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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
001-AHP098-0626
Employer
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
UHB wide roles
Town
Cardiff
Salary
£50,129 - £57,365 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/07/2026 23:59

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Highly Specialist Physiotherapist Breast Cancer Service

Band 7

WHO WE ARE:

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Board in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the next decade and beyond.

We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:

·         We are kind and caring

·         We are respectful

·         We have trust and integrity

·         We take personal responsibility

OUR REGION:

Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline, as well as charming towns including Penarth and Cowbridge. Those seeking more culture may find themselves drawn to the National Museum, St Fagan’s Museum of Welsh Life or the Millennium Centre, home of the Welsh National Opera. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.

The salary scale for a Band 3 has been adjusted as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2026/2027 and will be implemented in August 2026 backdated to 01 April 2026 where applicable.


 

Job overview

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main 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 criteria
  • Qualifications - Physiotherapy Degree
Desirable criteria
  • Qualifications - Working towards/ have a relevant higher level qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience - post registration specialist experience in a physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
  • Experience - Experience of providing clinical supervision

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Skills - demonstrate specialist skills within the field of MSK outpatients
Desirable criteria
  • Skills - Evidence of involvement in audit and research

Special Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Special Knowledge - Evidence of relevant C.P.D

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Personal Qualities
Desirable criteria
  • Personal Qualities

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nadia Hodge
Job title
Service Lead Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Diana Mehrez

[email protected]

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