North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
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.
Main Duties of the Job
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:
* Provide high-quality care, working as a member of the team.
* Carry out day-to-day leadership responsibilities.
* Work autonomously to formulate and deliver individual evidence-based treatment plans.
* Provide specialised advice and guidance to podiatry colleagues and the wider health care community.
* Identify innovations in clinical practice to improve patient care, ensuring practice is evidence-based.
* Act as a clinical role model and demonstrate clinical expertise and credibility in practice.
* Contribute to the development of podiatry practice as agreed with the senior leadership team.
About Us
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.
Job Responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc in Podiatric medicine or equivalent
* Leadership certificate or equivalent experience or willingness to work toward.
* Specialist post-registration certificate in clinical specialty or equivalent or willingness to work toward.
* HCPC registration.
* Certificate Health Education or Promotion
* Certificate in Radiology
* Mentoring/coaching techniques
Knowledge and Experience
* Evidence of working autonomously to triage, assess, diagnose, develop and implement specialist programmes of care for patients with a wide variety of clinical needs.
* Advanced knowledge in specialist area i.e. wound healing, offloading, or biomechanics.
* A high level of knowledge of current national and local strategies, clinical guidelines, and legislation relating to the delivery of podiatry and advanced podiatry practice.
* Demonstrate an understanding of Governance and Safety measures.
* A working knowledge of Leadership/mentorship/preceptorship techniques to support and develop the team.
* Continuing professional development with a portfolio.
* Knowledge of clinical incident and risk systems.
* Knowledge of trust supervision and appraisal process.
* Evidence of developing e-learning programmes or training packages.
* Experience in change management.
* Clinical supervision.
* Knowledge of preceptorship frameworks.
Skills and Aptitudes
* Excellent presentation, facilitation, and coaching skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work to a deadline with excellent time management and organisational skills.
* Ability to motivate team working.
* Ability to work independently using initiative appropriately.
* Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
Personal Circumstances
* Enthusiastic, motivated, and motivational.
* Commitment to lifelong learning.
* Driving license and access to own car / able to travel independently of public transport with willingness to work across the county if required.
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours.
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