Job summary
As an expert practitioner provide ongoing teaching, coaching and support to all grades of podiatry staff in their delivery of patient care.
In collaboration with the Professional Lead for Podiatry provide direction for the future of podiatry through education and supervision, practice development, recruitment, and retention strategies, in line with local and national initiatives.
In this role you will also provide a robust quality and governance programme for staff in the department, with a focus on competencies, audit, governance, outcome measures and innovation.
In this leadership position you will be expected to role model the Trust values while observing and implementing the policies, procedures, and guidelines of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
You will be experienced, highly motivated, enthusiastic and flexible.
Applicants must be registered with the HCPC.
Main duties of the job
- Provide a robust quality and governance framework for staff within the department.
- Attend and participate at directorate quality meetings.
- Maintain a clinical caseload commensurate with hours of the post.
- Actively contribute to the delivery of an efficient, effective, and safe service.
- Deputise for the Professional Lead as appropriate.
- Provide expert clinical assistance and advice to staff as required.
- Provide operational management and leadership for the team in line with best practice and national standards.
- Promote, monitor, and maintain best practice in health, safety and security.
- To support the Professional Lead in the recruitment, induction, and preceptorship processes of new staff including the regular review of staffing levels and skills mix to ensure they meet the needs of the service, national targets, and Trust objectives.
- To job share the responsibility for budgets, recruitment, stock, and roster management.
- Lead, facilitate and participate in research projects, clinical audit and other quality projects.
- Deliver educational programmes in relation to clinical practice and professional development.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Keep up to date with developments in the Podiatry profession and meet all the standards of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Support with the development and ratification of local policies, guidelines, and protocols within community podiatry.
- Provide expert clinical leadership on complex issues.
- Combine operational management and clinical roles where required.
- Identify training needs and gaps in competencies for self and others in the team and contribute to the department education programme.
- To lead by example and display leadership style that demonstrates the Trust values and empowers staff and students/ trainees.
- Provide continued professional clinical leadership and supervision to the team/s.
- Work with the Professional Lead and Service Manager to ensure the effective daily management and organisation of the service.
- Investigate accidents, incidents, and complaints as required by the Trust in accordance with Trust policies.
- Analyse trends in complaints and incidents and develop action plans to support and improve practice.
- Ensure systems are in place to review risk, and poor practice.
- Contribute to the professional development of staff, sharing knowledge and expertise through formal and informal methods.
- Coordinate and monitor all professional aspects of the service in terms of competencies, training, quality, governance, and safety to ensure the service is effective, safe, and well led.
- Facilitate the organisation and implementation of a clinical audit programme across the department, helping to identify priority areas of activity.
- Ensure all patient safety alerts are responded to in a timely manner and any recommended actions implemented.
- Ensure the Professional Lead of Podiatry is briefed in a timely manner on all relevant clinical governance issues.
- Facilitate and support the team to document and reporting on all aspects of quality including outcome measures.
- Ensure that good practice is shared within the Directorate and wider organisation where appropriate.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years as a Band 7
- Operational Management Experience
- Demonstrates skill in teaching, training and mentoring and mentoring
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of frameworks related to competency, and career development
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC regisitered Podiatrist
- BSc (Hons) Podiatry
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Post graduate teaching experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Proven leadership and management skills
- Proven ability to teach and mentor others
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
4 Wensley Close
Wensley Close
Eltham
SE9 5AB