Are you an experienced Registered Podiatrist looking for your next role?
Do you want to work somewhere that prioritises your wellbeing as well as that of your patients?
We are committed to supporting our staff and we are looking for a Specialist high risk Podiatrist to join our Trust to support the delivery of excellent care at the heart of the community.
We are currently recruiting for Specialist high risk Podiatrists across our Podiatry Services which are spread across West Sussex and Brighton & Hove.
This position is a full-time role mainly in Crawley and Horsham, with a focus on wound care and the high risk foot.
We have a robust relocation package available for interested applicants.
• To provide high quality clinical care to patients with high risk feet and active ulceration.
• To provide Clinical Leadership, ensuring effective governance for staff working in allocated area or service.
• To work with the professional lead to ensure staff are clinically competent, services are clinically effective and safe, and an excellent patient experience is delivered.
• To embed the principles of interdisciplinary working and cross skilling for all staff, including implementing the competency frameworks.
• To provide specialist clinical advice regarding complex patients.
• To provide specialist clinical assessment and intervention for highly complex patients as required.
• To work with the patient safety lead in supporting an audit plan in the appropriate clinical area and participate in research as appropriate, to inform future service development.
• To ensure services continue to develop in line with Trust transformation programmes and the SCFT Clinical Strategy.
• To develop key partnerships, working to ensure effective whole system working, through effective communication and networking with other disciplines and by working across professional boundaries.
• To act as deputy to the line manager and professional lead if required.
Our Podiatry service has excellent opportunities for you to put your acquired skills or experience into practice and join Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. This is your opportunity to become part of one of our largest teams who are working together to use and develop a wide range of skills and knowledge to support our patients holistically.
We have:
• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results
• The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rates our quality of services as good with outstanding features
• Stunning locations in Sussex, surrounded by the South Downs and the coast
• A great working environment in the community, in patients’ homes and our community hospitals
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Real Living Wage Employer, with great rates of pay
• Flexible working options, including job sharing, annualised hours, career breaks, parental leave and adoption leave
• Supportive team environments
• Cost-effective and convenient workplace nurseries
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
Our service provides expert Podiatric care to patients who are at moderate or high risk of developing complications and those with active ulceration. These patients are often complex and your excellent clinical skills will be put to good use to supporting their care, enabling them to remain in their homes without the need for acute or emergency admission and helping them to remain mobile and active.
Key Responsibilities:
- To retain own clinical competency to carry out assessment, treatment, rehab interventions and to contribute to timely discharge where appropriate, particularly for highly complex patients.
- To use advanced knowledge, skills and expertise to facilitate and drive future service development.
- To work with Professional Leads to ensure delivery of evidenced based clinical practice.
- To facilitate the delivery of a robust clinical supervision structure is in place in line with Trust policy.
- To ensure all staff work to appropriate competency frameworks and manage performance of individuals through the appraisal and supervision process.
- To work collaboratively with other leads to facilitate effective operational management of allocated services.
- To ensure the service functions within financial constraints through collaborative working with the budget holders, and to contribute to the annual business planning process.
- To ensure effective delegation as per Trust guidelines and to support the implementation of new clinical initiatives.
- To manage own caseload of complex cases within defined clinical area.
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Oct 2024