Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
The post holder will be part of the professional and operational management for the Podiatry Service with a countywide remit. As part of this role, they will be responsible for appropriate use of resources as well as be responsible for Quality and Governance, including Health & Safety and patient safety.
Responsibilities within the role include leading and managing the operational services of the Podiatry team under the guidance of the Podiatry Service Management Team, considering local health needs and the policy priority of developing services closer to home. Being responsible for the delivery and maintenance of high quality evidence based care, focussed on meeting the needs and choices of patients, carers and families and to foster positive relationships with local commissioning boards and community and voluntary organisations.
The post holder will be able to create an effective, integrated multi-disciplinary approach within the locality teams, ensuring best practice guidelines and performance standards are met while meeting service targets. They will be an autonomous practitioner responsible for the assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex health and social care needs.
- Supporting Podiatry Service Manager and Professional Lead
- Work closely with the incumbent Podiatry Team Lead, coordinating duties as the need arises.
- Work closely with the Podiatry Team Business Support Supervisor to allocate resources based on identified need through reports generated.
- Interpret and manage team data recording eg RIO for team