Ref:
000051
Region:
Wales
Salary:
Circa £41,300 per annum
Closing date:
Job type:
Full time

Ref:000051 | Stroke Survivor Involvement Lead | Home-based, Wales

However, frequent travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings) | This is an 18-month fixed-term contract |

Salary circa £41,300 per annum| 35 hours per week

We’re looking for a motivated and passionate person to join the Wales Locality Team.

The involvement Lead is a new role for the Stroke Association in Wales.

Working in partnership with colleagues at NHS Wales and Welsh Government, this role will set a strategic direction to involve and work closely with people affected by stroke; including stroke survivors, their carers, professionals and other stakeholders. 

This role will embed a culture of involvement, ensuring the patient and carer lived experience is incorporated into all future work and used to facilitate service improvement.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Taking the lead in ensuring that lived experience shapes the implementation of key policy documents including but not limited to; the Quality Statement for Stroke and Life after Stroke Service Standards for Wales.
  • Liaising with patients and families concerning complex, distressing and emotional discussions around their experiences; enabling those experiences to contribute to future improvements in stroke care.
  • Building effective relationships and working closely with key stakeholders including Welsh Government, NHS Wales, Third Sector organisations and other Service User representatives.

You will have a proven record of:

  • Practical experience of patient involvement.
  • In-depth knowledge of patient and public involvement legislation, strategies and methodologies
  • Practical experience of qualitative and quantitative social research methods and data analysis
  • Knowledge of NHS Wales’s structures and key policies – particularly stroke services

This role requires extensive travel across a large geographical locality to visit people at community settings or at home. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role

To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

Please click here to view the role profile. To view the Welsh translated version of the role profile, please click here.

To apply please click here. Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement when applying for the role.

Closing Date: 27 September 2026 | Interview Date: Week commencing 5 October

Please note all roles close at midnight

Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you submit your application.

About the Stroke Association

Finding strength through support

 

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When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

The Stroke Association is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. We provide tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.  

We’re here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life. 

It’s only thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors that we can provide vital support.

Stroke Association is driven by our ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means we’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by Our approach to solving inequity in stroke, we are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across our charity.

We are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Stroke Association and we are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how we work.

We are a Disability Confident employer, and we are making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. Our charity has a variety of staff network groups and we're committed to continuously improving our diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.

Still have questions?

Or drop us an email at recruitment@stroke.org.uk.