Specialist Practitioner; PT​/OT Lead

Specialist Practitioner (PT/OT Lead)

The closing date is 04 February 2026

The Neurorehab Service are looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to work as part of our Eastern Integrated Community Stroke Service. The opportunity is a highly specialist therapist role to work full time and gain substantive employment within the service. The team supports patients after a stroke to receive high quality, specialist and patient focused rehabilitation outside the hospital environment.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients stay healthy when they need it most.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services cover more than 615,000 people and span more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, with some specialist services covering the whole peninsula, extending our reach to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities. It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you’ll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

Are you ready to progress your career in Neurorehab? Or are you a Neuro specialist occupational therapist or physiotherapist looking for a leadership opportunity and better work-life balance in an innovative trust and research active team? If so, this might be the post for you.

Join a team of dynamic, progressive and dedicated therapists. Be invested in, supported, and given the opportunities to continue to learn and develop as a specialist therapist and leader so that you can succeed in your role and progress your career.

About the role:

This vacancy is based within the Eastern Integrated Community Stroke Service. The team supports patients after a stroke, enabling their care to be transferred from an inpatient environment to a community setting. They enable people to continue to receive high quality, specialist and patient focused rehabilitation outside of hospital. The service is committed to delivering and developing intensive, goal orientated rehabilitation aligned with national stroke guidelines.

This includes using and developing telerehabilitation and group therapy approaches to enhance access, intensity and continuity of therapy.

We are seeking a highly motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to play a key role in shaping and delivering an intensive and responsive community stroke service. The post holder will manage a complex caseload whilst also providing clinical leadership within the team.

The Eastern Integrated Community Stroke Service is a forward-thinking team that seeks opportunities to influence service development and identify new ways of working. The team work collaboratively within an integrated MDT, including nursing, medical, speech and language and social care colleagues. They are committed to supporting self-management, secondary prevention and long-term condition management in partnership with patients, carers and the wider MDT.

The Neurorehab service has a track record in staff development, with opportunities for career…