Clinical Specialist Podiatrist

+ 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., To retain own clinical competency to carry out assessment, treatment, rehab interventions and to contribute to timely discharge where appropriate, particularly for highly complex patients.
- To use advanced knowledge, skills and expertise to facilitate and drive future service development.
- To work with Professional Leads to ensure delivery of evidenced based clinical practice.
- To facilitate the delivery of a robust clinical supervision structure is in place in line with Trust policy.
- To ensure all staff work to appropriate competency frameworks and manage performance of individuals through the appraisal and supervision process.
- To work collaboratively with other leads to facilitate effective operational management of allocated services.
- To ensure the service functions within financial constraints through collaborative working with the budget holders, and to contribute to the annual business planning process.
- To ensure effective delegation as per Trust guidelines and to support the implementation of new clinical initiatives.
- To manage own caseload of complex cases within defined clinical area.
At the heart of how we operate is our Trust values:
+ Compassionate Care
+ Working Together,
+ Achieving Ambitions
+ Delivering Excellence
Our values are fundamental to the high-quality care we provide to the people who need us. We are proud to be a community that cares, delivering our services as a team whilst supporting our employees as individuals.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer that actively promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We embrace and celebrate diversity, encouraging applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with an ethnically diverse heritage, those with disabilities, and individuals identifying as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Our aim is to grow a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.
We strive to create an environment where every individual is valued and respected. Our recruitment process is designed to support candidates who require reasonable adjustments and to accommodate the needs of applicants.
This post may close earlier than the published closing date if sufficient applications are received.
Correspondence relating to this vacancy will be conducted electronically, please ensure you check your emails, including your junk folder. If you have not heard from us within two weeks please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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.
We have a robust relocation package available for interested applicants.
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 are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
+ Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support

+ Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
+ Excellent training and development opportunities
+ Research opportunities
+ Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
+ Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
+ Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
+ Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
+ Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
+ Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff