About this role
Job summary
We have a rare and exciting exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate physiotherapist to join our specialist team within the breast cancer centre. This post will work closely with the breast cancer nurses, consultants and wider MDT's to support and empower patients during their breast cancer journey while encouraging rehabilitation and exercise as part of their treatment. The role will have an outpatient caseload and will be working closely with our principal Lymphoedma therapist and MSK colleagues. There will be signifcant oppourtunties for service improvement and pathway development. You will work very closely with a Physiotherapy Technition in the delivery of group interventions at a teir 1 & 2 level.
Successful candidates will join a progressive team with a clear vision to deliver high quality care for the people of Cardiff and Vale, in alignment with our one team therapies, clinical rehabilitation model. You will contribute to shaping and implementing our strategy as we build and grow our integrated, multidisciplinary, person-centred service to meet the needs of our population.
You will contribute to our growing movement which is turning rhetoric to reality in delivering co-produced, value based and person-centred care.
Main duties of the job
Support is integral to our model, including from our large team of clinical colleagues within Physiotherapy, lymphedema and the MSK multidisciplinary team (podiatry, hand therapy, dietetics, psychology, orthopaedics, rheumatology and radiology) and from innovation and improvement, value-based healthcare and R&D teams. Our training and development framework and existing values-based appraisal's will align to the enhanced, advanced and consultant framework, enabling opportunities for everyone to progress across all 4 pillars of advanced and 5 pillars of consultant practice at a pace that suits them.
Successful post holders will be based in the breast centre at Llandough but will have close links with the lymphedema team at CRI, providing clinical leadership and delivery in an integrated model of care that aims to deliver seamless care across the whole pathway. They will work with the team to deliver timely and accurate diagnosis, secondary prevention and supportive treatments, whilst transferring care to other specialities and MDT services appropriately. Although this role will be based at the breast centre as the only physiotherapist, our integrated model gives a unique opportunity for practice-based learning and quality improvement within a team environment.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Qualifications - Physiotherapy Degree
Desirable
Qualifications - Working towards/ have a relevant higher level qualification
Experience Essential
Experience - post registration specialist experience in a physiotherapy
Desirable
Experience - Experience of providing clinical supervision
Skills Essential
Skills - demonstrate specialist skills within the field of MSK outpatients
Desirable
Skills - Evidence of involvement in audit and research
Special Knowledge Essential
Special Knowledge - Evidence of relevant C.P.D
Personal Qualities Essential
Personal Qualities
Desirable
Personal Qualities
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Address UHB wide roles
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Physiotherapy Department
Cardiff
CF14 4XW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)