Podiatry Team Lead
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | Worcester, WR5 1JF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9798-1507 |
Summary
Ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards. Maintain records in accordance with the Trust policy. Organise and lead staff meetings. Supervise, support and teach other members of the team including non- professionally qualified staff, patients and carers. Contribute to the prioritisation and allocation of referrals and caseloads for all members of the team. Be responsible for recruitment and selection within the team. Arrange the organised and planned induction of new staff. Ensure all members of the team have an annual appraisal, carrying out appraisals for the senior staff. Work autonomously, carrying out detailed, analytical, patient assessments and formulating a treatment plan for each patient assessed. Assess, diagnose and treat, on a daily basis, patients with high-risk feet, such as those with circulatory, or tissue viability problems. Deploy, as required, the full scope of clinical practice, which will include the administration of local anaesthetic, performing minor operations, wound care, diabetic risk assessments, and general Podiatry interventions. Commit to providing evidence-based, clinically effective practice to patients. Participate in actively in peer review, clinical supervision and reflective practice sessions with colleagues. Establish and maintain good channels of communication with all health care professionals involved with the service. Be responsible for effective communication processes within the Podiatry team, with other agencies, patients and carers. Communicate via regular team meetings with staff performance and quality issues/information disseminated from the community services Manager and Integrated Community Services Lead. Attend Leadership and Management meetings as required on behalf of the Podiatry service. Lead on service development within a specified team. Liaise with other Podiatry Team Leads and the Podiatry professional service lead to ensure consistency of practice in the development of the service. Produce appropriate service guidelines in line with Trust. Be aware of and adhere to National, Professional, Trust and Departmental policies and recommend changes for own work area following audit or research. Identify areas for the improvement of practice and communicate this to senior managers. Adhere to and implement local policies procedures and guidelines. Be responsible for a designated budget and highlighting issues relating to effective budget management to senior managers. Ensure safe use of all mechanical and electrical equipment and appliances used in the care of patients, providing advice to other staff and carers as needed. For full detail of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.