Outpatient Clinical Lead Physiotherapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the outpatient physiotherapy team at Velindre Cancer Centre for a Band 7 Outpatient Clinical Lead Physiotherapist. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our innovative, patient centred and friendly team, within the Integrated Care Directorate at Velindre Cancer Centre. This post is part time - 30hrs/week, other hours or working patterns will be considered as part of flexible working requests; flexible working requests supported within this role.

This is a great development opportunity and personal development within the role will be supported. The post holder will take the lead on the clinical delivery and day to day leadership of the outpatient physiotherapy services at Velindre Cancer Centre. Clinically you will oversee the delivery of outpatient physiotherapy services to a wide range of oncology and palliative care patients, at various stages of cancer treatment(s), accessing services at Velindre Cancer Centre. You will work closely and build relationships with a range of multi-disciplinary colleagues, including nursing, medical and other AHP colleagues. As such, it is a fantastic stepping-stone for future career opportunities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Physiotherapist with highly developed communication skills, good organisational and time management skills, and appropriate post graduate qualifications and knowledge.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the configuration and delivery of the outpatient physiotherapy service; they will provide day to day leadership to the outpatient physiotherapy team and be responsible for developing their clinical skills and professional practice, along with delivering multi-disciplinary team education relevant to outpatient physiotherapy services. They will be supported by the Therapies Operational Lead and the Therapies Management team, with peer support provided by the other departmental therapy clinical leads, including the Inpatient Clinical Lead Physiotherapist.

They will be required to provide clinical service delivery and therefore experience of working as a Physiotherapist at a senior level. The successful candidate will need to be able to manage a complex clinical caseload, have excellent time management and prioritisation skills along with audit and service development skills. We are seeking a motivated, organised, and innovative individual who is an adaptive team player with excellent interpersonal skills. They will also be required to demonstrate effective leadership skills and experience.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/