Clinical Specialist Podiatrist

We are committed to supporting our staff and we are looking for a Specialist high risk Podiatrist to join our Trust to support the delivery of excellent care at the heart of the community. We are currently recruiting for Specialist high risk Podiatrists across our Podiatry Services which are spread across West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. This position is a full-time role mainly in Crawley and Horsham, with a focus on wound care and the high risk foot.,

• To provide high quality clinical care to patients with high risk feet and active ulceration.
• To provide Clinical Leadership, ensuring effective governance for staff working in allocated area or service.
• To work with the professional lead to ensure staff are clinically competent, services are clinically effective and safe, and an excellent patient experience is delivered.
• To embed the principles of interdisciplinary working and cross skilling for all staff, including implementing the competency frameworks.
• To provide specialist clinical advice regarding complex patients.
• To provide specialist clinical assessment and intervention for highly complex patients as required.
• To work with the patient safety lead in supporting an audit plan in the appropriate clinical area and participate in research as appropriate, to inform future service development.
• To ensure services continue to develop in line with Trust transformation programmes and the SCFT Clinical Strategy.
• To develop key partnerships, working to ensure effective whole system working, through effective communication and networking with other disciplines and by working across professional boundaries.
• To act as deputy to the line manager and professional lead if required.
  
  Our Podiatry service has excellent opportunities for you to put your acquired skills or experience into practice and join Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. This is your opportunity to become part of one of our largest teams who are working together to use and develop a wide range of skills and knowledge to support our patients holistically.
We have:
• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results
• The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rates our quality of services as good with outstanding features
• Stunning locations in Sussex, surrounded by the South Downs and the coast
• A great working environment in the community, in patients' homes and our community hospitals
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Real Living Wage Employer, with great rates of pay
• Flexible working options, including job sharing, annualised hours, career breaks, parental leave and adoption leave
• Supportive team environments
• Cost-effective and convenient workplace nurseries
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces