Advanced Vascular Podiatrist

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Band 7 Advanced Podiatrist with a vascular focus to develop county vascular services within acute and community settings. You will lead, teach, and collaborate to improve MDT pathways across Cambridgeshire.

The post requires a master’s level qualification in podiatry or progress toward it, advanced clinical skills in vascular and diabetic foot care, and capability to supervise Band 6 staff and drive service

Qualifications

• Master's degree in podiatry or related field is required or in progress.
• Experience in vascular, high risk and diabetic foot management.
• Senior clinician with leadership across county and across acute/community settings.

Responsibilities

• Develop vascular services in the community and support diabetes care pathways.
• Lead MDTs across the county and coordinate care across acute sites.
• Supervise Band 6 podiatrists and oversee competency reviews.
• Provide education to peers and lead on advanced practice activities.
• Lead on total contact casting and prescribing as appropriate.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Vascular podiatry

Education and mentoring

Non-medical prescribing (NMP)

Advanced foot disease management

MDT development

X-ray interpretation

Blood interpretation

Education

Master's degree in Podiatry or related field

Working towards Master's degree

Job description

The Podiatry Department are looking to recruit an experienced and autonomous Band 7 Advanced Podiatrist with a Vascular speciality. The candidate will work to help develop the vascular services in the community alongside the high risk and diabetes provision in Cambridgeshire. The successful candidate will be based in Peterborough or Huntingdon, working predominantly in these areas, whilst working with the adjacent trusts and internally to provide excellent streamlined care across the acute and community services across the county.

The candidate will work in both the acute and community setting to provide high quality care to patients with active foot disease. Working alongside the Principal podiatrist and the team to develop and extend the remit of community vascular services. This senior role within the department requires good leadership skills across the county. The role also involves education to support peers internally to the trust and within the wider system.

The successful candidate will be a clinical expert in their field, and should be educated to master’s degree level with suitable experience in the management of the Vascular, High Risk and Diabetic Foot, or be working towards Masters level qualification. The candidate should be working at the level of a Band 7 Podiatrist within the Competency Skills Framework.

The successful candidate will apply advanced clinical practice skills to ensure patients with active foot disease received rapid diagnosis, optimisation and treatment.

The right candidate will work to develop and establish improved MDT across the county and to establish streamlined transfer of care across acutes sites, to ensure patients can be treated and managed effectively within community. The Band 7 Podiatrist will operate appropriate clinics across the county and oversee the management of the most complex foot cases.

The successful candidate will supervise Band 6 podiatrists to facilitate smooth step-up and step-down processes and oversee the signing off and reviewing of competencies. The right candidate will be proficient in the ability to work at advanced practice level and have a working knowledge in x-ray and blood interpretation to optimise patient care. There is an expectation to provide and lead on total contact casting and prescribing also. See the job description for full details.

It is a requirement of this role for the successful candidate to undertake a qualification in non-medical prescribing if this has already not been achieved. Please note a Masters level of study is required to pursue non-medical prescribing in our trust so where NMP has not been obtained the applicant must be willing to undertake Masters level study prior to NMP; this can be a module of MSc or a full MSc.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Martin Arissol Job title: Principal Podiatrist / Clinical Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07736 622614