Main area Band 7 Care Pathway Lead Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent: Must include working on a Monday. Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week Job ref 395-WF255-24
Site Redbridge & Waltham Forest Town Chigwell Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum, plus HCAS (Pro Rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 24/03/2025 23:59
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. 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.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our team for a Care Pathway Lead for Nail Surgery to join our friendly, supportive Podiatry Team.
Our Podiatry Department is a forward-thinking, busy service providing Podiatry Services to the GP population in Redbridge & Waltham Forest. The population that we serve are both multi-cultural and diverse.
Our Podiatry Care Pathway Leads are highly experienced, valuable members of the team with expert knowledge in their field. They are responsible for the specialty service that they lead including responsibility and organization of effective care pathways as well as the day-to-day operational management and supervision of designated clinicians.
Your clinical work would be across an array of community & domiciliary settings across these boroughs, and a car driver is therefore essential to this role.
Main duties of the job
* Take clinical responsibility for care pathways organizing effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and ensuring that treatment/information is provided within the required AHP waiting times. Highlighting solutions to capacity concerns and proactively advising the service lead on solutions to manage demand.
* Provide operational and clinical leadership for the care pathway and responsibility for educating colleagues and junior staff and will be the main contact for expert advice and support for junior staff in the team.
* Take lead responsibility for delivering high quality, timely, accessible, and evidence-based services for patients as part of the clinical pathway.
* Undertake a high-risk clinical role according to current priority/demand on the service including comprehensive advanced assessment and treatment of patients with multiple pathologies formulating treatment plans based on clinical findings.
* Establish and implement systems and structures for effective monitoring of quality and service audit. Encouraging departmental clinical audit and research in specialist areas.
* Act as a lead clinical specialist for nail surgery and wound care in the community.
Working for our organisation
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).
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. 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 focusing on 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 basic salary, with a minimum of £4,551 and maximum of £5,735, pro rata for part-time staff.
Certificates of Sponsorship
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
This vacancy would suit an experienced Band 6 Specialist Podiatrist with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in the area of specialism required, and who can demonstrate leadership skills required for this role.
Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we are looking for people who are strongly aligned with them.
Our friendly Podiatry Service prides themselves on their close working together as a very friendly and approachable close-knit team with effective communication.
Person specification
Demonstration of Trust Values
* Putting people first
* Being progressive, innovative, and continually improving
* Being professional and honest
* Promoting what is possible, independence, opportunity, and choice
Qualifications
* BSc Diploma/Degree in Podiatric Medicine
* Certificate in the administration of Local Anaesthesia
* Prescription-only medicines certificate
* Registration with HCPC
* Evidence of Continual Professional Development
* Evidence of post-graduate training to masters level or equivalent experience
* Supplementary Prescribing – working towards independent prescribing
Experience
* Minimum of 3 years’ experience in area of specialism
* Experience of communicating across internal and external boundaries
* Experience of governance, quality and audit
* Experience of multi-agency working
* Experience and Knowledge of commissioning
Knowledge
* An awareness of NHS priorities
* Knowledge of current NHS strategy, and clinical governance priorities
* Knowledge of local Health Priorities including cultural diversity
* Knowledge of all Guidelines relating to diabetes
Skills
* Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
* Ability to balance competing priorities to meet personal and directorate targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload
* Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
* Excellent organisational and clinical skills
* Commitment to own development
Other
* To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
* Applicant will need to be a car driver with valid UK Licence (this criteria will be reasonable adjusted to meet the requirements of a disabled applicant) and access to a car for work purposes.
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:
* 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.
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.
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. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email recruitment@nelft.nhs.uk.
Correspondence with us
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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