Assistant Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an Assistant Practitioner within the Walsall ESD/Community Stroke Team, working primarily in a community setting. The successful candidate will assist in the rehabilitation of stroke patients in their homes, facilitating their participation in treatment programmes. They will work autonomously to organise and prioritise their workload, contributing to data collection and audits to improve service delivery. The team is interdisciplinary, consisting of various therapists, nurses, and clerical staff.
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSE's or equivalent
- Level 3 apprenticeship or equivalent L5 qualification
- Experience in a NHS health care environment working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of working with stroke patients
- Experience of working in a community health care setting
- Experience of working in a rehabilitation setting, delivering Physiotherapy and/or Occupational Therapy care plans and/or SLT
- Able to assist registered staff in assessing a person's, delivery of therapy and nursing care, monitoring and reviewing the person's condition.
- Able to work independently within limits of skill and knowledge and aware of when to seek advice.
- Must be able to accurately follow instruction from a supervising health professional and to work as a team with all members of the department and Multidisciplinary Team
- Strong communication skills.
- Demonstrable basic physical assessment skills
- Basic case management skills
- Good organisational skills.
- Competent in IT/word processing skills.
- Time management skills.
- Analytical/ problem solving skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to manage/prioritise workload autonomously.
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Demonstrates effective IT skills, including the ability to operate Microsoft word and e - mail and other applications
- Demonstrates the ability to work under pressure
- Demonstrates the ability to work within an evolving team and adapt to change.
- Key Competencies
- Able to demonstrate empathy, motivate and encourage service users with impaired cognitive abilities or physical senses to participate in the treatment process
- Able to work flexibly and respond to changing demands and priorities.
- Demonstrates the ability to travel frequently throughout the borough and surrounding locations during the working day.
- Flexibility
- Must be willing to work across the 7-day week as the service requires
- Must be willing to work and support any of the teams within Walsall Integrated Stroke Service (Walsall, Cannock & Stafford Community Stroke Teams)
- Demonstrates the ability to travel frequently throughout the borough and surrounding locations during the working day.
- Demonstrates the ability to work in MDT which include both clinical & non -clinical personnel
- Other
- Knowledge of quality, audit and evidence-based practice
- Working knowledge of adult community service needs
- 5 GCSE's or equivalent
- Level 3 apprenticeship or equivalent L5 qualification
- Experience in a NHS health care environment working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of working with stroke patients
- Experience of working in a community health care setting
- Experience of working in a rehabilitation setting, delivering Physiotherapy and/or Occupational Therapy care plans and/or SLT
- Able to assist registered staff in assessing a person's, delivery of therapy and nursing care, monitoring and reviewing the person's condition.
- Able to work independently within limits of skill and knowledge and aware of when to seek advice.
- Must be able to accurately follow instruction from a supervising health professional and to work as a team with all members of the department and Multidisciplinary Team
- Strong communication skills.
- Demonstrable basic physical assessment skills
- Basic case management skills
- Good organisational skills.
- Competent in IT/word processing skills.
- Time management skills.
- Analytical/ problem solving skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to manage/prioritise workload autonomously.
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Demonstrates effective IT skills, including the ability to operate Microsoft word and e - mail and other applications
- Demonstrates the ability to work under pressure
- Demonstrates the ability to work within an evolving team and adapt to change.
- Key Competencies
- Able to demonstrate empathy, motivate and encourage service users with impaired cognitive abilities or physical senses to participate in the treatment process
- Able to work flexibly and respond to changing demands and priorities.
- Demonstrates the ability to travel frequently throughout the borough and surrounding locations during the working day.
- Flexibility
- Must be willing to work across the 7-day week as the service requires
- Must be willing to work and support any of the teams within Walsall Integrated Stroke Service (Walsall, Cannock & Stafford Community Stroke Teams)
- Demonstrates the ability to travel frequently throughout the borough and surrounding locations during the working day.
- Demonstrates the ability to work in MDT which include both clinical & non -clinical personnel
- Other
- Knowledge of quality, audit and evidence-based practice
- Working knowledge of adult community service needs
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Assistant Practitioner
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
*PLEASE NOTE THIS POSITION IS WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE WALSALL AREA, OUR OFFICE BASE IS IN DARLASTON **THIS POST WILL REQUIRE ACCESS TO OWN VEHICLE DUE TO TRAVELLING FOR PATIENT VISITS ACROSS THE AREA*
A vacancy has arisen for an Assistant Practitioner in the Walsall ESD/Community Stroke Team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual with a passion for stroke, in stroke to join our excellent established interdisciplinary team. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapist, Specialist Nurses, clerical officer and Assistant Practitioners. The team is based in Darlaston, and works primarily in a community setting in the Walsall and surrounding areas.
We are a innovative and progressive team who encourage a person centred approach to rehab.
PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will assist in the rehabilitation of patients post stroke, in their own homes. With guidance from qualified staff members, they will facilitate client participation in their treatment / rehabilitation programmes for all disciplines. They will support the team with data collection and audits to continually improve the servi
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