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Advanced Therapy Support Worker – ESSD Service
The closing date is 07 July 2026
High Peak & North Dales
Do you have the skills, passion and experience to make a real difference in stroke rehabilitation?
Are you excited by the opportunity to help shape a brand-new, community-based service from the very beginning?
About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and motivated Advanced Therapy Support Worker to join our newly established Early Supported Stroke Discharge (ESSD) team, delivering care across High Peak and North Dales.
This is a rare opportunity to be part of the development of a new service, working in line with the established and highly regarded ESSD model used across Derbyshire. You will play a key role in enabling people to leave hospital earlier and recover safely and effectively in their own homes, delivering high-quality, evidence-based stroke rehabilitation.
What you’ll be part of
- supportive, friendly and progressive ESSD service
- The wider Stroke and Neurology Service within DCHS
- A multidisciplinary team with a strong commitment to patient-centred, evidence-based care
- A service that places training, development and staff wellbeing at its heart
This post is part of exciting county-wide work to improve the stroke pathway across Derbyshire. You will be joining something truly meaningful at a pivotal moment, helping to shape how stroke rehabilitation is delivered to our communities.
Main duties of the job
To work with Qualified Therapists in the assessment and treatment of stroke patients as part of Early Supported Stroke Discharge Team.
To carry own caseload of patients and progress/modify intervention programmes within parameters set by the therapists.
To work alone in the patient’s place of residence and/or clinic, under supervision but often without the presence of a qualified therapist.
To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential, as appropriate and under supervision.
To assess patient’s needs, prescribe appropriate equipment and evaluate suitability and safety.
Whilst this role is primarily attached to the ESSD Service there may be times where flexibility across Stroke and Neuro Services is required due to operational pressures.
About us
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.
Qualifications
- Experience of working in a Healthcare setting
Experience
- Significant recent experience of working within adult/older people’s rehabilitation
- Good knowledge and understanding of stroke and therapeutic approaches
- Previous experience of team working
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of working as a Band 3 Therapy Assistant
Skills
- Excellent communication skills including verbal, written and IT
- Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work as part of a team or independently where appropriate
- Flexible and adaptable to patient/service needs
- Excellent interpersonal skills – experience of working with patients, families and carers
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 name
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
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