Clinical Lead Podiatrist - Surgery and High Risk
This job is now closed
Job summary
There is an exciting opportunity within our Trust for a Clinical Lead Podiatrist - Surgery and High Risk.
Sandwell West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is proud to be a community and acute integrated care trust. It presents us with valuable opportunities to provide seamless care tofollow our patients through all aspects of their foot care pathway.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward thinking individual with appropriate exposure and experience, particularly in Diabetes, High risk and Vascular Podiatry.
The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the surgery and high risk services within the podiatry department. This will also include highly specialist triage of referrals received for the MDT diabetic foot clinic. The post holder will provide highly specialist clinical assessment and treatment of patients in all settings, ensuring care pathways are followed and you will provide an extension of the MDT to the housebound patient.
As a clinical lead, the post holder will formulate and implement organisational protocols and pathways for service provision. The post holder will be effective at managing staff and will be part of the clinical leads team to ensure the smooth running of the department meets core clinical activity requirements.
Main duties of the job
- Management of the multiple disciplinary teams in the clinical setting
- Highly specialist triaging of the multiple disciplinary teams diabetic foot clinic inbox
- Skill mix and adopt clinical protocols to reduce waiting times on the clinical pathway
- Use of evidence based practice or external consultant opinion to develop new risk managed care pathways when presenting conditions and conventional pathways conflict
- Educating patients on the nature of their complaint
- Difficult discussions with patients and their families and/or carers on the realistic outcomes of the intervention that can be offered to ensure compliance is achieved
- Plan resource needs and training needs for the specialty and formulate a 3 year business plan that can be implemented and adjusted dynamically to suit rapidly changing NHS structure and local delivery plan needs, precipitate these changes to clinical practice and procedure
- Provide training to team clinicians working within the specialty and mentor, line manage and perform PDR appraisals, supervise, provide training and assessment to podiatry students and support technical instructors grades and clerical grades working within the specialty
- Provide CPD lectures to Foot Health Department on relevant specialist practices
- Provide CPD lectures to groups of health professionals relevant to the podiatric practice
- Oversee audit collection and analysis for both relevant local and national audits
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Details
Date posted
14 August 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
381-CT-5517611
Job locations
Department of Foot Health
Primary Care Offices, Lyndon
West Bromwich
B71 4HJ
Employer details
Employer name
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address
Department of Foot Health
Primary Care Offices, Lyndon
West Bromwich
B71 4HJ
Employer's website
https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Supporting documents
Privacy notice
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)