Main area: Podiatry
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (Days of work will need to include Monday, Thursday and Friday)
Job ref: 374-KN110
Employer: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cross site
Town: Eastbourne
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/11/2024 23:59
Specialist Podiatrist – At Risk non-diabetic Foot Wounds and care
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 7,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
In 2020, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective.
Job overview
We are looking for a Specialist Podiatry Lead to work in our At Risk pathway to work alongside our foot protection team and At Risk Lead, concentrating on aligning those patients without Diabetes but have a foot wound to have similar care pathways to patients with Diabetes, reducing admissions and health inequalities.
This is an exciting opportunity that will support both the professional development of the Foot protection Team and develop the pathways required in line with National guidance across the Community Health and Integrated Care division at ESHT.
The role will focus on clinical, education and service development for the wider Podiatry workforce and to raise the profile of Podiatry across the trust.
The post requires the successful candidate to have a minimum of 4 years post registration experience working within community and hospital settings in the specialism of diabetes/ highly complex wound care/ high risk foot.
The successful applicant will also be a car driver/ owner as this post will be cross county.
Main duties of the job
1. To include highly complex wound care assessment and podiatry assessment in lower limb and foot disorders.
2. Experience of acute and chronic highly complex wound care management.
3. Experience in patient assessment and formulating and delivering treatment plans to high risk patients.
4. Experience of multi-disciplinary and interagency working.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent.
* Podiatrist registered with the Health Professions Council.
* Local anaesthetic certificate.
* Evidence of postgraduate Development around education and practice.
* Educated to masters level or equivalent experience in practice.
* Qualification in Education.
Experience
* Post-qualification experience working within the NHS.
* Experience as student Practice Educator.
* Experience of supervision and appraising staff.
* Delivering services along evidence-based guidelines.
* Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
* Experience of providing training/presentations.
* Skilled in the use of reflective practice.
* Experience of inter-professional working.
* Experience of Service Development.
* Experience within acute and community settings.
* Experience as Community Equipment Provider.
Skills
* To frequently concentrate when undertaking intricate clinical interventions.
* To give and receive clinical supervision.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* To work using own initiative.
* To cope with unpredictable work patterns.
* Good leadership/motivational skills.
* Commitment to inter-professional team working.
* Good understanding of the local agenda for relevant clinical groups.
* Understanding of the future direction of the NHS.
* Understanding of the unique demographic within East Sussex and the impact of service demand.
* Experience of inputting into business case.
* Advanced IT skills.
Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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