Search for more jobs in Cardiff
Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
27 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to travel within geographical area.
- Skills
Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate well with staff at all levels
- Skills
Excellent organisational skills and ability to work well under pressure
- Skills
Confident in providing, receiving and dealing with complex, sensitive or confidential information
- Skills
Ability to negotiate with a diverse range of people across the whole Health Board and externally considering and overcoming barriers to communication to improve consistency in the understanding of complex information
- Skills
Ability to work on own initiative, autonomously and as part of a team at a variety of levels and to prioritise work load to achieve deadlines
- Skills
Good people management skills
- Skills
Excellent verbal and written skills
- Skills
Able to demonstrate situations where effective leadership and management skills have been used
- Skills
Be able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy when working with others
- Experience
Extensive administrative experience
- Experience
Working in a confidential, high pressured environment, planning and delivering high quality work to tight deadlines with attention to detail.
- Experience
Experience of establishing and maintaining complex office systems
- Experience
Experience of establishing new system pathways
- Experience
Working experience of dealing with Board members and/or senior managers understanding necessity to act in a pleasant and courteous manner whilst working effectively with others.
- Experience
Experience of managing meeting schedules, minute taking and recording action logs
- Qualifications
Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience.
- Qualifications
Good general education
- Special Knowledge
Knowledge of the full range of administrative and organisational policies and procedures, acquired through training and relevant experience to degree level or equivalent
- Special Knowledge
Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office, Knowledge of databases
- Special Knowledge
Understanding of PADR and personal review process
- Special Knowledge
Ability to collect data and produce reports using data
- Personal Qualities
Additional demonstrable the qualities compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment
- Personal Qualities
Discrete, friendly and approachable
- Personal Qualities
Excellent time management, methodical and well organised
- Personal Qualities
Flexible to meet service needs
- Personal Qualities
Ability to demonstrate a high level of initiative to produce a high quality service
Desirable
12 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Other
An understanding of the importance of health and safety at work.
- Skills
Ability to speak Welsh
- Experience
Supervisory/management experience
- Experience
Awareness of the National Vascular Registry and it's importance
- Experience
Knowledge of RTT rules and ability to use RTT databases
- Experience
Ability to use WCP and PMS system
- Experience
Awareness of Aqua Theatreman theatre system
- Qualifications
Evidence of further study and personal development e.g. digital and data
- Qualifications
A computing qualification e.g. ECDL
- Special Knowledge
Knowledge of hospital systems
- Personal Qualities
Ability to work reliably and accurately to deadlines
- Personal Qualities
Willingness to learn
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to have a pivotal role within the South East Wales Vascular Network. The role is based at the University Hospital of Wales, but covers Vascular services across South East Wales including Cwm Taff, Aneurin Bevan, South Powys and Cardiff and Vale.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Programme Coordinator to be a single point of contact for the network across multiple professional groups and other hospital sites.
Good communication skills (both written and verbal) are essential and the role also requires the ability to work both independently and with others to inspire trust and confidence.
Knowledge of working in the NHS environment and the use of multiple IT systems is essential. The ability to work across organisational boundaries is an advantage to this post.
Main duties of the job
The Vascular Coordinator is responsible for the delivery of Vascular Services across South East Wales. The post holder will work closely with the Network Vascular Manager, Service Leads, Service Managers and Lead Clinicians to provide comprehensive data management to support national audit and support the service development of the Vascular Network. Therefore, having good knowledge of data systems and being able to manipulate data to produce reports will be a key skill. The post holder will have considerable freedom to act in respect of managing the programme locally, and will work independently and lead on a number of initiatives supporting the programme, including to support clinical research and promoting the benefits of the network. The Network Clinical Lead and Vascular Surgeons will provide the co-ordinator with support for all clinical matters. The Network Co-ordinator will liaise with Vascular Interventional Radiologist, Radiographers and Vascular Scientists to organise vascular imaging and day case angioplasty.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English 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
Applicant requirements
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
WhatsApp job alerts
Get instant WhatsApp alerts for Band 5 Administrative and IT roles in Cardiff
Create your Job Clerk account first. We'll collect your alert preferences during onboarding and help you turn on WhatsApp notifications for matching healthcare roles.
Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Vascular Network Programme Coordinator with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board in Cardiff, Wales. It is listed as a Band 5 Coordinator (discipline unspecified) role. The advertised salary is £32,557 - £39,631 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Oct 2026.
Before you apply, compare the job description with the person specification and mirror the employer's essential criteria in your supporting information. Use the vacancy title, employer, location, salary, contract type, closing date and posted date (18 Sep 2026) to decide whether this role fits your current NHSjob search. If the employer can close applications early, prepare the application before the stated deadline rather than waiting for the final day.
For more context, review related Job Clerk pages for the same profession, band or location where they exist, then use the application-support guides to tailor your statement and prepare for interview.