South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Podiatrist - Education

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Job summary

We are seeking an organised and motivated podiatrist to help support and shape the future of the service on a fixed term/secondment basis, until 31.03.2026.

The post holder will work in partnership with all relevant education providers supporting apprentices , student placements, undergraduate postgraduate learners along with promoting the profession within schools colleges and the wider community. The role also involves educating stakeholders to improve the quality of referrals into the service.

You must demonstrate effective leadership, communication and organisational skills; and be able to operate effectively on your own and within a team.

You must be proactive with current and future service development and workforce planning reviews, analysing current capacity and identifying service gaps, looking at alternative pathways and extending scope of practice.

Candidate will develop and maintain robust induction packs and clinical guides for student podiatrists and apprenticeship students and champion the profession, promoting the profession at careers events, schools and colleges

The service operates Monday to Friday 8.30 am - 4.30 pm, but a flexible approach is essential.

Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

Main duties of the job

To provide leadership in education and professional development, to develop and deliver an efficient and effective podiatry service within the framework of clinical governance.
To promote, and champion all aspects of education, professional development, and clinical excellence.
To have direct responsibility for student podiatrists, apprentice podiatrists and assistant practitioners working in collaboration with university leads and student mentors.
To provide strong leadership in the provision of effective, high quality, podiatric learning.
To lead and support audit and research projects to evaluate service delivery.
To be responsible for the education, training and development of podiatry staff and students on placement.
To regularly review clinical practice delivery in light of new models of care and clinical transformation programmes and to identify new ways of working, this includes the advancement of extended clinical skills in this post and others.
To work with medical, nursing, AHP and other healthcare colleagues across the clinical speciality and outside of the Trust to provide optimum learning experiences.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7

Date posted

03 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

328-FCS-6827076

Job locations

One Life

Linthorpe Road

Middlesbrough

TS1 3QY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc (Hons) Degree in Podiatry
HCPC Registration
Significant post-graduation training across many specialty fields to provide expert care to patients across a range of clinical specialisms
Clinical education qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience working with complex patients
Significant experience in education and clinical training of others.
Teaching / placement supervision experience with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations.
Involvement with Education providers, Universities etc.
Experience of involvement in service improvement / change management
Audit experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Demonstrates excellent clinical service provision relevant to post and commensurate with grade
Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake advanced clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of podiatry patients and apply broad standards and guidelines to own practice.
Ability to manage change and conflict ensuring resolution. Ability to cope with flexible working patterns and adapt to change, capacity and demand treatment options for a range of clinical presentations.
Excellent report writing skills
Good working knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management.
Significant experience in the development and performance management of students
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Leadership - able to evidence ability to inspire and support others

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSc (Hons) Degree in Podiatry
HCPC Registration
Significant post-graduation training across many specialty fields to provide expert care to patients across a range of clinical specialisms
Clinical education qualification

Experience

Essential

Experience working with complex patients
Significant experience in education and clinical training of others.
Teaching / placement supervision experience with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations.
Involvement with Education providers, Universities etc.
Experience of involvement in service improvement / change management
Audit experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Demonstrates excellent clinical service provision relevant to post and commensurate with grade
Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake advanced clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of podiatry patients and apply broad standards and guidelines to own practice.
Ability to manage change and conflict ensuring resolution. Ability to cope with flexible working patterns and adapt to change, capacity and demand treatment options for a range of clinical presentations.
Excellent report writing skills
Good working knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management.
Significant experience in the development and performance management of students
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Leadership - able to evidence ability to inspire and support others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

One Life

Linthorpe Road

Middlesbrough

TS1 3QY

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

One Life

Linthorpe Road

Middlesbrough

TS1 3QY

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)