Enhanced Practitioner Podiatrist

Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Southampton; In loco; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Tempo pieno

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites qualified Podiatrists to join a dynamic community-based podiatry service. The role offers opportunities to work across diverse localities with a multidisciplinary team and to contribute to audit, research and quality improvement projects.

Successful candidates will be based at one locality with occasional travel across localities; substantial CPD and career progression support is available within the service.

Competenze

• BSc Podiatry or equivalent qualification required.
• Full HCPC registration is essential.
• POM certificate (prescribing/operational management) required.
• Master's level study or evidence of managing an advanced caseload.
• IRMER certificate where applicable.
• Driving licence with own car required for travel to community sites.

Mansioni

• Support leads in implementing service strategy changes and develop care plans with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Assist in developing and implementing clinical guidelines and protocols.
• Maintain a clinical caseload and provide expert advice to colleagues.
• Represent Podiatry on Trust groups and committees.
• Work with diabetes, vascular foot disease or complex pain cases to maximise improvement.
• Collaborate across services to improve quality of care for at-risk foot and MSK pathways.
• Coordinate with GPs and other health professionals on patient care plans.
• Provide supervision and training for junior staff and students; undertake CPD and rotations.

Formazione

BSc Podiatry/Equivalent

Full HCPC Registration

POM Certificate

MSC or master's level study

IRMER Certificate

Driving Licence with own car

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Job summary

Join Our Dynamic Podiatry Team in Hampshire!

Are you ready to take the next step in your podiatry career? We're currently recruiting passionate and skilled Podiatrists to join our vibrant team.

Whether you're looking to grow your expertise, work across diverse communities, or be part of a forward-thinking service, this is your chance to make a real impact.

Hampshire and IOW Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Podiatry Service sits within Community Specialist Services Division as part of the Long Term Conditions Subdivision. We operate from key hub sites and other community settings including patients' homes. We cover a large geography of three localities, Mid and North (Andover, Basingstoke, Winchester, Eastleigh, Alton), West (Southampton, West Hampshire) and East (Portsmouth, East Hampshire). Successful candidates will be based at one of these localities however, you may be required to travel across localities at times.

Podiatry has close links with secondary care with opportunities to work within University Hospital of Southampton as part of a multidisciplinary team.

We provide a supportive environment for all staff regarding continual professional development and career progression, with opportunities to undertake audit, research and QI (Quality Improvement) projects.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're patient centred, enthusiastic, motivated, and eager to contribute to a service that values innovation and excellence providing expert patient care, we'd love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

• Support the Clinical/Operational Leads in implementing strategy changes to the service in accordance with HCP/Trust Policy and establish, deliver and evaluate care plans within a multi-disciplinary team including other Healthcare Professionals
• Assist in the development and implementation of clinical guidelines and protocols
• Maintain a clinical caseload and act as a source of specialist advice to colleagues, other healthcare professionals
• Represent Podiatry at appropriate groups/committees in the Trust
• Working with patients with diabetes, rheumatoid, vascular foot disease or complex pain commonly at the acute stage on a daily basis to maximise improvement through high levels of technical skill and behaviour change management.
• Working with teams and individuals to influence quality of care provided across the 'at risk foot' and MSK pathway
• Work alongside and receive referral from other health professionals to agree care plans to prevent/manage podiatric conditions
• Develop and maintain good working relationships and liaise closely with GP's, colleagues and other health professionals regarding patient care
• Clinical supervisor with regard to student placement
• Support and supervise junior staff and provide specialist team training for Healthcare professionals
• Undertake appraisals, CPD, clinical rotation, supervision, mentoring and peer review, Trust colleagues and external members.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Podiatry/Equivalent
• Full HCPC Registration
• POM Certificate
• An MSC or evidence of study at master's level / evidence of experience and managing an advanced case load
• IRMER Certificate
• Driving Licence with own car

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).

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.

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