Specialist Podiatrist - Wound Care

Job summary

You will be working collaboratively with our Multidisciplinary Diabetes Footcare and Community Podiatry teams. The role will encompass community team development, staff recruitment, offering clinical leadership whilst providing a high level of clinical care in the specialist area of wound care and tissue viability.

We are looking for two part time (18.75 hours per week) experienced Podiatrists with a passion for clinical excellence and with evidence of previous positive outcomes, to work with patients under the care of the Community Podiatry team. The successful candidate will need to be an autonomous practitioner, with experience of working with complex foot care needs as well as diabetes experience.

You should be an effective communicator with the drive and enthusiasm to work with your team members to expand their roles. You should be able to negotiate and collaborate effectively with senior clinicians and medical colleagues and facilitate the delivery of excellent care.

You should be able to manage a caseload, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan and deliver individualised treatment programmes to highly complex patients and delegate responsibility as appropriate within the team and to wider Community services. You will also need to be able to manage information to inform service development and to demonstrate achievement of target.

Main duties of the job

Within the post you will provide clinical leadership across one of the community podiatry teams either within Worcester City or Kidderminster area with support of other TV podiatry leads within those teams . There are two part time posts available. As part of the role you would participate in an on-call rota to cover urgent referrals received at the weekend into the Multidisciplinary Diabetes Footcare Team. This equates to 4-5 sessions per annum for 3 hours on a Saturday and/ or Bank Holidays . You would be paid for these additional hours plus enhancement pay.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

John Anthony Centre

Newtown Road

Worcester

WR5 1JG

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

John Anthony Centre

Newtown Road

Worcester

WR5 1JG

Employer's website

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

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