Overview
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.
The Role
Glasgow City is the largest HSCP in Scotland by population and budget and is responsible for health and social care provision across 3 localities in the City; North West, North East and South Glasgow. North West locality covers a population of 206,483. Services Managed include, Health Visitors, District Nurses, local older people and physical disability services, Allied Health Professionals, Addiction, Learning Disability Services, Palliative Care, Local Adult Mental Health and Older People’s Services. The rehabilitation team delivers a service that enables residents to maximise their health and independence through a coordinated approach by all disciplines.
Broad Aims Of The Service
Single Point of entry to access multi disciplinary rehabilitation and enablement services. Service provision to address all levels of need, complexity and vulnerability. Shift in service delivery towards local community provision. Development of patient centred pathways.
Duration, Location, and Working Pattern
Permanent, Part time. Shift Pattern - 2.5/7 within Mon Fri weekday pattern with Occasional weekend working. (Flexible within 0830 1615 working day). Base location - Community Centre for Health.
Key Responsibilities
* Accountable for all aspects of professional practice, including direct and indirect patient care.
* Assess patient capacity for consent and work within legal frameworks when capacity is impaired.
* Independently assess, analyse and diagnose using clinical/social information and evidencebased tools.
* Involve patients in goal setting and treatment planning.
* Follow tissue viability and woundcare standards.
* Manage and prioritise podiatry caseloads, ensuring highquality care.
* Deliver podiatry treatment for adults with varied conditions and support staff to maintain standards.
* Work collaboratively within a multiprofessional team.
* Apply CPD learning to practice and share knowledge with colleagues.
* Maintain accurate, comprehensive clinical records and mandatory data.
* Provide specialist advice, teaching and training to MDT members, external agencies, patients and carers.
* Communicate effectively and contribute to case conferences, team meetings and discharge planning.
Case Coordination
* Lead interdisciplinary goalsetting for individual patients.
* Coordinate discharge planning and followup decisions.
* Balance clinical caseload with keyworking responsibilities to support waitingtime management.
* Collate and share essential information with the interdisciplinary team.
* Liaise with external agencies, initiate referrals and lead case conferences.
* Manage service discharge and arrange recall when required.
Supervisory Responsibilities
* Delegate tasks and supervise Band 5 Podiatrists and Team Assistants.
* Ensure timely, accurate reports and discharge summaries.
* Support systems for monitoring care standards and clinical outcomes.
* Demonstrate specialist expertise within and across services.
* Organise and induct students; support service and personal development.
* Identify service pressures and discuss solutions with the Team Leader.
* Participate in clinical audit, effectiveness projects and policy review.
Educational Responsibilities
* Ensure delivery of a comprehensive inservice podiatry training programme.
* Participate in podiatry and rehabilitation inservice training.
* Provide specialist teaching and advice to MDT members, carers, educational staff and external partners.
* Deliver formal and informal teaching for podiatrists and assistants.
* Contribute to training and assessment of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
* Maintain CPD and professional portfolio.
* Apply current evidence to practice to ensure bestpractice interventions.
Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience
* The post-holder must have a formal qualification leading to entitlement to registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Podiatrist. This would normally be through a degree level qualification.
* Post qualification experience with relevant post qualification experiences in specialist areas e.g. Elderly, Neurology, and Community.
* The post-holder will be expected to be able to show evidence of post-qualification training and Continuing Professional Development relevant to the role including post-graduate courses or short-courses in relevant specialist areas of practice.
* The post-holder would be expected to be fully familiar with local policies and procedures within 6 months of taking up post through a period of planned induction and supervision.
* Knowledge of research methods and practice whilst not essential would be highly desirable as would experience of working in a multi-disciplinary community based setting would be highly desirable.
* The post-holder must be computer literate at a basic level.
* A current full driving licence is required.
* The post-holder must be able to demonstrate an ability to manage a Podiatry clinical caseload effectively, co-ordinating services in the team and to contribute fully to the working of the multi-disciplinary team.
What We Offer
We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.
As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:
* A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
* Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
* Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
* Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
* Enhanced pay for working public holidays
* NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
* Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.
For An Informal Discussion, Please Contact
Laura Mitchell, Team Lead - Laura.Mitchell7@nhs.scot - 0141 201 7205
Recruitment Process
This post may close early due to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we will not be able to provide shortlisting feedback.
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