Job summary
- Main area
- Podiatry
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 22 months (fixed term or secondment until 31st March 2027 due to funding)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday, 08:45-16:55- with 40 min unpaid lunchbreak.)
- Job ref
- 110-AHP052-0525
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Prince Charles Hospital
- Town
- Merthyr
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
In-Patient Coordinator Advanced Podiatrist
Band 7
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting innovative opportunity has arisen for a new In-patient podiatry post, offering a rare opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated podiatrists to provide high quality care, working as part of a dedicated In-patient Foot Service in Prince Charles Hospital.
The post holder will work collaboratively as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), providing expert assessment, diagnosis and treatment/care planning for patients admitted or who have acquired acute and limb threatening foot complications.They will work as an independent expert resource, and be a highly visible advisor regarding the management of people with limb threatening conditions in the hospitals. They will provide high quality evidence based education and support for professional colleagues, including actively promoting and participation in educational seminars for health care professionals, carers, and people with long term conditions and limb threating situations. The post holder will provide comprehensive education and training to colleagues to facilitate the embedding of the inpatient foot risk assessment tool.
This post is Fixed Term/Secondment until 31st March 2027 due to funding
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of the role is to work as part of a dedicated In-patient Foot Service in the DGHs. The post holder will work collaboratively as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), providing expert assessment, diagnosis and treatment/care planning for patients admitted or who have acquired acute and limb threatening foot complications.
The post holder will work as an Independent expert resource and be a highly visible advisor regarding the management of people with limb threatening conditions in the hospitals. The post holder will provide comprehensive education and training to colleagues to facilitate the embedding of the inpatient foot risk assessment tool.
The post holder will be required to set the measures and collect data to highlight the Value Based HealthCare benefits and demonstrate the improved patient outcomes from the role.
The post holder will work autonomously will be a key link worker between the secondary care services and outpatient and community provision, including community podiatrists. They will be part of the Podiatry Workforce.
The post-holder will actively promote and participate in educational seminars for health care professionals, carers, and people with long term conditions and limb threating situations.
The post holder will be required to participate in the Research and Development Programme specific to this area
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of Master’s Level or equivalent accredited postgraduate training relevant to the post
Desirable criteria
- Independent Prescriber or working towards
- HCPC annotated as competent to prescribe and supply P.O.M.s
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of Complex foot disease management
- Experience of producing advice and education information
Desirable criteria
- Experience of evaluation of footwear and appliances
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gaynor Slocombe
- Job title
- Lead Podiatrist for the Acute Foot
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443 443005
- Additional information
Working pattern 8-4pm
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