Clinical Lead – Inpatient Stroke and Neuro Service

Job overview

Clinical Lead – Inpatient Stroke & Neuro Services

Senior Therapist Opportunity 📍 Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust

Are you an experienced and passionate Senior Therapist looking to take the next step in your career? This is a rare and exciting opportunity to shape and lead high-quality stroke and neuro rehabilitation services within a dynamic and supportive NHS Trust and team.

We are seeking a highly skilled clinician with significant senior-level experience in stroke or neuro rehabilitation to join us as a Clinical Lead for Inpatient Stroke and Neuro Services.

This is a great opportunity to step into a leadership role while staying close to clinical practice—and to be part of a fantastic team that really values collaboration, support, development, and providing excellent patient care.

Main duties of the job

About the Role

This is a diverse and rewarding leadership role where you will:

• Provide operational and clinical leadership to fantastic multidisciplinary teams at St Peter’s Hospital
• Support and develop teams across: Stroke Rehabilitation (Phoenix) Neuro Rehabilitation (Phoenix)
• Stroke Rehabilitation (Phoenix)
• Neuro Rehabilitation (Phoenix)
• Balance hands-on clinical work with leadership responsibilities

We’re looking for someone who enjoys being visible, approachable, and part of the team, while also helping things run smoothly behind the scenes.

You will lead and support:

• Occupational Therapists
• Physiotherapists
• Dietitians
• Speech & Language Therapist

Why Join Us?

• Lead and influence the delivery of specialist rehabilitation services
• Work across a full patient pathway (acute → rehab → community)
• Combine clinical practice with leadership and service development
• Be part of a forward-thinking, multidisciplinary therapy team
• Be supported to continue to develop your clinical and leadership skills

What We’re Looking For

• HCPC registration in one of the relevant therapy professions
• Master’s level qualification (or equivalent experience)
• Strong clinical expertise in stroke or neurology rehabilitation
• Proven leadership and management experience
• Enjoys supporting and developing others
• A proactive, innovative approach to service development
• Experience in acute and rehabilitation settings (desirable)
• Experience in leading multiprofessional teams (desirable)
• Is motivated to improve services and patient outcomes

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver day-to-day operational leadership ensuring safe, effective care
• Support patient flow and discharge planning across the Trust
• Ensure compliance with SSNAP requirements
• Drive quality improvement initiatives across the teams in the stroke and neuro pathway
• Collaborate with Clinical Leads across: Acute Stroke Early Supported Discharge for Stroke (ESD) Regional Neurorehab Unit (Bradley) Wider Therapy Services
• Acute Stroke
• Early Supported Discharge for Stroke (ESD)
• Regional Neurorehab Unit (Bradley)
• Wider Therapy Services

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping innovative models of care to meet growing service demands.