Job summary
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced, flexible and highly motivated Podiatrist to join our Podiatry Team in Trafford.
The post holder will have responsibility along with other Senior Practitioners within the team for the organisation and day to day provision of the community and high-risk Podiatry Service. They will demonstrate excellent clinical and operational leadership skills to podiatry colleagues. They will provide line management to the team and support the Service Lead to ensure the safe and effective delivery of the podiatry service.
They will manage a clinical case load of High Risk patients and have advanced skills and knowledge to implement, evaluate and modify highly complex care and interventions. The caseload will include patients with the complications of diabetes, peripheral arterial disease and connective tissue disorders and a significant proportion of the case load will be focused on advanced foot ulcer management.
The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, and work well as part of a team to strengthen the wider multidisciplinary team of health care professionals across the trust to improve outcomes for the podiatry patients of Trafford.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical and operational leadership for the High Risk and Community Podiatry team to ensure the safe delivery of the day to day provision of the Podiatry service.
To provide support and guidance to colleagues to assure that work is carried out in a multi-disciplinary way to promote the needs of clients and patients.
The post holder will support the Podiatry Service Lead and other Senior Practitioners, to ensure that governance systems and processes are adhered to and delivered.
This role requires team lead and line management duties.
To manage a clinical case load of patients and have demonstrable skills to implement, evaluate and modify highly complex care and interventions. The caseload will include patients with the complications of diabetes, peripheral arterial disease and connective tissue disorders (not an exhaustive list) with a focus on advanced foot ulcer management.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- oQualified to practice as a Podiatrist within the NHS Diploma / Degree in Podiatric Medicine.
- oCurrent registration with Health Care Professions Council as a Podiatrist
- oCertificate in local analgesia
Desirable
- oMSc modules relating to high risk foot management in wound care or related areas such as diabetes vascular.
- oV300 Independent prescribing qualification
- oTeaching Qualification
- oManagement / Leadership Qualification
- oRelevant post graduate training relating to High risk Foot management.
Experience
Essential
- oPost graduate clinical experience including significant experience of working with high risk patients in an acute and/or primary care setting
- oEvidence of managing a clinical caseload of patients with complex clinical needs.
- oEvidence of multidisciplinary working.
- oEvidence of continuous post registration development relevant to the post.
Desirable
- oSpecialist training in relevant areas.
- oExperience of managing / leading a team
Knowledge
Essential
- oAdvanced knowledge to support the assessment and management of complex conditions relating to the High risk foot.
- oKnowledge of relevant guidelines and evidence based practice relating to High Risk Foot management.
- oKnowledge of relevant governance systems and their influence on current practice
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oHigh level diagnostic skills
- oCompetent in use of a variety of diagnostic equipment.
- oAbility to interpret complex clinical facts and situations
- oAbility to prioritise workload for self and team
- oAbility to work autonomously
- oAdvanced wound care management and latest innovations
- oProven clinical leadership
- oExcellent communication skills
- oEvidence of development of own skills within the scope of professional practice
- oExcellent IT skills with knowledge of and able to utilise: - Word, Outlook, Excel, and organisational systems i.e. EMIS, HIVE.
Driving
Essential
- oHolds UK Driving Licence and has Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- oQualified to practice as a Podiatrist within the NHS Diploma / Degree in Podiatric Medicine.
- oCurrent registration with Health Care Professions Council as a Podiatrist
- oCertificate in local analgesia
Desirable
- oMSc modules relating to high risk foot management in wound care or related areas such as diabetes vascular.
- oV300 Independent prescribing qualification
- oTeaching Qualification
- oManagement / Leadership Qualification
- oRelevant post graduate training relating to High risk Foot management.
Experience
Essential
- oPost graduate clinical experience including significant experience of working with high risk patients in an acute and/or primary care setting
- oEvidence of managing a clinical caseload of patients with complex clinical needs.
- oEvidence of multidisciplinary working.
- oEvidence of continuous post registration development relevant to the post.
Desirable
- oSpecialist training in relevant areas.
- oExperience of managing / leading a team
Knowledge
Essential
- oAdvanced knowledge to support the assessment and management of complex conditions relating to the High risk foot.
- oKnowledge of relevant guidelines and evidence based practice relating to High Risk Foot management.
- oKnowledge of relevant governance systems and their influence on current practice
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oHigh level diagnostic skills
- oCompetent in use of a variety of diagnostic equipment.
- oAbility to interpret complex clinical facts and situations
- oAbility to prioritise workload for self and team
- oAbility to work autonomously
- oAdvanced wound care management and latest innovations
- oProven clinical leadership
- oExcellent communication skills
- oEvidence of development of own skills within the scope of professional practice
- oExcellent IT skills with knowledge of and able to utilise: - Word, Outlook, Excel, and organisational systems i.e. EMIS, HIVE.
Driving
Essential
- oHolds UK Driving Licence and has Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
