Job summary
- Main area
- 203340 Community Podiatry - General
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: 37.5 hrs
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 262-A-24-6302599-B
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Podiatry Department
- Town
- West Cumbria
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Podiatrist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Do you want to work in one of the nation’s areas of outstanding natural beauty, delivering care with the scenic Lake District Fells as your back drop? Not only that, the North Cumbria Podiatry Department have received an outstanding achievement through the We Care Audit and we have been award 'Best team supporting learning' and 'Best learning opportunities' with the trust.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a high level of interpersonal and organisational skills, alongside a good sense of humour and team focused.
The Department has a good skill mix including advanced and specialist Podiatrists, Podiatry assistants and administrative staff. Currently we maintain high risk, biomechanics and nail surgery caseloads. As a specialist podiatrist you will triage and treat a variety of podiatric problems and provide foot health education to patients and other stakeholders.
Opportunities to develop skills and knowledge in specialist areas are available by our close links with the multi-disciplinary diabetic foot team and North Cumbria MSK service.
If this sounds like your ideal role, then we look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
- Formulate and deliver individual treatment plans using assessment, reasoning and clinical decision-making using your specialist knowledge and evidence based practice and guidelines.
- Evaluate patient progress, re-assess and alter treatment plans using evidence based medicine/guidelines and recognise when additional support and advice is needed.
- To be responsible for the escalation of patients presenting with complex conditions outside the scope of practice (expertise/knowledge and skills) to an advanced podiatrist/appropriately experienced podiatrist.
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients/service users in your care
- To undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations, including patients' homes.
- Plan and organise efficiently and effectively own clinical caseload.
- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient record
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
· Being a clinically led organisation
· Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
· A positive patient experience every time
· A great place to work
· Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Important Information
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
- Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
Nacro – Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: [email protected]
Unlock – Tel: 01634 247350, email [email protected] or complete the online form on the Unlock website
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • BSc Podiatric Medicine or equivalent qualification
- • Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- • Local anaesthesia certificate
Desirable criteria
- Pharmacology certificate
- Certificate in radiology (IRMER)
Knowledge & experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working in the NHS
- Knowledge and experience in the assessment, diagnosis and management of high-risk foot
- Knowledge of UK NHS Podiatry services
- Understanding of Primary care
- Understanding of relevant NHS Policies
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a specialist area
Personal Circumstances
Essential criteria
- The ability to work at and travel to various sites throughout North Cumbria.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate satisfactory health screening.
- Acts in a way that supports equity and diversity (level 1).
Desirable criteria
- Documented evidence of Hep B vaccination
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess new patients and provide appropriate treatment based on individual need of patients and care planning.
- Ability to manage and critically evaluate caseload.
- Ability to manage own time, prioritise tasks, work independently and under own initiative and multi-task.
- To have good organisational and timekeeping skills.
- To have a highly developed level of manual dexterity for the use of surgical instruments, including scalpels and needles.
- To be able to work in restricted positions, particularly when carrying out domiciliary visits to accommodate patient needs.
- Ability to carry out, analyse and interpret results of various specialist assessments within scope of practice.
- Able to adapt to change and resolve problems.
- Work unsupervised
- High levels of concentration during treatment and to be able to deal with unexpected situations (e.g. emergencies).
- Exercise individual responsibility and judgement.
- Able to remain calm while under pressure.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, other health care professional’s carers and patients.
- Receives information concerning patients/clients history, sensitive issues, and some patients with communication difficulties: requires persuasive, reassurance skills.
- Work as a member of a team.
- Undertake clinical audits, as necessary to own work/ regularly undertake R&D trials/ clinical trials.
- Performance manage staff when indicated.
- Ability to supervise less experienced members of the podiatry team.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Grace Messenger
- Job title
- Head of Podiatry
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07890036576
- Additional information
Monday-Thursday 08:30 - 16:30
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