# Specialist Rotational Paediatric Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-rotational-paediatric-physiotherapist/86475b54-38fd-44a4-af16-4ec713ecbdb9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-rotational-paediatric-physiotherapist/86475b54-38fd-44a4-af16-4ec713ecbdb9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Salary:** £40559.00 to £48841.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T15:11:33.626Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8086417 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8086417?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview 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. ### Main duties of the job 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. ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Particiaption in emergency weekend and on call rota. ### Skills **Essential** - Good interpersonal skills - Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team. - Ability to maintain accurate and legible treatment records / statistical information. - Ability to communicate both with healthcare professionals and the public. - Ability to manage a clinical caseload **Desirable** - Competent IMT skills - Presentation skills - Evidence of involvement with audit and research ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working across a broad range of clinical areas at band 5 level - Relevant post registration experience - Experience of working as part of a multidiciplinary team **Desirable** - Experience of providing clinical supervision - Experience of working with children in an acute and community environment ### Qualifications **Essential** - Recognised qualification degree/equivalent in Physiotherapy - H.C.P.C Registration **Desirable** - Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) ### Special knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of relevant CPD - Specialist clinical knowledge of in patient and community physiotherapy **Desirable** - Evidence of relevant post graduate training courses ## Documents - [jdps english (docx, 122.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10486118) - [oh form - ig ffurflen (docx, 100.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10486117) - [guidance notes for applicants nov25 (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2843) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1630) - [croeso i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol caerdydd a’r fro (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2422) - [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.