Stroke ESD Assistant Practitioner | Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 October 2025 |
| Location: | Halifax, HX3 5AX |
| Company: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7434335/372-COM2566 |
Summary
This is a fantastic opportunity to become a part of Calderdale Community Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work with a highly skilled group of AHP's and Nurses in the delivery of stroke specific rehabilitation to stroke survivors.
The service covers the whole geographical footprint of Calderdale, with treatment either within the patients home, or a clinic setting.
· To provide highly skilled support work with people requiring stroke specific rehabilitation.
· Working to agreed protocols and guided by the Calderdale Framework of Competency, the post holder will be key in the assessment, treatment, and care of patients and also their carer/relatives where relevant.
· The post holder will be working under indirect supervision of the registered practitioners in the team. This will involve taking responsibility for an identified and allocated caseload following screening / assessment by a registered practitioner and will involve a degree of autonomy depending on the complexity and risk of procedures being undertaken.
· Work will be carried out in health centres, the service user’s own home, residential care, or other community venues. Work may also be completed via video consultation and telephonic discussion.
· Monitoring, evaluating and adjusting treatment within the scope of protocols, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
· Provide individual and group-based education to client groups to support long term condition management.
· Assisting registered practitioners with complex treatment
· Participate in and deliver education and training of other qualified and non-qualified health and social care staff with support from senior staff.
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Please see Community Stroke ESD Band 4 Assistant Practitioner Job Description for full role overview.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 Oct 2025