Physiotherapy Team Lead - Intermediate Care

Nhsscotland; Scotland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Livingston seeks a Band 7 Physiotherapy Team Lead. This role involves providing clinical leadership and ensuring high-quality rehabilitation within a dynamic multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and a commitment to delivering excellent patient outcomes. The position offers a permanent contract and up to 37 hours per week, with a focus on integrated care through innovative community services.

Qualifications

• Experience as a physiotherapist in a clinical setting.
• Strong leadership and team collaboration skills.
• Commitment to high-quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and support to the physiotherapy team.
• Ensure high-quality patient care and clinical oversight.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for patient rehabilitation.

Skills

Leadership skills

High-quality assessment

Rehabilitation expertise

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

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.

West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership

Band 7 Physiotherapy Team Lead

Up to 37 hours per week

Permanent

Intermediate Care Team

Are you an experienced physiotherapist with strong leadership skills and a passion for highquality assessment and rehabilitation? This is an exciting opportunity to take on a varied and rewarding role within West Lothians expanding community services.

West Lothian continues to invest in delivering rehabilitation closer to home through the Home First programme. Significant developmentsincluding enhanced AHP staffing and the introduction of a community single point of contactare strengthening patient pathways and improving access to timely, personcentred care.

We are looking for an experienced Band 6 or Band 7 Physiotherapist to provide cover and maintain continuity of safe, effective clinical leadership. The Band 7 Team Lead position plays a crucial role in ensuring highquality patient care, offering consistent clinical oversight, and supporting smooth patient flow to meet key performance targets. This post also provides essential supervision and guidance to staff, helping to sustain morale, professional development, and overall wellbeing.

You will become part of a stable, dynamic multidisciplinary team dedicated to integrated working and delivering excellent patient outcomes. The role includes close collaboration with inpatient teams to facilitate early supported discharge and provide highquality rehabilitation within the community.

You will join a stable, dynamic multidisciplinary team committed to integrated working and excellent patient outcomes. The post involves close collaboration with inpatient colleagues to support early supported discharge and deliver highquality rehabilitation within the community.

As a forwardthinking and highperforming Partnership, we are dedicated to innovation, compassionate care, and ensuring patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time. We would be delighted to welcome you to the West Lothian Home First journey.

For informal enquiries, please contact: Paula Biggar (07989 763438) & Fiona Huffer (07977300494)

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As from 1 st April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

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Reference: 238981

Contract Type: Permanent

Posted On: 04 Feb 2026

Closing Date: 18/02/2026

How To Apply: https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/./displayjob.aspx?jobid=239381&source=JobtrainRss