Clinical Lead Physiotherapist in Neurology & Therapy Outpatients

A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an expert physiotherapist with advanced clinical and leadership skills to join the therapy neurology, outpatient, and private patient services at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery (NHNN). The post holder will work within an established, highly skilled multidisciplinary team to deliver clinically excellent, high-quality, patient-focused care in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

This role offers excellent opportunities for career development and job satisfaction for individuals interested in working with people with complex neurological disorders. You will be part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team across several clinical areas and play a key senior leadership role in developing both staff and services.

Clinically, you will be job-planned across neurology, facial rehabilitation, private patients, and therapy outpatients. You will act as a clinical expert and senior leader for the multiprofessional neurology, private patients, and outpatient therapy, with professional and direct line management responsibilities for physiotherapists within these teams. This post also carries operational responsibility for a multiprofessional team of therapists and a support worker and shares joint responsibility with other senior MDT members for delivering world-class neurology, private patient, and therapy outpatient services.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

This advert closes on Monday 2 Nov 2026