Therapist in employment following stroke (8)
I believe the answer is:
masseuse
'therapist' is the definition.
(masseuse is a kind of therapist)
'employment following stroke' is the wordplay.
'employment' becomes 'use' (how something is used).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'stroke' becomes 'masse' (I've seen this before).
'use' after 'masse' is 'MASSEUSE'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for masseuse that I've seen before include "Manipulator of body" , "Reliever of tensions in the body" , "She kneads bodies" , "Uses seam (anag)" , "Female rubber?" .)