Advanced Therapy Support Worker - ESSD Service

Job summary

Join a New Early Supported Stroke Discharge (ESSD) Team

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

• A 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

Why join us?

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.