East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Stroke Rehabilitation Assistant

The closing date is 22 March 2026

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Stroke Rehabilitation Assistant to join the Acute Stroke Team service at Ipswich Hospital.

You should have an interest in Stroke care and want to support the specialist emergency response team for TIA, hyper-acute and acute stroke patients within the stroke unit.You will be a key member of the stroke nursing team ensuring high quality stroke care is delivered. You will be part of a multi professional team who provide 24/7 hyper acute stroke care.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in caring for stroke patients and will complete stroke related competencies to ensure that patients receive high standards of care

You should have:

  • A background in health care/ Health Care Assistant
  • Excellent communication & team work skills
  • The desire to develop your stroke clinical skills and knowledge
  • Be committed to your professional development

Main duties of the job

  • To contribute to the rehabilitation needs of identified stroke patients under the direction of the multidisciplinary team in the Stroke Unit.
  • To follow individual patient treatment plans, identified in the Integrated Care Pathway, aiming to achieve rehabilitation goals and maximum levels of independence.
  • To contribute to the needs of patients identified within the Rapid Assessment Unit under the direction of the Ward Sister/Stroke Specialist Nurse.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Details

Date posted

10 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR1380-25

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Willing to undertake trust wide competencies in stroke care
  • Willing to regularly attend stroke training sessions
  • General Standard education - GCSE or equivalent Maths & English

Desirable

  • NVQ level 2
  • In-house competencies

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience of working with people with physical disabilities in a rehabilitation or hospital environment as a Health Care Assistant.
  • Ability to work within a team but also have the ability to plan and initiate own workload
  • Completed or studying towards 'Care Certificate'

Desirable

  • Worked with people who have had a stroke

Knowledge

Essential

  • Basic understanding of Stroke
  • Understands basic principles of rehabilitation and the 'hands off' approach
  • Knowledge of roles within the MDT

Desirable

  • Knowledge of community stroke services

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Good organisational skills
  • Flexible approach to the diversities within stroke recovery from acute intensive to long term slow rehabilitation and follow up
  • Able to initiate within the boundaries of the role
  • Keen to develop skills and knowledge and participate in service developments

Desirable

  • Counselling skills
  • Smoking cessation advisor
  • Disabilities issues advisor
  • Venipuncture
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Willing to undertake trust wide competencies in stroke care
  • Willing to regularly attend stroke training sessions
  • General Standard education - GCSE or equivalent Maths & English

Desirable

  • NVQ level 2
  • In-house competencies

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience of working with people with physical disabilities in a rehabilitation or hospital environment as a Health Care Assistant.
  • Ability to work within a team but also have the ability to plan and initiate own workload
  • Completed or studying towards 'Care Certificate'

Desirable

  • Worked with people who have had a stroke

Knowledge

Essential

  • Basic understanding of Stroke
  • Understands basic principles of rehabilitation and the 'hands off' approach
  • Knowledge of roles within the MDT

Desirable

  • Knowledge of community stroke services

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Good organisational skills
  • Flexible approach to the diversities within stroke recovery from acute intensive to long term slow rehabilitation and follow up
  • Able to initiate within the boundaries of the role
  • Keen to develop skills and knowledge and participate in service developments

Desirable

  • Counselling skills
  • Smoking cessation advisor
  • Disabilities issues advisor
  • Venipuncture

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Sister

Diane Coe

Diane.Coe@esneft.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

10 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR1380-25

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD


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