261704 R1 - (Gh) Physiotherapy Team Lead

NHS Lothian; Livingston; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Lothian is seeking a part-time Band 7 Physiotherapy Team Lead to support the Pan Lothian Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team. You will provide leadership for neurological home and community care delivered via domiciliary visits, clinics, and virtual appointments across Lothian.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, drive clinical governance and service development, and ensure equitable, person-centred care for people with neurological conditions. Interviews are in person.

Qualifications

• Degree in Physiotherapy with post-graduate leadership knowledge.
• Excellent communication and team leadership abilities.
• Experience in clinical governance and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and strategic leadership for neurological community physiotherapy.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team and ensure high-quality, equitable patient care.
• Drive service development, innovation and continuous improvement across Lothian.
• Oversee governance, clinical standards and safe practice within the service.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

Advertised location: Lothian
Advertised salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
Employment type: Permanent
Post - Physiotherapy Team Lead
Grade - Band 7
Contract – Permanent
Hours of work – 18.0hrs
We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 7 Physiotherapy Team Lead to join our dynamic Pan Lothian Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team. Our service supports people with neurological conditions to maximise independence and achieve meaningful goals within their homes and communities.
Rehabilitation is delivered flexibly through a combination of domiciliary visits, outpatient clinics, and virtual appointments, supporting safe transitions from hospital and ongoing community-based care. The service provides neurological rehabilitation clinics across Lothian, including specialist clinics such as Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and Spasticity Management.
As Team Lead, you will provide operational and strategic leadership for our neurological community physiotherapy service, supported by experienced Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners and working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team and Service Lead. You will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, equitable, and person-centred care, while driving service development, innovation, and continuous improvement across Lothian.
Your leadership will help ensure we deliver high‑quality, person‑centred, and equitable care.
It is essential you have a Degree in Physiotherapy with relevant post graduate clinical and leadership knowledge, experience, and skills. As this is a leadership role you should have excellent communication skills and be able to lead a team. Whilst other options will be considered, to meet the service needs the preferred hours of working are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday AM.
Due to the clinical nature of this role interviews will be carried out in person
For further information regarding this post please do not hesitate to contact Jane Shiels Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Service Lead, 0131 537 9160; [e-mail]
Clinical, professional and managerial responsibility for area of responsibility including clinical and staff governance issues. The post holder is responsible for maximising service provision, including the delivery of safe and effective clinical practice, ensuring that all local and national guidelines and targets are adhered to and met.
To act independently to provide a full comprehensive specialist service of assessment, diagnosis, treatment/appropriate management, onward referral and discharge to a complex range of patients referred to the service.
Please note: As this post is part‑time, the salary will be pro‑rata.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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