# Specialist Physiotherapist – Mental Health > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Lothian. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-physiotherapist-mental-health/28e69c8c-41de-46c8-b9b5-57025628a203 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-physiotherapist-mental-health/28e69c8c-41de-46c8-b9b5-57025628a203.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Lothian - **Town:** Edinburgh - **Region:** East of Scotland - **Country:** Scotland - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £43,231 - £52,679 - **Contract type:** Fixed-term - **Employment type:** Part time - **Closing date:** 2026-07-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-11T14:20:41.560Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=261564 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=261564 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhslothian.scot ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 251158 - Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679) - Job closing date: 02/07/2026 - Job Type: Allied Health Professions - Location: Midlothian Community Hospital - Employment type: Fixed-term - Hours Per Week: 14.24 - Job posted date: 11/06/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian - Department: MCH AHP Team – Mental Health 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. AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own. - Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically. - Use AI wisely: It’s fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don’t let it write your answers. - Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool. ### B6 Specialist Physiotherapist – Mental Health ### Fixed Term - 12 months Duties & Responsibilities: As an independent practitioner you will provide a full and comprehensive specialist service of assessment, diagnosis, treatment/appropriate management, onward referral and discharge to a complex range of patients referred to the service from within our designated older adults mental heath service.To supervise physiotherapists, assistant practitioners, clinical support workers and physiotherapy students.To work as a key member of the MDT and wider AHP team to support the patient throughout their rehabilitation journey.To develop and deliver training programmes for a wide range of professionals and carers to educate carers and significant others in the understanding of both the therapy process and any intervention relating to the management of patients medical and social needs. Key requirements: See person specification. ### Further information: For informal enquiries please contact: Nichola Duffy, Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist nichola.duffy@nhs.scot ### How to apply: You can apply via the NHS Scotland recruitment website www.jobs.scot.nhs.uk or by contacting recruitment@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk quoting the reference. 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 do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy. Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage. 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. Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes. ## Job Details 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. AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool. B6 Specialist Physiotherapist – Mental Health Fixed Term - 12 months Duties & Responsibilities: As an independent practitioner you will provide a full and comprehensive specialist service of assessment, diagnosis, treatment/appropriate management, onward referral and discharge to a complex range of patients referred to the service from within our designated older adults mental heath service.To supervise physiotherapists, assistant practitioners, clinical support workers and physiotherapy students.To work as a key member of the MDT and wider AHP team to support the patient throughout their rehabilitation journey.To develop and deliver training programmes for a wide range of professionals and carers to educate carers and significant others in the understanding of both the therapy process and any intervention relating to the management of patients medical and social needs. Key requirements: See person specification. Further information: For informal enquiries please contact: Nichola Duffy, Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist nichola.duffy@nhs.scot How to apply: You can apply via the NHS Scotland recruitment website www.jobs.scot.nhs.uk or by contacting recruitment@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk quoting the reference. 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 do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy. Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage. 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. Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes. ## Documents - [Lothian Additional Information (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1161508&JobId=261564) - [NHSL - 251158 - Specialist Physiotherapist - Job Description (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1161540&JobId=261564) - [NHSL - 251158 - Specialist Physiotherapist - Person Specification (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1161541&JobId=261564) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.