Podiatrist Advanced Practitioner

NHS; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider in Bristol seeks an Advanced Podiatry Practitioner to deliver high-quality care and transform podiatry services. The role includes expert assessment, clinical leadership, and collaboration with other healthcare professionals. Candidates should possess a degree in Podiatric Medicine and relevant advanced practice qualifications. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package and the chance to make a significant impact in the community.

Benefits

NHS benefits

27+ days' annual leave

Participation in the NHS Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with teams, colleagues and system partners.
• Experience of medicines management either through independent prescribing or patient group directions.
• Demonstrates ability to take overall responsibility and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning for individuals with complex podiatric needs.
• Lead and support the continuous improvement of clinical pathways.
• Collaborate with system partners to ensure effective care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Experience of leading care planning

Ability to organise and prioritise own workload

Education

Degree in Podiatric Medicine

HCPC registration

Advanced Practice MSc or equivalent

Job description

Overview

*This post may be eligible for an up to £8k relocation package! Please check with us if you'd like to discuss the T&Cs*

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled, compassionate, and motivated Advanced Podiatry Practitioner to join our community-based service and lead the way in delivering high-quality care to individuals across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

Sirona care & health is committed to providing person-centred, joined-up care. This role offers the chance to be at the forefront of transforming podiatry services, while actively supporting the development and improvement of clinical pathways in key specialist areas, including diabetes and vascular care, wound management, and nail surgery.

In this advanced clinical role, you will:

• Provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning for individuals with complex podiatric needs
• Work autonomously and as part of a wider MDT across a range of community settings
• Lead and support the continuous improvement of clinical pathways within:
• • High-risk foot care (diabetes and vascular)
  • Complex wound care
  • Nail surgery services
• Act as a source of expert advice and clinical leadership across the podiatry team and wider health system
• Supervise and mentor podiatry staff, students, and other AHP and Nursing colleagues
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit, and evidence-based practice
• Collaborate with system partners to ensure equitable, effective care across BNSSG

Main duties

• Responsibility for clinical governance across the diabetes and vascular pathway, wound care pathway and nail surgery pathway within the podiatry service alongside the Clinical and Operational Lead for Podiatry and MSK Foot and Ankle Services (CLOP).
• To work within community and secondary care to an Advanced Practice level.
• To work closely with the other Clinical Pathway leads, Operational Leads and Podiatry CLOP to ensure resilience across the group of Leads.
• To provide advanced skills in diabetes footcare and vascular podiatry, including advanced knowledge of wound care and nail surgery to enable assessment, treatment and management of a varied and complex high risk clinical caseload whilst providing clinical leadership to support the delivery of clinical excellence across the BNSSG podiatry team.
• Lead on the development of an educational framework to improve knowledge and skills of our system partners within BNSSG and within our organisation.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adults' and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Podiatric Medicine
• HCPC registration
• Completed the Advanced Practice MSc and been awarded the Centre for Advancing Practice (CfAP) Advanced Practice digital badge, OR been awarded another relevant MSc AND enrolled on the CfAP Supported (e-portfolio) route to gain your digital badge, OR you have demonstrable experience of working to an Advanced Practice level (MSc equivalent) across all four pillars AND you are enrolled on the CfAP Supported (e-portfolio) route to gain your digital badge

Desirable

• Recognised post graduate management / leadership qualification, working towards one or willingness to undertake.
• Teaching qualification
• Undertaken research as a chief or principle investigator
• Experience of developing practice guidelines and governance frameworks

Skills, Experience, Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent communication skills with teams, colleagues and system partners
• Experience of leading care planning
• Experience of professional and management procedures within own area and across several related disciplines relevant to service area.
• Experience of medicines management within your own practice either through an independent prescribing qualification or through use of patient group directions or patient specific directives
• Demonstrates ability to take overall responsibility and accountability
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload effectively

Desirable

• Experience of working at Advanced Practitioner level within a community health care setting
• Operational management experience including experience of managing and developing multi-disciplinary or integrated pathway teams in a variety of locations.
• Experienced in application of change management principles
• Experience of working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds
• Experience of teaching at Higher Education Institutions

Other 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.

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

Employer details

Sirona care & health CIC

Address: Knowle Clinic, Broadfield Road, Bristol, BS4 2UH

Employer's website: https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/