To be part of LWNH Podiatry service which comprises highly motivated team working where members are able to work autonomously and independently, providing and promoting excellent standards of high risk foot care working with multi-disciplinary teams.
To work closely with the Acute Therapy Service Lead in providing effective leadership across the service and taking forward a number of priorities/projects.
To line manage both clinical and non -clinical staff within the Podiatry service.
The post holder will provide specialist foot care for patients with diabetes/vascular conditions who have complex, high risk foot problems. This includes diabetes patients with acute and chronic foot wounds, neuropathic and vascular complications. The post requires accepting emergency referrals from GPs, community podiatrists and other health professionals and will provide responsive specialist care.
The post holder will be responsible for the planning and delivery of education and up-skilling of clinical staff working across the organisation.
To line manage podiatry staff (including clerical and administrative) within the local team, ensuring that supervision, appraisal systems and professional development plans are in place for all team members.
To operationally manage the team’s contribution to multi-disciplinary and uni-disciplinary working as appropriate.
To co-ordinate local team objectives and projects and develop the team
service plan in conjunction with the Podiatry Operational Lead and Acute
Therapies Service Leads.
To have lead responsibility for developing projects within the team, defining parameters and to evaluate and report on progress.
To autonomously assess and diagnose patients with a diverse range of medical and podiatric conditions using appropriate up-to-date diagnostic techniques, skills and tools.
To facilitate the implementation of NICE, national policies and evidence-based care.
The post holder is expected to demonstrate clinical expertise in the care of patients referred to the service working a minimum of 75-80% of the time in the clinical environment.
To create and implement treatment and specialised care plans primarily for patients with Diabetes and associated complications such as Chronic Neuropathy, Biomechanical compromise, Vascular Disease, Wound Management/Tissue Viability and other Chronic Diseases e.g. Rheumatoid Arthritis
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
