Podiatry Caseload Holder

North West Borough Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic HCPC registered Band 6 Podiatrist to join the Community Podiatry Team covering the West Lancashire patch on a 9 month Fixed term basis. The role involves seeing patients in clinic and in their own homes, delivering assessment, treatment and ongoing management for a wide range of podiatric needs.

You will work autonomously and within a supportive team, building multidisciplinary relationships and contributing to high-quality,

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Band 6 Podiatrist.
• Post-registration experience in podiatry is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload and deliver care for complex podiatry needs.
• Assess, plan, implement and review treatments.
• Work autonomously and with a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality care.
• Maintain registration and participate in professional development and supervision.
• Support service improvement and clinical governance within the team.

Skills

Excellent communication

IT literate

Risk assessment

Self-management

Transport around LCH community

Education

HCPC registered Podiatrist

Job description

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced HCPC registered Band 6 Podiatrist to join our friendly Community Podiatry Team covering the West Lancashire patch on a 9 month Fixed term basis within Mersycare. This is an exciting opportunity to work across a range of community clinic locations helping us deliver high-quality, person-centred care closer to home.

You will work with patients in clinic settings and in their own homes, including nursing and residential homes, providing assessment, treatment and ongoing management for people with a wide range of podiatric needs. The role offers the chance to build strong multidisciplinary relationships across neighbourhood services and make a visible difference to the health and wellbeing of the local population.

This post is ideally suited to a podiatrist with post-registration experience who is confident working both independently and as part of a supportive team, and who is committed to delivering high standards of clinical care.

You will assess, diagnose, plan and deliver treatment for patients with a range of complex needs, including people living with long-term conditions and those requiring wound management. We are therefore looking for someone with strong clinical reasoning, excellent communication skills and a compassionate, proactive approach to care. In return, you will join a service that values professional development, collaborative working and continuous improvement.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage a defined caseload and take responsibility for the assessment, planning, delivery and review of care for patients with acute and chronic complex podiatry needs. You will work autonomously, using evidence-based clinical decision-making to provide proactive, responsive care that supports both anticipatory and ongoing maintenance needs. The role involves building effective communication with patients, carers, colleagues and wider stakeholders to ensure continuity of care, identifying and managing risk within agreed guidelines, and contributing to service quality, audit and improvement within the team.

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families and carers to design and develop future services together. We are continually transforming and improving our services so that we can provide high-quality care in the most effective and sustainable way.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined caseload.

Responsible for workload planning and delegation of work to other team members, taking into account competence levels.

Undertake holistic assessments of need for the patient and family, which may be highly complex, using the appropriate model of care and evidence based practice.

Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.

Provide advice to patients, clients and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health promotion, life style advice and health care. Ensure that the team provides a high quality clinical service to its clients by participation in caseload and clinical supervision.

In conjunction with the team leader, develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs.

Develop partnerships and joint working within other agencies as appropriate.

Maintain registration in line with professional bodies.

Clinically lead, direct, mentor and support the team.

Support the team leader in the development of caseload management across the local health economy.

Acts as an advocate and champion for patients and/or clients.

Act as a role model to team members and students so that patients/clients receive the most effective care possible.

Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the local neighbourhood population.

Participate in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the clinical team contract/objectives.

Provide information to the team leader on staff and patient/client activity as requested, to enable the effective management of the team.

Support the team leader in the implementation of practice development, improvement and service modernisation initiatives.

Support the team leader in monitoring and recording sickness and absence, capability and other issues within the team, reporting them as soon as possible.

In conjunction with other caseload holders, provide day-to-day supervision and support for the team.

Support the team leader in providing induction to the local working environment, clinical services and policies for new team members and students.

Undertake personal development plans with other members of the team, as delegated by the team leader.

Act as an authorised signatory for mileage and time cards for submission to the team leader.

Communicate with the multi-disciplinary team to provide best outcomes for patients/clients; this may include organising case conferences related to highly complex cases.

Participate in individual and group supervision.

Monitor record keeping within the team and inform the team leader of any issues.

Support the training and development of team members who need to improve on the level of patient care delivery.

This includes record keeping and improving clinical competency.

Support the implementation of any initiatives to improve quality within the clinical governance framework.

Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.

Work with the team leader to ensure achievement of your own personal development plan.

Maintain up to date knowledge and competence in line with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking, decision-making and reflective skills to ensure own professional development.

Support the Team Leader in creating an environment in which learning and practice development is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.

Facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.

Facilitate pre and post registration student placements within the team.

Mentor and assess pre-registration students.

Participation in clinical audits and research, as required.

The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.

The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation. Participate in individual and group supervision

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Professional
• Teaching/mentorship qualification or equivalent or equivalent work-based experience

Desirable criteria

• V300 Prescriber, if required for the post

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience
• Experience of successful multi-agency working
• Demonstrable experience in relevant area of practice or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Management and clinical leadership experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Evidence of CPD/Short courses
• Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care
• Understanding of partnership working
• Understanding of the principles of care management
• Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy

Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Risk assessment skills
• Self-management and motivation skills
• IT literate
• Able to transport self around the LCH community

Values

Essential criteria

• Continuous improvement - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all
• Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care
• Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way
• Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it
• Support - actively supporting others with compassion and courage

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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

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