patient, families, and members of the MDT.
• To contribute to the discharge planning process in liaison with the MDT.
• To actively contribute to own CPD and learning. And support others in the team with their learning as appropriate.
• To work flexibly, including at weekends to help deliver rehabilitation to stroke patients across 7 days.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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• Deliver rehabilitation and treatment programs across multi disciplines independently; this may include appropriate and safe use of therapeutic handling, use of medical devices and technology, exercise prescription, group sessions.
• Recognise deterioration and improvement in patients. Communicating this to relevant MDT members in a timely way. Able to progress and regress treatments, responding to how patient's present each session.
• Independently be able to use outcome measures and goal setting with patients.
• Physical ability to carry out interventions. There is frequent requirement to exert moderate physical effort for several periods during the day.
• Proactive in the discharge planning process, liaising with all relevant parties in a timely manner and making onward referrals as appropriate.
• Participate in a 7 day working rota.

For more information please see the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Jun 2026