Associate Practitioner

Company Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Job Description

NHS Band 4 Salary: £28,392 - £31,157 per annum

Hours per Week: full time 37.5 

Contract Type:  Permanent

The Team covers a large geographical area, so being a confident and competent car driver and owner is essential.

Job Summary:

An opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Associate Practitioner to join us. The Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team is a nationally respected Early Supported Discharge Team.  It is an essential part of the Portsmouth Hospitals Stroke Pathway, ensuring the timely transfer of patients out of hospital for rehabilitation at home. The purpose of this role is to provide specialist stroke rehabilitation to patients in their own home and community setting under indirect supervision of qualified professionals.

Key Responsibilities:

· Assessing, ordering, and fitting of variety of equipment and adaptations

· Completing a variety of relevant outcome measures

· Following and progressing therapy and care plans

· Accurate documentation, including activity and care plans, discharge summaries

· Risk assessment and management of day to day tasks

· Being part of completing follow up reviews

For further information about the role please refer to the Job Description

Qualifications

· Level 2 Functional skills (English & Mathematics GCSE grade 4).

· Level 3 Qualifications: NVQ 3, Diploma, T level or relevant experience or relevant short courses.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

· Significant experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting.

· Full driving license with appropriate car insurance.

· Ability to work as part of a team.

· Recognise own strengths and limitations.

Desirable

· Health and Social Care Foundation degree or equivalent.

· Knowledge and experience of working with stroke patients.

· Experience of working in community setting.

· Competent IT skills.

· Knowledge of relevant multi-disciplinary team members roles (nursing/physiotherapy/occupational therapy/speech and language therapy).

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026