Highly Specialist Podiatrist
Job Description
Job summary
Cardiff and Vale Podiatry Services are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and adaptable individual who is passionate about providing clinical excellence. This friendly busy department consists of approximately 60 staff and provides services across Cardiff and the Vale from multiple sites including community clinics, hospitals and patients own homes.
The UHB is committed to the professional development of all staff and the post offers excellent opportunities for CPD and career development. Post graduate education, research and evidence based practice are a priority for Podiatry. Podiatrists are expected to develop a credible and professional contribution to the organisation by engaging in personal development planning and continuing professional development.
This post will be required to work across the extended opening hours.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Cardiff and Vale University Health board (UHB) is a large teaching health board delivering super regional as well as local services with close links to Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University, with a high profile teaching, research and development role within the UK and abroad. So together we are training the next generation of health professionals.
This post will be required to work across the extended opening hours.
Main duties of the job
The post is amenable to part time or full time working. The Podiatry Service offers a comprehensive rotational scheme, for both entry level and experienced staff. The successful applicants will have the opportunity to gain a wide variety of experience working in an innovative and award-winning service.
This will be a great opportunity to develop in your career in a supportive environment working with expert clinicians. You will need strong communication skills and the ability to work well within the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe and effective services to patients. The post holder will need to have excellent diagnostic and clinical skills to deliver a range of high quality Podiatry treatments including complex interventions within your area of clinical expertise across community and acute services.
The post holder will be main point of contact with other community healthcare workers and provider agencies within a variety of care settings including community clinics, domiciliary work and care homes and contributes to the development of podiatry. The successful applicant will be responsible for leadership of the leadership of Safe at Home Portfolio, maintaining a complex clinical caseload whilst providing clinical leadership to domiciliary based podiatry services.
About us
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification
You will be required to travel throughout the region on a daily basis, using your clinical skills to undertake comprehensive assessments and provide acute clinical care and interventions to patients. In undertaking your role, you will be pivotal in ensuring that care plans support and enable patients to remain safe in their usual place of residence.
Are you ready for the challenge? If so, we look forward to hearing from you.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with HCPC as a Podiatrist with a BSc in Podiatric Medicine or equivalent Diploma in Podiatric Medicine and the ability to gain appropriate registered qualification for the supply and administration of prescriptions only medicines (POMS) within an agreed timescale.
- Postgraduate study to masters level within the specialism or equivalent
- Local anaesthetic certificate
- Basic Life Support
- Non medical referrer
Desirable
- Post graduate teaching certificate
- MSC in relevant specialist area
- Clinical leadership Qualification
- Developing Quality Improvement Skills
- Independent prescribing
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate a high level of post graduate specialist knowledge in the following areas for both adults and paediatrics: - Musculoskeletal disorders and interventions - Orthotic/appliance intervention - Dermatological, neurological and vascular disorders, tissue viability and minor surgery.
- Significant NHS clinical podiatry post graduate experience or equivalent
- Evidence of continued professional development in specialist field and with a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of assessing and treating High risk Patients particularly Diabetics, vascular insufficiency, wound management, terminally ill ,mental health problems or learning disabilities
- Experience in managing and explaining difficult prognosis
- Experience of treating patients in clinics, acute and outreach settings
- Experience in manufacture of orthotics and prescription writing
- Experience in supervision coaching and delegation
Desirable
- PARIS/Information systems
- Welsh Speaker
- Experience of producing reports, RCA's and SBAR's
- Understanding of service improvement methodologies
- Undertaking MECC
Skills
Essential
- Experience in undertaking advanced lower limb risk classification
- Ability to undertake specialist diagnostic assessments including Gait analysis
- Good interpersonal skills to work well as part of the team
- Ability to communicate effectively with a broad spectrum of the general public and health care professionals
- Advanced IT skills -
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking investigations for concerns and incidents
Special knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the podiatry professions clinical processes, procedures and agenda
- Current knowledge of NHS policies and strategies relevant to the post
- Understanding of the requirements of Patient safety, quality and Clinical Governance
- Knowledge of Health and safety, COSHH regulations
- Up to date knowledge of wound healing and dressings relevant to scope of practice
- Use of Force plate for gait analysis and pressure point identification and offloading
- Use of specialist equipment relevant to this specialism Specialist knowledge of a range of surgical techniques
- Ability to actively encourage and promote defined organisational objectives.
Desirable
- Academic theories of communication/health promotion/education
- Member of special interest group
- Understanding of diversity issues
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly and multi-task
- Can work alone or as part of a team
- Ability to cope with a large and unpredictable workload
- Self-confident
- Excellent Organisational skills
- Able to make independent reasoned clinical decisions Enthusiastic and self-motivated
Desirable
- Exploration around personal mastery
- Places patient and service needs before own
Other
Essential
- Fit for job role
- Mobile/timely access to transport to meet the travel requirements of the role
- Problem solving and thinking 'outside the box'
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will ...
