Job summary
Sirona care & health are seeking a dynamic and
experienced operational Band 7 podiatrist with a passion for leadership and treating
the high-risk foot to join our team.
We are based in the multicultural southwest within easy reach
of the countryside, city, and sea and access to national and international air
and train links.
You
will be joining a motivated, supportive, and friendly team based in Bristol.
The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic and the ability to work under
pressure as an individual and as part of the wider team across the Bristol,
North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) area.
This role is eligible for an up to £8k relocation package. Please contact sirona.recruitment@nhs.net or the hiring manager for more information
Main duties of the job
You will provide operational leadership for the podiatry team within Bristol working closely with your equivalents in North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ensuring efficient service delivery. This includes supporting the BNSSG clinical and operational lead for podiatry (CLOP) in monitoring the service against key performance indicators, evaluating clinical effectiveness, capacity and demand modelling, and improving service user outcomes and satisfaction.
You will also provide specialist skills in the high-risk
foot to enable assessment, treatment, and management of a varied and complex
high risk clinical and domiciliary caseload.
You will participate in the
diabetes multidisciplinary foot clinics within secondary care working together
with the diabetes and vascular pathway leads providing clinical excellence and
resilience to this service.
You will work collaboratively with the clinical pathway
leads within the service to provide specialist clinical advice and guidance to
internal and external stakeholders and support the provision of education and
development for clinicians across the BNSSG system to improve patient outcomes and patient experience.
You will work closely
with the Podiatry CLOP and the other podiatry leads to support the development
and delivery of quality training, education, competency, supervision, and
clinical governance frameworks within the service.
About us
We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist health care services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, its about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care that we would expect for ourselves and our families.
At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, service users and communities. We therefore welcome applications from all those who feel they have the skills and attributes we are seeking.
Benefits:
We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and an NHS pension scheme plus much more! Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for more details.
Additional Information:
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received prior to the advertised closing date.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Operationally
line manage podiatry clinical pathway lead(s), Band 6 podiatrists and support
band 6 direct reports in their line management responsibilities of the junior,
registered and non-registered members of the Podiatry team, including
management of annual leave, absence, and mandatory training.
Manages
absence and performance issues for their identified team, with support from
Podiatry CLOP and HR as appropriate.
Manages
daily operational issues within the service, escalating to the Podiatry CLOP
where necessary.
Assists
with scheduling of staff within the locality, alongside appropriate
administrator, whilst maintaining awareness of service capacity/need across the
BNSSG geography
Links
with service support manager/admin lead as required for clinic planning and
diary management for local team.
Assists
Podiatry CLOP in actioning staffing changes (recruitment, leavers, and
contractual changes) and reviewing staffing mix across the service as required.
Supports
the Podiatry CLOP and relevant governance group in monitoring the performance
of the Podiatry Service against KPIs, competencies, and other identified
performance measures.
Supports
the Podiatry CLOP in investigating and resolving operational concerns,
complaints and adverse events; including 72-hour reports and RCAs when
required.
Supports
Podiatry Pathway leads in delivering clinical leadership to junior members of
the Podiatry team, including delivery of in-service training, clinical
mentorship, caseload management support and performance reviews.
Provides
guidance and advice within the Podiatry team, and to other healthcare
professionals, as appropriate,
Supports
the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate student placements.
Acts
as a positive role model/leader, offering specialist education, advice and
treatment for patients.
Draws
from specialist clinical knowledge and uses high level differential diagnostic
skills and pattern recognition to plan and execute highly skilled assessment to
further inform shared decision making
and care plans in complex patients, frequently with multi pathology patients
and complex physical and emotional needs where adaption of routine assessment
is required.
Assess,
diagnose, triage, and treat patients and take responsibility for managing own,
varied caseload.
Manage
medicines including prescribing and administering medication and appliances for
patients, within scope of practice and speciality.
Recognise
potentially sinister signs and symptoms and contra-indications to treatment
from the assessment and manages these appropriately. This may involve referring on for further
investigations via urgent and emergency pathways
Liaise
with, and appropriately refer to secondary care outpatient services, such as
diabetes foot teams, vascular, orthopaedics for further investigations.
Work
collaboratively with Sirona Integrated Network Teams, Wound Care Service,
Diabetes and Nutrition Service and Secondary Care services to ensure holistic
care plans for the complex high-risk caseload.
Work
as part of a multi-disciplinary diabetic foot team, when required, responsible
for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, implementation, and
evaluation of all diabetic foot referrals to North Bristol Trust and University
Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Operationally
line manage podiatry clinical pathway lead(s), Band 6 podiatrists and support
band 6 direct reports in their line management responsibilities of the junior,
registered and non-registered members of the Podiatry team, including
management of annual leave, absence, and mandatory training.
Manages
absence and performance issues for their identified team, with support from
Podiatry CLOP and HR as appropriate.
Manages
daily operational issues within the service, escalating to the Podiatry CLOP
where necessary.
Assists
with scheduling of staff within the locality, alongside appropriate
administrator, whilst maintaining awareness of service capacity/need across the
BNSSG geography
Links
with service support manager/admin lead as required for clinic planning and
diary management for local team.
