Community Foot Health Protection Clinical Lead
Job Description
Job summary
Are you a highly experienced HCPC qualified podiatrist looking for your next leadership role? Our desired applicant will have the clinical expertise to provide senior clinical leadership across our Community Podiatry Services.
As a clinical expert, you will lead a team of specialist podiatrists, each of whom act as a clinical lead for their locality team. You will strive to support and supervise both experienced colleagues and newly qualified teammembers and contribute to overall staff education and service development. You will also link with other Health Care professionals and the Diabetic Foot care team in the acute sector.
Above all, you will be expected to provide strong leadership and direction for the service, working together to provide excellent patient care and good team dynamics.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for providing clinical leadership and strategic direction for all employees of OHFT Podiatry Service. You will also be required to deputise for the Podiatry operational lead as required.
You will have an exciting opportunity to develop and implement clinical standard operating procedures based on evidence-based practice. This includes leading and coordinating clinical skills development for the service, as well as designing new models of care and clinical governance. You will deliver podiatry services as determined by Service Level Agreements and contracts and produce reports and audits to monitor progress and achievement.
About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job responsibilities
Part-time and job share, as well as full time opportunities are available and applications are invited from motivated BSc qualified and HCPC registered podiatrists with NHS experience who are keen to advance their clinical, professional and leadership skills.
In this role you will be responsible for delivering a high quality, accessible and timely evidence based clinical pathway for patients, supporting your local community podiatry team with high risk/wound clinics.
You will provide clinical leadership to that clinical pathway and take responsibility in educating colleagues and training staff with your specialist knowledge. You will help lead on the training of Apprentice Podiatrists, Podiatry assistants and mentoring newly qualified clinicians as well as students on placement. You will be an excellent communicator, able to work independently, organised, and confident.
This post is based around Oxfordshire, and the post holder will also be required to visit patients homes, attend meetings or training across the wider county. Own car is essential.
We value our employees health and well-being and operate on a nine-day fortnight working pattern which entitles staff to a day off every other week. As a department we also welcome other flexible working applications. We also hope to be able to offer a relocation allowance incentive to recruit to this post.
So, if you are looking for a challenging, varied, and flexible role that allows you to fully utilise your expert clinical and leadership skills then we would like to hear from you.
Please see the job description and person specification attached to this advert for more information on the job role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MA/MSc or equivalent level of academic ability/experience (or working towards) BSc Podiatry (or diploma in Podiatric Medicine with equivalent experience) HCPC registration
Desirable
- Relevant postgraduate certificates or postgraduate diploma (or to be achieved within agreed timescale)
Experience
Essential
- Management/leadership experience Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and liaison with other health care professionals
- Demonstration of evidence based practice and awareness of latest clinical developments/research and the national healthcare landscape
- Comprehensive working knowledge of NHS podiatry service provision
Desirable
- Knowledge of wider community and primary care service operations
- Research and/or publications
Skills
Essential
- Progressive / advanced clinical practice - effective analysis and decision making in wound management, offloading, biomechanical gait analysis and nail surgery experience or qualification teaching/training/ mentoring of colleagues/students/health care professionals/patients/ public
- Experience of working with patients with multiple co-morbidities, including diabetes
- Experience interpreting blood test results.
- Ability to interpret X-ray
Desirable
- Evidence of understanding of relevant common prescription medicines
- Ability to interpret CTS and MRI
- Independent prescriber qualification
- Awareness of budget management
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills - effective listening/speaking skills appropriate to the needs of the recipient; communicating complex information and providing meaningful and sensitive feedback
- Enthusiastic positive attitude - flexible approach to changing requirements to meet service demands
- Mental capacity to work under the pressures of demanding and competing priorities Initiative - always positively challenging practices and working procedures to improve service delivery
- Ability to lead by example with a strong visible presence in the clinical environment.
Desirable
- Able to work flexibility
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Abingdon Community Hospital
Marcham Road
Abingdon
OX14 1AG
