Do you want to work in one of the nation’s areas of outstanding beauty, delivering care within lakes and fells as your backdrop? Not only that, the North Cumbria Podiatry Department has been awarded an outstanding achievement through the We Care CQC Preparedness Audit and we have been awarded 'Best team supporting learning' and 'Best learning opportunities' from the trust.
North Cumbria Podiatry provides a comprehensive service to patients throughout the region. As a team lead, you will be responsible for supporting the podiatrists and podiatry assistants to deliver safe quality care. You will support the professional lead to implement service improvements and be an agent of change. You will work alongside a friendly, welcoming, and supportive team, dedicated to learning and improving, where everyone’s voice counts.
This role requires cross-site working and would therefore be suitable as a job share.
The Podiatry Department delivers care to the population of North Cumbria. We maintain caseloads in foot ulceration, high-risk preventative care, biomechanics, and nail surgery, while providing episodes of care for specific conditions.
We are a highly motivated, supportive team with quality and safety at our core. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work alongside podiatrists, podiatry assistants, and the admin team. We collaborate with community nurses, orthotic, MDFT, and many other services.
As a Team Lead you will:
1. Provide high quality care, working as a member of the team.
2. Carry out day-to-day leadership responsibilities.
3. Work autonomously to formulate and deliver individual evidence-based treatment plans.
4. Provide specialised advice and guidance to podiatry colleagues and the wider healthcare community.
5. Identify innovations in clinical practice to improve patient care, ensuring practice is evidence-based.
6. Act as a clinical role model and demonstrate clinical expertise and credibility in practice.
7. Contribute to the development of podiatry practice as agreed with the senior leadership team.
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’:
1. Being a clinically led organisation.
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust.
3. A positive patient experience every time.
4. A great place to work.
5. 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.
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.
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 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.
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 Trust is committed to providing a range of employee benefits, including a lease car, a 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years, a flexible working scheme, excellent opportunities for development, and access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies.
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