Team Leader - Paediatric Physiotherapy Royal Glamorgan Children Centre

Are you:

• Passionate about Children and Young people?


• Keen to work in a supportive team?


• Interested in developing and delivering innovative approaches to the delivery of physiotherapy services in special schools?


• Ready for your next opportunity in leadership


Then our Paediatric Physiotherapy in Cwm Taf Morgannwg is for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated physiotherapistBand 7 Paediatric Physiotherapy Team Leader to join the Paediatric Physiotherapy Service of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

We are searching for staff with a passion for Children and Young People and that share our health board values of:

• Listen, learn and improve


• Treat everyone with respect


• Work together as one team


The post holder will be responsible for Team Leading in the Children Centre Royal Glamorgan Hospital within CTM delivering physiotherapy services to children and young people with special needs and complex physical difficulties in the acute, community and school settings .

The post holder will work closely, with hospital, community, education and local authority based Multi-disciplinary Teams in order to maintain continuity of service and to be responsible for the effective treatment and management of children and young people with special needs and complex physical difficulties in order to maximise potential and self-management. Experience of the management of Children and Young People in a variety of settings will be advantageous.

The physiotherapy department will be looking for an HCPC registered physiotherapist who can demonstrate previous comprehensive experience of working within Paediatric Physiotherapy in Community, Acute and Children Centre settings demonstrating a broad knowledge of Paediatric Conditions and Pathways and have a good working knowledge of NHS systems and procedures.

The post holder will require the ability to perform and cope with all aspects of manual handling and carry out the full range of duties required of the post.

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

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve


• We treat everyone with respect


• We all work together as one tea


We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.