Podiatry Team Leader

The team leader role in the podiatry service will lead in the High Risk Foot Service in Secondary Care across the two main hospital sites
- Bradford Royal Infirmary and Airedale General Hospital. They will work closely with the team lead in the High Risk Foot Service in Primary Care, ensuring an MDT approach in the management of foot wounds across the locality.

They will support the Podiatry Clinical/Operational Lead , by leading the development and delivery of a podiatry service utilizing specialist clinical skills along side playing a leadership role in the line management of a team of staff within the service.

The successful candidate will facilitate and lead a wide range of quality improvements, Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and clinical audit activities within their specified locality, liaising with appropriate health care professionals and working upon trust initiatives to ensure that current practices are maintained and developed in line with the modernization agendas.

• Day to day running of the Rapid Access Foot Ulcer Clinics.
• To advise the Operational Manager on clinical issues relating to the planning and organization of Podiatry Services to patients in the High Risk Foot Service clinical area including the development of Standard Operating Procedures and Clinical Standards.
• Offer highly specialist clinical advice to colleagues in specified clinical area.
• Take an active role in clinical governance .e.g. audit design, and evaluation of evidence in specified clinical area.
• Maintaining a safe and effective service whilst managing KPI's.
• Stock and budget management.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:

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We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs

We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Jane Kennedy

Job title:

Clinical & Operational Manager Email address:  Rebecca Hulme-