Head Of TherapiesNHS

Job summary

Come and join one of the UKs largest providers in complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

Are you an experienced and dynamic healthcare professional looking to take the next step in your leadership career? We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Therapies (Band 8a equivalent) at Murdostoun Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping, leading, and delivering high-quality therapy services for individuals with complex neurological conditions.

Main duties of the job

At Murdostoun, every day is about rebuilding lives and creating success stories. We specialise in patient-centred rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury and complex neurological conditions, and were seeking an ambitious, motivated professional to lead our therapy services with passion and purpose across both sites.

If youre ready to take on a rewarding leadership role that blends strategic influence with hands-on clinical impact, wed love to hear from you.

Please note - this advert will close once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

The role:

Our standard working hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to better suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

Job description

As our Head of Therapies, you will:

Lead with purpose

• Provide strategic and professional leadership for all Therapy Services, reporting directly to the Hospital Director.
• Be accountable for all Allied Health Professional therapists and Therapy Support Staff.
• Directly manage the Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Speech & Language Therapy teams.

Drive clinical excellence

• Hold a small but meaningful clinical caseload focused on complex neurological and neurobehavioural needs.
• Champion evidence-based practice, clinical governance, audit, and risk management.
• Ensure therapy services consistently meet agreed standards of safety, quality, activity, and efficiency.
• Ensure proficient use of outcome measures to inform reporting, planning, and service development.
• Work in line with BSPRM (British Society of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine) guidelines for complex neurodisability management.

Shape the service

• Lead on service development, innovation, and new ways of working to maximise clinical and cost-effective outcomes.
• Develop and implement therapy standards that support professional competence, capacity, and conduct.
• Take a proactive role in audit, research, policy development, and continuous service improvement initiatives.

Inspire, mentor, and educate

• Provide strong leadership within the multidisciplinary team, representing therapy services at senior management level.
• Support supervision, training, and development for therapists, assistants, and students.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and compassion.

About us

We have a collaborative and holistic approach to care and work effectively in partnership with our stakeholders to deliver high-quality integrated health and care services. We have over 30 years of specialist knowledge and experience in managing complex conditions including ventilation and respiratory, spinal injury, brain injury, epilepsy, neurological conditions and learning disabilities. With an innovative, user-centred approach, we help individuals progress towards a more independent future and to lead their best life.