Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Ward 8 Vascular Surgery - FH
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-20-048
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/06/2025
Employer heading
Principal Podiatrist
Band 8a
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a highly skilled, dynamic podiatrist with extensive experience of managing patients with foot ulceration, and lower limb arterial disease, many of whom will also have Diabetes.
This Lower Limb Ischemic Management Service (LLIMS) is an expansion of the current service which has been open to patients with Diabetes and is part of an initiative to reduce health inequalities in the area. The post holder will work with the Vascular surgery department based at the Freeman, leading a small team of podiatry, nursing and support staff, who will manage any patients from across the Northeast and North Cumbria (NENC)area with foot ulceration and lower limb vascular disease or Chronic Limb threatening Ischaemia (CLTI).
- Interview Date Friday 20 June 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The post holder must have excellent clinical, communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to positively influence effective team dynamics. Teaching and dissemination of skills and knowledge to a wider staff group of all grades and disciplines is a vital part of the role, as will be triage of referrals at point of entry into service.
Clinical and operational leadership is core to the role, and you will take the initiative with continual service review, audit and quality improvement activities to maintain safe and effective clinical care and best use of resources.
The team will have a varied programme; sharing the responsibility for the care of both in and outpatients with foot ulceration, and lower limb vascular disease. Hence the day-to-day operational leadership and organization is key to the smooth running of the service.
The post holder will expertly assess, diagnose, treat and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary approach to treatment of lower limb vascular disease pathologies, using the latest evidence-based practice and technologies such as Periflux and Toe pressure kits.
Overall, the role will require well developed skills in communication, negotiation and prioritisation, and a commitment to continually develop pathways through service improvement to ensure the best quality of care is being provided to our patients.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To streamline the referral and patient flow from across NENC, of patients with Foot ulceration and lower limb vascular disease which may require triage, assessment, investigation, surgery and ongoing care planning
- Have knowledge and experience of using advanced wound care techniques such as Topical Negative pressure, Stimulan and Larvae therapy where most appropriate
- To use IRMER qualification to refer for radiological investigations
- Support and deliver an MDT approach to managing complex foot ulceration, by leading the weekly virtual Vascular/Foot MDT with consultant colleagues from Diabetes, Orthopedics, Microbiology, Radiology, Infectious diseases and Vascular
- Support the Vascular team in decision making for patients, including treatment options and discharge planning
- Build on established joint working relationships with local podiatry colleagues from around the region
- Collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines to develop Evidence based practice treatment modalities, and standard operating procedures which can be used across the Trust
- Monitor service progression, clinical effectiveness and patient outcomes via the Audit process
- Support the team to communicate effective care planning post assessment with relevant parties
- Provide education and learning opportunities for staff, including updates at Podiatry staff meetings and for visiting staff and students
- Teaching of students, apprentices, and a range of qualified health care professionals
- To be part of the Podiatry management team, occasionally deputizing and helping to shape the direction of the department
- Mentoring, Supervision and appraisal of Podiatrists and other members of the team
- The post holder will be a clinical expert in their respective field
- The post holder will use quality improvement to lead service development in their specialist field
- They will demonstrate advanced and expert practice within their field
- They will provide leadership and consultancy to a team of Podiatrists and Podiatry Assistants who provide care in each of the specialist areas
- To be responsible for the development and continued coordination of an integrated, equitable and accessible Podiatry service within Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust in one of the following specialties; Diabetes, Neurological , Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
- To lead on research, audit and evaluation in this field and disseminate best practice
- To act as a knowledge resource developing and delivering education, training and protocols within and beyond the Podiatry Service
- To manage and assess the diagnostic and therapeutic interventions following clinical reasoning and liaise with other health care professionals and organizations in the management of highly complex individual cases
- To represent the specialism on the Podiatry Management Team and to deputise in the absence of the Podiatry Head of Service
- To lead on the management of the podiatry caseload across the Podiatry Department
- To identify, propose and lead policy and protocol change across the Podiatry service which may impact on service delivery to other areas
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. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Diploma / BSc. Podiatric Medicine
- Current HCPC Registration
- Possession of a Master’s Degree or established on pathway or able to provide evidence of academic achievement at this level
- Evidence of specialist education related to area of clinical expertise
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- Experience of contributing to the development of Podiatry at a regional / national level
- Demonstrable highly developed advanced specialist in field and applies theory to practice
- Extensive experience of clinical work at Advanced Podiatrist Level in all aspects of podiatric care
- Experience of leadership and carrying out clinical supervision process and appraisal process
- Has expert knowledge in practice, research, education, and leadership in specialist area and within Podiatry
- Experience of line management responsibility
- Experience of provision of training / education programmes in the area of specialist interest
- Experience of secondary care and its interface with primary care
- Excellent knowledge of infection control procedures
- Demonstrates use of Research and Audit to inform evidence-based practice
- Experience of contributing to the development of podiatry at a regional level
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable evidence of a proactive approach to service development in the area applied for
- Requires presentation skills and evidence of delivering in-service training (both within podiatry profession) to other medical, professional / unqualified staff
- Experience of working as part of multi-disciplinary Primary Care based Team
- Conducting research and clinical audit
- Leadership qualification
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
- Good IT skills
- Report writing skills
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Ability to prioritise a complex workload and work in a rapidly changing environment
- Acts autonomously and independently within appropriate organisational boundaries and achieve results and outcomes based on own decision making
- Is able to assimilate risk / benefits and rationalise decision based on extensive knowledge, skills & experience
- Current driving licence if relevant to role
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Coates
- Job title
- Podiatry Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2823431
List jobs with The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Allied Health Professions or all sectors