Podiatrist Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 specialist Podiatrist to join Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) on a permanent basis. 5 hours available, and are open to applicants wanting part time or full time or flexible working within an 8am-5pm working day.


Work Base: Central Cheshire Community clinics. You will be expected to travel to different settings across the trust's geographical footprint.


CCICP supports staff and service development and prioritises the wellbeing of its staff with excellent access to resources and support. We also pride ourselves in staff development and training to ensure the ongoing maintenance of high standards within the workforce.
To act as a Clinical Specialist in the Podiatry Service, to undertake triage, assessment and treatment of referred patients.


Please note, we are primarily a wound care team and all specialist Podiatrist within CCICP are expected to undertake wound care clinics.


To support the Team Managers and Advanced Clinical Specialists in the day to day running of the clinics and to assist in service improvement initiatives in area of work.


To support the education and development of Podiatrists, Podiatry Assistants, Podiatry Apprentices and external Podiatry students on placement.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.


We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.


The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.


The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.


At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
To contribute to the delivery of the service in a variety of defined clinical settings, which may include community clinics and the patients home.


To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients, contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.


To gain consent for treatment and motivate patients to comply with treatment programmes, overcoming barriers such as dementia, cognitive impairment, hearing, visual or speech impairment.


To undertake specialist clinical assessment, taking into account all relevant information and clinical reasoning to formulate evidence based individualised treatment plans in agreement with the patient.


To develop and maintain good working relationships with other healthcare professions, social care and other appropriate agencies, to ensure integrated and high quality patient outcomes.


To maintain accurate documentation in line with professional standards, and local policies and procedures.


To record and submit clinical activity data as required by the Trust in an accurate and timely manner.


To be responsible for safe and competent use of equipment including the provision of support, education and training to other staff, patients and carers as required.


To be an active member of an evening and weekend on-call rota or rostered service, dependant on service need.
Podiatry Professional degree/ diploma
Communication skills training
Clinical educator training
Degree level Post graduate education relevant to specialist area/ or be working towards this
Be prepared to work towards degree level post graduate education relevant to specialist area
Commitment to quality and safety
Car Driver
Ability to lead junior Colleagues
Audit skills ( not necessarily related to healthcare)
Full UK driving licence
Awareness of the national and local priorities and changing trends in specialist areas
To have a specific interest and commitment to a specialist area ( wound care, nail surgery, MSK) as evidenced by CPD portfolio and post graduate training

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust