Job summary
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for highly motivated, innovative senior podiatry leader to apply for a substantive post as Professional Head of Podiatry & Head of Integrated Community Care Podiatry Service in the Combined Community and Acute Group.
We are seeking a full-time, experienced, highly motivated and skilled Senior Podiatry Leader who can work across the multi-professional team to enable the delivery of high-quality person centred services and care.
Candidates must be HCPC registered, educated to master's degree level or equivalent and have Doctoral or equivalent demonstrable experience in a related specialist area (Human Movement, Podiatry, Footwear). You must be able to demonstrate a track record of clinical and professional leadership at senior level. You will be ready for a new challenge and have the drive to forge relationships early in order to support the aspirations of our clinical teams for our patients.
Main duties of the job
The Professional Head of Podiatry is the principal representative of the podiatry profession in the integrated Trust, providing the Trust with ultimate accountability, assurance, strategy and leadership for the profession focused on high quality care. This includes the Integrated Community Care Podiatry Service, MSK and Podiatric Services. The Head of ICC Podiatry Services is responsible for the leadership and development of the Directorate's Podiatry Service.
The Integrated Community Care Podiatry Service covers a wide range of specialisms; Multi-disciplinary Foot Clinic and domiciliary care, Podiatrist led Clinics, off-loading / casting, Vascular Podiatry, Renal, Patient Empowerment, Nail Surgery, core podiatry and homeless.
With a strong culture of continuous improvement, staff-led service development and research activity the service has a history of publications and conference presentations.
The service has held the Customer Service Excellence award (formerly Charter Mark) since 1996.
Strong multi-disciplinary team working is core to the service including colleagues in Diabetes, Vascular Services, Orthotics, Tissue Viability, Primary Care and Community Nursing.
About us
You will be working for an organisations which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for full description and requirements for the post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet each essential criteria on the person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for full description and requirements for the post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet each essential criteria on the person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered
- Graduate Degree or diploma in Podiatry
- Professional training and study at Masters level or equivalent
- Doctoral or equivalent demonstrable experience in related specialist area (Human Movement, Podiatry, Footwear),
Desirable
- Master's degree in Podiatry.
other factors
Essential
- Due to the requirement to undertake visits to staff in community settings, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence, or have access to an alternative means of transport
Experience
Essential
- Responsibility for professional leadership and/or service manage-ment of Podiatrists in a community or acute setting
- Teaching, training and clinical supervision of clinical professionals.
- Participation in research, audit and service evaluation.
- Working across multiple professional and organisational boundaries
- A track record of success in planning and delivering major organisational change and/or innovation.
- Experience of working in partnership with other statutory agencies
- Experience of providing professional advice and support at a senior level
- Record of success in shaping organisational or health service strategy
- Experience of managing, monitoring and controlling income and expenditure service budgets.
- Extensive experience of evaluation and report writing
Desirable
- Collaborative work from an acute hospital setting with primary care and social services.
further training
Essential
- An evidenced portfolio of CPD to the level required by the HCPC.
- Specialist short courses relevant to professional leadership, and management.
Desirable
- Management degree at Master's level.
- Project management training.
special skills and aptitude
Essential
- A thorough knowledge and under-standing of how podiatry can contribute to the health and well-being of diverse client groups
- An understanding of current health policy and guidance
- Capability to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgments, and take personal responsibility and initiative.
- Resilience and adaptability to complex, unpredictable and challenging operating conditions
- Strategic and critical thinking; the ability to clearly articulate vision, challenge the status quo and inspire others to change
- Workload prioritisation, time manage-ment and the capacity to incorporate new challenges, to manage projects and to hold others to account on the delivery of outcomes and actions.
- Fluent and effective communicator in speech and writing; effective influencing and negotiating skills; and responsiveness to different contexts.
- Self-assured, friendly and professional approach to working with colleagues; the capability to work independently and collaboratively; and the capacity for effective net!working.
- Strong analytical, negotiation and influencing skills
- Ability to work in partnership as a full team member
- High degree of self-motivation with the ability to drive plans to fruition
- Ability to lead, motivate, facilitate and delegate
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities
- Ability to understand and promote good staff relations
- Ability to take a lead on and manage internal or corporate management projects
Desirable
- Political astuteness
- Peer-reviewed publications and/or conference presentations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC registered
- Graduate Degree or diploma in Podiatry
- Professional training and study at Masters level or equivalent
- Doctoral or equivalent demonstrable experience in related specialist area (Human Movement, Podiatry, Footwear),
Desirable
- Master's degree in Podiatry.
other factors
Essential
- Due to the requirement to undertake visits to staff in community settings, the post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence, or have access to an alternative means of transport
Experience
Essential
- Responsibility for professional leadership and/or service manage-ment of Podiatrists in a community or acute setting
- Teaching, training and clinical supervision of clinical professionals.
- Participation in research, audit and service evaluation.
- Working across multiple professional and organisational boundaries
- A track record of success in planning and delivering major organisational change and/or innovation.
- Experience of working in partnership with other statutory agencies
- Experience of providing professional advice and support at a senior level
- Record of success in shaping organisational or health service strategy
- Experience of managing, monitoring and controlling income and expenditure service budgets.
- Extensive experience of evaluation and report writing
Desirable
- Collaborative work from an acute hospital setting with primary care and social services.
further training
Essential
- An evidenced portfolio of CPD to the level required by the HCPC.
- Specialist short courses relevant to professional leadership, and management.
Desirable
- Management degree at Master's level.
- Project management training.
special skills and aptitude
Essential
- A thorough knowledge and under-standing of how podiatry can contribute to the health and well-being of diverse client groups
- An understanding of current health policy and guidance
- Capability to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgments, and take personal responsibility and initiative.
- Resilience and adaptability to complex, unpredictable and challenging operating conditions
- Strategic and critical thinking; the ability to clearly articulate vision, challenge the status quo and inspire others to change
- Workload prioritisation, time manage-ment and the capacity to incorporate new challenges, to manage projects and to hold others to account on the delivery of outcomes and actions.
- Fluent and effective communicator in speech and writing; effective influencing and negotiating skills; and responsiveness to different contexts.
- Self-assured, friendly and professional approach to working with colleagues; the capability to work independently and collaboratively; and the capacity for effective net!working.
- Strong analytical, negotiation and influencing skills
- Ability to work in partnership as a full team member
- High degree of self-motivation with the ability to drive plans to fruition
- Ability to lead, motivate, facilitate and delegate
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities
- Ability to understand and promote good staff relations
- Ability to take a lead on and manage internal or corporate management projects
Desirable
- Political astuteness
- Peer-reviewed publications and/or conference presentations.
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
