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Specialist Podiatrist
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Usual working hours Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30.)
Job ref
412-COMM-2773-B-A
Employer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
CCICP
Town
Winsford
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/08/2024 23:59

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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Podiatrist - Permanent - full time

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 Specialist Podiatrist to join Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP). We have 37.5 hours available and are open to applicants who prefer to work full-time or part-time or flexible working within an 8am-5pm working day.

CCICP Podiatry mainly operates as a woundcare service, and also has opportunities for Nail surgery and MSK Podiatry. We have an apprenticeship programme and support Podiatry students.

Work Base: You will be based mostly in our Crewe, Nantwich and SMASH locations and domiciliary visits make up part of this role. You may be required to travel to different settings across the trust's geographical footprint.

CCICP supports staff and service development and prioritises the wellbeing of its staff with excellent access to resources and support.

Main duties of the job

To act as a Clinical Specialist in the Podiatry Service, to undertake triage, assessment, and treatment of referred patients.

To support the Team Manager and Advanced Clinical Specialists in the day to day running of the clinics and to assist in service improvement initiatives in their area of work.

To support the education and development of Podiatrists, Podiatry Assistants, Podiatry Apprentices, and external Podiatry students on placement.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

SERVICE DELIVERY

· To work autonomously to manage a defined complex patient caseload whilst working as part of a team.

· To contribute to the delivery of the service in a variety of defined clinical settings, which may include community clinics and the patient’s home.

· To undertake specialist clinical assessment, taking into account all relevant information and clinical reasoning to formulate evidence based individualised treatment plans in agreement with the patient.

· To monitor progress and review treatment plans and interventions to facilitate the achievement of goals.

· To provide appropriate oral and written information for patients and carers where relevant.

· To maintain accurate documentation in line with professional standards, and local policies and procedures.

· To provide accurate and timely written information and reports to referring agents and other agencies where appropriate.

· To ensure the safe and timely discharge of patients from the caseload, liaising with other agencies as required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Podiatry Professional degree/ diploma
  • HCPC registration
  • Good general education
Desirable criteria
  • Communication skills training
  • Clinical educator training
  • Degree level Post graduate education relevant to specialist area/ or be working towards this
  • Be prepared to work towards degree level post graduate education relevant to specialist area
  • NHS information Governance certificate
  • membership of Relevant Professional Body

Values

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to quality and safety
  • Commitment to working together to create the best outcomes

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Car Driver
  • Ability to lead junior Colleagues
  • Advanced communication and listening skills
  • Audit skills ( not necessarily related to healthcare)
  • Ability to prioritise workload achieving a balance between clinical and other aspects of role
  • Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Proactive, takes own initiative
  • IT skills
Desirable criteria
  • Full UK driving licence
  • Ability to solve problems and make decisions under pressure

Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • Must be willing to take personal responsibility

Physical requirements

Essential criteria
  • Good attendance record
  • Ability to perform wide range of duties according to the job description

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Dealing directly with Public
  • Proven Post registration experience some of which is in a relevant setting
  • Experience of completing and contributing to audit / research
  • Experience of contributing to the teaching and mentoring of staff and members of the MDT

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Post registration Knowledge which is relevant to the specialist area and evidenced by CPD
  • Knowledge of recent NHS legislation, recommendations
  • Awareness of the national and local priorities and changing trends in specialist areas
  • To have a specific interest and commitment to a specialist area ( wound care, nail surgery, MSK) as evidenced by CPD portfolio and post graduate training
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of the service/ trust values and objectives

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgePrince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachael Davenport
Job title
Podiatry Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07787 144818

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone
[email protected]
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