Podiatrist

Merseycare Foundation trust is seeking to recruit a Band 5 Podiatrist to work within our well-established team in the Southport and Formby team.

This post requires a Podiatrist who will work as part of a highly motivated team providing a high standard of clinical care in a variety of community settings across Sefton place, ensuring the provision of seamless care between primary and secondary care.

This post is suitable for a newly qualified podiatrist to gain experience in specialist areas of podiatry whilstcompleting the North West Podiatry Mentorship scheme and working under the mentorship of higher grade podiatrists., The post holder is responsible for the delivery of clinical care to a defined population. Supported by senior practitioners, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role. They will work effectively and collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and provide clinical leadership. Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.