Job summary
- Main area
- Podiatry
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Employee is expected to work some weekends)
- Job ref
- 267-CH6472756
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Abingdon Community Hospital
- Town
- Abingdon
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum | pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Foot Health Protection Clinical Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Job overview
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 team members 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.
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 criteria
- 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 criteria
- Relevant postgraduate certificates or postgraduate diploma (or to be achieved within agreed timescale)
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Knowledge of wider community and primary care service operations
- Research and/or publications
Skills
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Evidence of understanding of relevant common prescription medicines
- Ability to interpret CTS and MRI
- Independent prescriber qualification
- Awareness of budget management
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Able to work flexibility
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Michelle Little
- Job title
- Senior Clinical Lead and Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07721820247
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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