Care Pathway Lead (Community Foot Protection & / or Nail Surgery) | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our team for a Care Pathway Lead for Community Foot Protection and a Care Pathway Lead for Nail Surgery (or a combination of both roles) to join our friendly, supportive Podiatry Team. Our Podiatry Department is a forward thinking, busy service providing Podiatry Services to GPs in Redbridge & Waltham Forest. The population that we serve are both multi-cultural and diverse. Our Podiatry Care Pathway Leads are highly experienced, valuable members of the team with expert knowledge in their field. They are responsible for the speciality service that they lead including responsibility and organisation of effective care pathways as well as the day-to-day operational management and supervision of designated clinicians. Your clinical work would be across an array of community & domiciliary settings across these boroughs, and acar driver is therefore essential to this role.

• take clinical responsibility for care pathways organising effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and ensuring that treatment / information is provided within the required AHP waiting times. Highlighting solutions to capacity concerns and proactively advising the service lead on solutions to manage demand
• provide operational and clinical leadership for the care pathway and responsibility for educating colleagues and junior staff and will be the main contact for expert advice and support for junior staff in the team
· will take lead responsibility for delivering high quality, timely, accessible, and evidence-based services for patients as part of the clinical pathway · will undertake a high-risk clinical role according to current priority / demand on the service including comprehensive advanced assessment and treatment of patients with multiple pathologies formulating treatment plans based on clinical findings
• establish and implement systems and structures for effective monitoring of quality and service audit. Encouraging departmental clinical audit and research in specialist areas.
• will act as a lead clinical specialist for nail surgery and/or podiatric diabetes and wound care in community
Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex. High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time). Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system, Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we are looking for people who are strongly aligned with them. Our friendly Podiatry Service prides themselves on their close working together as a very friendly and approachable close-knit team with effective communication. We are also on X @Nelft_Podiatry As a department we pride ourselves on being innovative and forward thinking and haveMolecuLight:iXtechnology as well as Toe Pressure Kits in all of our high-risk clinics to undertake the recently highlighted '2 minute Toe Pressure challenge'. We have an MDFT at Whipps Cross Hospital and work closely with the Podiatry team (part of an MDFT) based at The Royal London & St Bartholomew Hospitals, which has provided fantastic shadowing & learning opportunities.

This vacancy would suit an experienced Band 6 Specialist Podiatrist with a minimum of 3 years' experience in the area of specialism required, and who can demonstrate leadership skills required for this role.