Job summary
- Main area
- Podiatry
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity cover for 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 083-7104342-MC
- Employer
- Sirona care & health CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Knowle Clinic
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Wound Care Lead Podiatrist
NHS AfC: Band 7
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Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Band 7 podiatrist with a passion in wound care to join our team on a fixed term contract for 12 months to cover maternity leave.
You will be joining a supportive and friendly team based in North Somerset. The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic and the ability to work under pressure and as part of the wider team across the Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) area.
You will provide highly specialist skills in wound care to enable assessment, treatment and management of a complex high risk clinical and domiciliary caseload based in North Somerset. You will provide clinical leadership to support delivery of clinical excellence.
You will work collaboratively with wound care leads in Bristol and South Gloucestershire to provide specialist clinical advice and guidance to internal/external stakeholders and provide education and development for clinicians across the BNSSG system to improve patient outcomes and patient experience.
You will participate in the diabetes multidisciplinary foot clinics within secondary care working together with the diabetes and vascular leads providing clinical excellence and resilience. You will work closely with the clinical pathway leads, operational leads and the service manager to support the development and delivery of quality training, education, competency, supervision and clinical governance frameworks across the BNSSG geography in relation to the wound care pathway.
Main duties of the job
Delivery of a quality service to improve outcomes and experiences of those people accessing the Podiatry Service the post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner and be aligned to the wound care pathway.
Have a highly developed level of clinical knowledge, use differential diagnostic skills and pattern recognition to plan and execute skilled physical examination to further inform shared decision making and patient care plans in complex patients.
Provide highly specialist skills in wound care to enable assessment, treatment and management of a varied and complex high risk clinical caseload. Providing clinical leadership to support the delivery of clinical excellence across the service. Required to support patients in their self-management and promotion of health and wellbeing, offering literature to supplement their education and treatment and facilitate behavioural change where required; whilst recognising when referrals to other services is appropriate.
Provide specialist clinical advice and guidance within their speciality to internal and external stakeholders. Providing education and development for clinicians across the BNSSG system, relating to the wound care pathway.
Provide support to the Podiatry Clinical & Operational Lead and relevant MSKPOD governance groups in the development and delivery of quality training, education, competency, supervision and clinical governance frameworks across the BNSSG geography in relation to the wound care pathway.
Working for our organisation
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Podiatric Medicine
- Certificate in local anaesthesia
- Post graduate training at masters level or equivalent in diabetes foot care, wound care, high risk foot or minor surgery
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake qualification
Experience, skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Highly specialised clinical reasoning skills
- Evidence of managing risk in unpredictable , uncertain situations to uphold patient safety
- Specialised clinical skills and theoretical knowledge within full range of podiatric practice
- Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience in regard to the diabetic and high risk foot
- Evidence of teaching, supervising and mentoring abroad range of clinicians
- Evidence of leadership behaviours including autonomous practice, self-reflection, promotion of cultural change
- Experience of working as a clinical supervisor, designing, developing and delivering programmes of learning in line with evidence based practice to peers and junior staff members.
- Clinically competent to assess and manage foot conditions involving in diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, wound care, or nail surgery, long term conditions putting the foot at high risk of complications.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of representing podiatry service in meetings, deputiaing for podiatry senior leadership.
- Experience of developing, delivering and publishing evidence based system wide clinical pathways/guidelines
- Experience of producing 72 hour reports and root cause analysis
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
- Samantha Draper
- Job title
- Podiatry Clinical and Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07810753273
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