Podiatry Team Lead

NHS; Worcester; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Podiatry Team Lead in Worcestershire. This role involves providing leadership within community podiatry teams, promoting clinical excellence, and ensuring high standards of patient care. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills, managing a team while working collaboratively with other professionals. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact on patient care and service development within a supportive and dynamic environment. If you are passionate about podiatry and looking to lead a dedicated team, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years post-graduate experience required.
• Experience in leadership and supervision of junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Podiatry Team and ensure high standards of care.
• Supervise and support team members, including recruitment.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Podiatry Knowledge

IT Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Degree in Podiatry

HCPC Registration

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Podiatry Team lead in Worcestershire. Are you a highly experienced, motivated Podiatrist, committed to leading and delivering excellent standards of patient care?

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated person to provide excellent leadership within one of the community podiatry teams covering Worcester City and Malvern promoting clinical excellence across the county. You will be a compassionate, accountable individual who treats all colleagues, patients and service users with respect and seeks to deliver excellence in their role.

You will be a key member of the service across Worcestershire. 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 other team leads and facilitate the delivery of excellent care. You will also need to be able to manage information to inform service development and to demonstrate achievement of target.

As a team lead you will demonstrate leadership skills and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in partnership with the team, other professional and agencies. You will be able to work under pressure, manage workload and meet deadlines, have prioritisation skills and a positive attitude and solution focused approach to the delivery of this role.

This is a full-time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part-time.

Main duties of the job

• Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
• Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.
• Be responsible for the leadership of the Podiatry Team within a designated geographical area within Worcester City and Malvern.
• Contribute with other team leaders to the development of the Podiatry service across the county.
• Represent the Trust on matters affecting Podiatry when linking with partner organisations.
• Take responsibility for a delegated budget, performance management issues, recruitment and retention within a designated part of the service.
• Be responsible for the supervision and appraisal of senior Podiatrists within the team.
• Working as an autonomous practitioner, to provide high quality patient focused care through assessment, development and delivery of individual intervention programmes.
• Take responsibility for own complex caseload within the team, working closely and liaising with the clinical lead and Multi-Disciplinary Diabetic Foot Team.
• Undertake clinical assessment and treatment, including management of risks.
• Manage concerns with team members performance/absence in line with the Trust policies. Ensure service continuity through monitoring leave and sickness and highlight issues.

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

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Date posted: 19 March 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata for part time

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: C9798-1287

Job responsibilities

• Ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
• Maintain records in accordance with the Trust policy.
• Organise and lead staff meetings.
• Supervise, support and teach other members of the team including non-professionally qualified staff, patients and carers.
• Contribute to the prioritisation and allocation of referrals and caseloads for all members of the team.
• Be responsible for recruitment and selection within the team.
• Arrange the organised and planned induction of new staff.
• Ensure all members of the team have an annual appraisal, carrying out appraisals for the senior staff.
• Participate actively in peer review, clinical supervision and reflective practice sessions with colleagues.

Person Specification

Knowledge Essential

• Excellent knowledge of Podiatry in relevant areas
• Awareness of research processes
• Knowledge of IT skills

Skills & Abilities Essential

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
• Role modelling good behaviour.
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Additional Criteria Essential

• Committed to service development.
• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

Experience Essential

• A minimum 5 years post graduate experience including work in a variety of specialities
• Experience of leadership
• Experience of supervision of junior staff and students
• Experience of audit

Desirable

• Band 7 experience or team leader

Qualifications Essential

• Degree in Podiatry
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of relevant post graduate courses / CPD maintained in portfolio
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Desirable

• Relevant validated clinical leadership course.
• Clinical educators qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address: John Anthony Centre, Newtown Road, Worcester, WR5 1JF

Employer's website: https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers