Specialist Physiotherapist

Job details

• Job reference: 251726
• Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
• Job closing date: 03/07/2026
• Job Type: Allied Health Professions
• Location: Astley Ainslie Hospital
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 36
• Job posted date: 19/06/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
• Department: EHSCP

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Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist – Enhanced Rehabilitation Team

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist with a passion for rehabilitation and supporting people to achieve their maximum level of independence? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join the Enhanced Rehabilitation Team within the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership (EHSCP).

This service will provide intensive, home-based rehabilitation for individuals who would traditionally have received rehabilitation in an inpatient setting, enabling more people to recover and remain independent within their own homes. The service operates seven days a week and forms a key part of our commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred care closer to home.

As a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist, you will play a pivotal role in assessing, planning and delivering rehabilitation programmes for people with a wide range of medical conditions and complex rehabilitation needs. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide specialist physiotherapy interventions, contribute to service development, and support the delivery of evidence-based practice across the service.

We are looking for an individual who is committed to collaborative working, demonstrates excellent clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills, and is passionate about delivering high-quality rehabilitation outcomes. You will have the opportunity to further develop your expertise in rehabilitation, quality improvement, leadership, and service innovation as part of this evolving service.

In return, EHSCP offers a supportive working environment with a strong commitment to personal and professional development, including access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities relevant to your role. Flexible working arrangements and secondment opportunities will be considered.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Karen Gray, Clinical Service Manager, karen.gray5@nhs.scot or Lynda Nattress, Physiotherapy Team Lead, Lynda.Nattress@nhs.scot 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.