Assists
Podiatry CLOP in actioning staffing changes (recruitment, leavers, and
contractual changes) and reviewing staffing mix across the service as required.
Supports
the Podiatry CLOP and relevant governance group in monitoring the performance
of the Podiatry Service against KPIs, competencies, and other identified
performance measures.
Supports
the Podiatry CLOP in investigating and resolving operational concerns,
complaints and adverse events; including 72-hour reports and RCAs when
required.
Supports
Podiatry Pathway leads in delivering clinical leadership to junior members of
the Podiatry team, including delivery of in-service training, clinical
mentorship, caseload management support and performance reviews.
Provides
guidance and advice within the Podiatry team, and to other healthcare
professionals, as appropriate,
Supports
the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate student placements.
Acts
as a positive role model/leader, offering specialist education, advice and
treatment for patients.
Draws
from specialist clinical knowledge and uses high level differential diagnostic
skills and pattern recognition to plan and execute highly skilled assessment to
further inform shared decision making
and care plans in complex patients, frequently with multi pathology patients
and complex physical and emotional needs where adaption of routine assessment
is required.
Assess,
diagnose, triage, and treat patients and take responsibility for managing own,
varied caseload.
Manage
medicines including prescribing and administering medication and appliances for
patients, within scope of practice and speciality.
Recognise
potentially sinister signs and symptoms and contra-indications to treatment
from the assessment and manages these appropriately. This may involve referring on for further
investigations via urgent and emergency pathways
Liaise
with, and appropriately refer to secondary care outpatient services, such as
diabetes foot teams, vascular, orthopaedics for further investigations.
Work
collaboratively with Sirona Integrated Network Teams, Wound Care Service,
Diabetes and Nutrition Service and Secondary Care services to ensure holistic
care plans for the complex high-risk caseload.
Work
as part of a multi-disciplinary diabetic foot team, when required, responsible
for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, implementation, and
evaluation of all diabetic foot referrals to North Bristol Trust and University
Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Podiatrist with Health and Care Professions Council
- Degree/ Diploma in Podiatric Medicine
- Certificate of local anaesthesia
- Post-graduate training at Masters Level or equivalent in diabetes foot care, vascular, wound car,high risk foot or minor surgery
- Current Driving licence
Desirable
- Non- medical independent prescriber or willingness to undertake qualification
- Member of the College of Podiatry
- Can demonstrate working at a Masters level / Level 7 e.g. Masters modules.
- Completion of relevant leadership and/or management training course.
- Member of relevant specialist interest group.
Experience
Essential
- Highly specialised clinical reasoning skills.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience in regard to the high risk and diabetic foot
- Specialised clinical skills and theoretical knowledge within full range of podiatry practice
- Knowledge of national guidelines and developing knowledge of local commissioning policies.
- Evidence of specialist knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice.
- Demonstration of knowledge of current evidence based podiatry management, including critical analysis of research and service data, where available
- Evidence of developing knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice with respect to diagnostic investigations e.g. X-rays, Bloods.
- Evidence of using technology and software integrated in Podiatry pathways e.g. electronic triage and records
Desirable
- Good knowledge of the research process and the ability to support departmental research activity.
- Experience of producing 72 hour reports and root cause analysis
- Experience of developing, delivering and publishing evidence based system wide clinical pathways/guidelines.
- Experience of facilitating change.
- Evidence of operational service management. E.g. capacity and demand management, diary management, waiting list management, staff leave etc.
- Experience of representing podiatry services in meetings, deputising for Podiatry service senior leadership
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Podiatrist with Health and Care Professions Council
- Degree/ Diploma in Podiatric Medicine
- Certificate of local anaesthesia
- Post-graduate training at Masters Level or equivalent in diabetes foot care, vascular, wound car,high risk foot or minor surgery
- Current Driving licence
Desirable
- Non- medical independent prescriber or willingness to undertake qualification
- Member of the College of Podiatry
- Can demonstrate working at a Masters level / Level 7 e.g. Masters modules.
- Completion of relevant leadership and/or management training course.
- Member of relevant specialist interest group.
Experience
Essential
- Highly specialised clinical reasoning skills.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience in regard to the high risk and diabetic foot
- Specialised clinical skills and theoretical knowledge within full range of podiatry practice
- Knowledge of national guidelines and developing knowledge of local commissioning policies.
- Evidence of specialist knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice.
- Demonstration of knowledge of current evidence based podiatry management, including critical analysis of research and service data, where available
- Evidence of developing knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice with respect to diagnostic investigations e.g. X-rays, Bloods.
- Evidence of using technology and software integrated in Podiatry pathways e.g. electronic triage and records
Desirable
- Good knowledge of the research process and the ability to support departmental research activity.
- Experience of producing 72 hour reports and root cause analysis
- Experience of developing, delivering and publishing evidence based system wide clinical pathways/guidelines.
- Experience of facilitating change.
- Evidence of operational service management. E.g. capacity and demand management, diary management, waiting list management, staff leave etc.
- Experience of representing podiatry services in meetings, deputising for Podiatry service senior leadership
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).
Additional 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).
