Main area Community Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (09.00 to 17.00 with 30 lunch break, 5 days a week) Job ref 395-HV021-25
Employer NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Podiatry, Harold Hill Health Centre Town Romford Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Plus HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 25/04/2025 08:00
Community Provision Care Pathway Lead Foot Protection
Band 7
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
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.
Job overview
Band 7 Advanced Specialist Podiatrist
Community Provision Care Pathway Lead Foot Protection
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the NELFT Podiatry - East team, to work as Care Pathway Lead for Community Provision and to support the Podiatry Manager in delivering the service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and innovative care pathway lead to join our friendly Podiatry team within NELFT.
Our Podiatry Department provides services to a high risk, multi-cultural population across the London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham and Havering.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a member of the local Community Podiatry Service who has podiatry skills and will be responsible for providing evidence based comprehensive assessment, review and treatment and support the team by delivering this service to the local high-risk population.
The post holder will be working within agreed local care pathways, codes of practice and professional standards, and specifically embedding Clinical quality guidelines.
Experienced podiatrists will provide specialist and complex podiatry care for a range of acute and chronic foot pathologies within community settings. The post holder will complement the service by using their first-class assessment, diagnostic and communication skills to develop programmes of care and their clinical expertise to implement treatment plans.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of 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 will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
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 £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* Must hold valid HCPC Registration
* BSc Diploma/Degree in Podiatric Medicine
* Applicant will need to be a car driver with valid UK Licence
Experience
* Evidence of post graduate training to master’s level, advanced clinical practice, or equivalent experience
* Minimum of 3 years’ experience in area of specialism
* Sound demonstrable knowledge of NICE clinical guidelines relating to diabetic foot problems
Skills
* Excellent organisational and clinical skills
* Commitment to own development
Other
* Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
* Able to travel efficiently throughout the area
* Able to take part in domiciliary visits in the community
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.
* 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.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers.
* 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.
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.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.
Correspondence with us
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