A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled and experienced Podiatrist to join our team as the Operational Lead of the Bury Community and Inpatient Podiatry Service. This is a brilliant opportunity to experience a senior management role and further develop your leadership skills.

Working alongside a range of professionally experienced managers in both AHPs and Nursing professions, you will be supported in your development through internal support and assurance processes and with internal and external training programmes.

The clinical team is 11 strong and delivers community MSK and High Risk foot podiatry provision in a range of community and inpatient settings within the Bury footprint.

We are looking for a dynamic and innovative leader to provide both operational and clinical leadership to ensure compliance with NCA and National standards of care for our population.

If you are a motivated and driven leader who wants to achieve high standards of quality and effective podiatry care, this is the role for you.

Main duties of the job

To provide effective leadership and be responsible and accountable for the operational management, co-ordination and delivery of the podiatry services within the acute trust and in the community in accordance with set objectives, local and national targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints that ensure the delivery of high-quality patient centred services that meet patient needs.

To be a budget holder and be responsible and accountable for managing the budget within given resources.

To ensure all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures.

To utilise clinical audit, research, supervision and teaching to monitor and improve standards of care by efficient and effective use of resources.

To undertake a specialist clinical caseload to a high professional standard using specialist knowledge from theoretical and practical experience and developed assessment and treatment skills with patients who may have complex and/or chronic presentation.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

In line with the Trusts Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Podiatry
• Leadership course e.g. Accelerated leadership Development Programme

Desirable

• Working towards MSc or equivalent experience in area

Professional Registration

Essential

• State Registration with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable

• Member of the Royal College of Podiatry

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of having worked as a clinical lead within a speciality
• Interview/recruitment experience
• Experience in audit and evaluation
• Experience of appraisal, objective setting and of performance management of staff and students

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• oEvidence of wide clinical theoretical knowledge base.
• oKnowledge of standards for better health/clinical governance and their professional implications.
• oEvidence of leadership skills.

Desirable

• oEvidence of managing a budget.

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Townside PCC

Knowsley Place

Bury

BL90SN

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