Clinical Lead Podiatrist

Responsibilities

• Work with the LWNH Podiatry service, providing and promoting excellent standards of high risk foot care working with multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Work closely with the Acute Therapy Service Lead to provide effective leadership across the service and advance priorities and projects.
• Line manage both clinical and non‑clinical staff within the Podiatry service.
• Provide specialist foot care for patients with diabetes/vascular conditions, including acute and chronic foot wounds, neuropathic and vascular complications, taking emergency referrals from GPs, community podiatrists and other health professionals.
• Plan and deliver education and up‑skilling for clinical staff across the organisation.
• Ensure supervision, appraisal systems and professional development plans for all team members.
• Operationally manage the team’s contribution to multi‑disciplinary and uni‑disciplinary working as appropriate. ...