An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Paediatric Physiotherapy Team at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, providing highly specialist physiotherapy within the service for a rotational Band 6 post across paediatrics. Our rotations allow for a vast and varied experience across community, acute and specialist services across Cardiff and the Vale. The service has a well-established training programme for Band 6 staff with clear development plans to support career progression across both acute, community and specialist services.
The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner and will have relevant post registration experience for the role and will undertake specialist clinical duties as required within a defined specialist clinical area.
The successful candidate will work alongside members of the multidisciplinary team to deliver physiotherapy services to children and young people.
We are seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to join the Children and Young Peoples Physiotherapy Service within Cardiff & Vale UHB as a Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist to rotate in various locations across the community, children centres, special schools and the Children's Hospital for Wales.
The successful candidate will work alongside other members of physiotherapy service and the wider Multi-disciplinary Teams, providing services across Cardiff and the Vale.
The service has a well-established training programme for Band 6 staff. There will be an expectation for candidates to participate in the paediatric physiotherapy emergency duty rota / extended hours at the Noah's Ark Children's Hospital for Wales.
The post holder will be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and provide cover for any area specified. They may be required to work their normal contracted hours flexibly, in a variety of different working patterns, in response to the needs of the service where they are placed. For example, this could include working their contracted hours as part of a 7-day job plan or working their hours over a pattern that includes extended days and unsocial hours. To participate in the on-call and Bank Holiday service as required for the role.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
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