Team Lead - Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - SG

Are you looking for a change in career which further develops your clinical and leadership skills. Have you ever considered working in learning disabilities.

The specialist service for adults with Learning Disabilities in Fife is looking for an experienced Physiotherapist to join our team.

Working in our team would give you the opportunity to use your skills in postural management, falls prevention, frailty management, rehabilitation, MSK and health promotion.

The adults on your caseload will all have a Learning Disability and would find it challenging to access mainstream Physiotherapy services. Some may have multiple co morbidities such as Downs Syndrome & Dementia and complex communication difficulties. You will see a large variety of physical conditions working in collaboration with both health and social care partners to meet the needs of this vulnerable group.

For more information on the Role of The Specialist Learning Disability Physiotherapist watch our short animation. https://youtu.be/mD_C2nNxIRg?si=Z0KVwNbbBKQHIf9m

The service is based at Lynebank Hospital, Dunfermline and provides Physiotherapy care to adults living across the Fife community as part of a larger multidisciplinary team. There is also input to a small number of inpatients. The team has access to hydrotherapy and rebound therapy facilities to support rehabilitation and have strong links with the local frame running group. We also have a green gym on site to promote physical activity.

As a Band 7 you will provide clinical expertise, and mentorship and be responsible for the day to day leadership of the team. Training in trauma informed practice and forensics is included in your mandatory training. Protected Learning Time is also incorporated into your job plan.

This is a challenging but rewarding role with support for career development. Experience working with people with Learning Disabilities is not essential, but significant clinical experience and a desire to work with this client group, as well as a knowledge and understanding of their needs is important.

The ability to travel throughout Fife during the working day is essential to this post.

As from 1/4/26, 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.

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.

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.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

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.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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.

For further information or to ask any questions about the post, please contact Gillian Bell, Operational Lead Physiotherapist, Learning Disability Service on .