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The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Havering Integrated Care Directorate. We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Podiatrist to undertake the role of Podiatry Manager position.
The post shares the responsibility for the clinical and operational co-ordination and management of the Barking & Dagenham and Havering podiatry teams. Our Podiatry Department is a forward thinking, busy service providing Podiatry Services to GPs in Havering and Barking & Dagenham. The population that we serve are both multi-cultural and diverse.
Main duties of the job
You will have a minimum of three years’ experience providing staff and service development within a team setting, be forward thinking, providing both operational leadership and support the strategic agenda.
You will have experience of working collaboratively with peers and partners. You will have a passion to deliver safe and quality services; and commitment and energy to see things through coupled with your ability to apply innovation to practice.
The post holder will be expected to support their team, department, and organisation to achieve the Trust’s Values in their day-to-day work.
The post holder will provide effective clinical and operational responsibility for the designated services within NELFT ensuring effective clinical delivery and performance management against key performance indicators.
The post holder will work with the Integrated Community Services Manager to deliver the vision of the Trust to provide a quality led service, supporting patients to live the lives they want.
This is a great opportunity for someone with strong leadership and management skills and a passion to develop services to ensure high quality care.
You will help to create a culture in which innovation can flourish and provide vision and inspiration to enable staff to deliver high quality services and patient care.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
1. We are kind.
2. We are respectful.
3. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 pro rata for part time).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A detailed job description and person specification document is attached. The responsibilities will include, but is not limited to the following:-
To undertake a Clinical Lead role in delivering and evaluating the community podiatry service across NELFT (Barking & Dagenham and Havering)
To undertake operational management, and take a major role in developing, delivering and evaluating the podiatry service by assisting with the production of reports, making recommendations for change and ensuring all staff are well informed about both Podiatry and Trust issues.
To take a major role in your clinical area of expertise, in the advanced assessment and diagnosis of patients based on clinical findings,
To undertake supervision and teaching and the appraisal of less experienced members of the team.
A car driver is therefore essential to this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
4. BSc Diploma/Degree in Podiatric Medicine
5. Certificate in the administration of Local Anaesthesia
6. Prescription only medicines certificate
7. Registration with HCPC
8. Evidence of Continual Professional Development
9. Evidence of post graduate training to masters level or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
10. Minimum of 3 years’ experience in area of specialism
11. Experience of communicating across internal and external boundaries
12. Experience of leading/ developing a Team/Services
Knowledge
Essential criteria
13. An awareness of NHS priorities
14. Knowledge of current NHS strategy, and clinical governance priorities
15. Knowledge of local Health Priorities including cultural diversity
16. Experience or knowledge of commissioning
Skills
Essential criteria
17. Ability to balance competing priorities to meet personal and directorate targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload
18. Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
19. Excellent organisational and clinical skills
20. Leadership skills
21. Enthusiasm, integrity, confident, positive attitude
22. Commitment to own development
23. Team building skills
24. Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
Other
Essential criteria
25. To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
26. Applicant will need to be a car driver with valid UK Licence and access to a car for work purposes
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
27. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
28. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
29. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
30. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.