About this role
Job summary
Step into a leadership role where your clinical expertise and people skills shape the future of our podiatry service. Youll guide a motivated team, support complex caseload decisionmaking and help drive service development that genuinely improves patient outcomes. This role calls for someone who can balance advanced clinical practice with confident leadership, using sound judgement to prioritise care, support colleagues and maintain high professional standards. Youll play a key part in coordinating pathways, ensuring safe, effective practice and fostering a culture where staff feel supported to grow. If youre ready to influence how podiatry is delivered across our community and want to work in a service that values innovation, collaboration and compassionate care, this is your next step.
Main duties of the job
In this leadership role, youll take responsibility for coordinating a highquality podiatry service, ensuring patients with a wide range of foothealth needs receive safe, effective and timely care. Youll manage a complex clinical caseload, providing advanced assessment, treatment planning and expert decisionmaking, while supporting colleagues with guidance on challenging presentations. A key part of your work will be leading and developing the teamoffering clinical supervision, shaping professional standards and creating a positive environment where staff feel supported to grow and deliver their best work. Youll oversee daytoday service activity, helping to prioritise workload, allocate resources and maintain smooth patient pathways. Youll also contribute to service development by using data, feedback and clinical insight to identify opportunities for improvement and implement changes that enhance patient experience. Strong communication, leadership confidence and the ability to motivate others are essential, as youll work closely with multidisciplinary partners, community teams and patients to ensure a seamless, personcentred approach to care.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.
Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.
Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).
They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.
Our mission
We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other
Our vision
We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn
Our values
Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all One team: We work well together and with our communities
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
Utilising highly specialised knowledge the post holder will take the team lead role in the provision of Podiatry services at Warrington The post holder will have managerial responsibility for the Podiatry team providing articulate, motivational leadership to facilitate development of the team and service. To create an environment conducive to learning within the Podiatry Team and act as a coach, mentor and assessor to all team members and as a health educator to the wider community in opportunistic and planned situations. Lead and support others to promote professional and service development.
To provide expert advice, highly specialised care and support to podiatry patients and their carers, ensuring an equitable and accessible service provision. Plan and develop specialised, evidence based service delivery which is linked to both local and national targets. Utilise specialist clinical skills to assess, plan and deliver High Risk podiatry interventions to this specialised cohort of patients.
Principles Responsibilities
To ensure delivery of skilled podiatric care through appropriate delegation of duties to members of the podiatry team To ensure that the Podiatry Team works collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues To undertake/participate in research and lead clinical audit within own service specialism.
Use highly specialised knowledge to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for high risk podiatry patients in acute and community settings To work autonomously and manage own specialist defined patient caseload Provide clinical supervision and mentorship for new staff Take a lead in a specific area of service delivery and take responsibility for related projects and implementing change Demonstrate advanced clinical knowledge and highly specialist skills within practice Demonstrate sound communication skills to facilitate the provision of sensitive and complex information to patients and relatives regarding their clinical condition.
Managerial & Leadership
To provide clinical leadership to the Warrington Podiatry Team To ensure effective deployment of staff and delegation of workload to the Warrington Podiatry team and supervision of the team. To facilitate the delivery of evidence-based practice to the client group by auditing activity and performance in respect of agreed roles and responsibilities. To act instrumentally in the selection, interviewing and recruitment of various grades of staff to the Podiatry service. To facilitate/undertake preceptor and mentor programmes for all new members of the Podiatry Team. To participate in staff personal development review process as appraiser and appraisee. To ensure that Trust Policies are implemented within the team and are adhered to by all team members Be responsible for a defined group of podiatry clients developing specialised care plans based upon individual assessment of patients clinical need. Contribute to the development, writing and implementation of Trust wide protocols for areas of podiatry and Diabetes care.. To provide mentorship and supervision to junior staff, colleagues and students Demonstrate effective time management to promote efficient use of time and resources To monitor service delivery via defined and agreed tools e.g. KPIs and performance data and highlight resources required to respond to the changing needs of the service To ensure that appropriate management information is available to the Clinical Manager To co-ordinate, record and monitor study/sick/annual leave To manage sickness and absence in accordance with Trust Policy To act as authorised signatory for extra duty payments, bank staff hours and mileage. To ensure that the staff are deployed in accordance with need and with consideration to budgetary requirements To be responsible for ensuring the repair and maintenance of equipment To ensure administrative tasks are implemented within delegated time scales. To ensure that staff are compliant in recording patient activity onto the computer system. To implement change and use management skills to initiate improvements in practice To inspire the team with clearly articulated values and vision for the future by demonstrating motivational and influential behaviour
Clinical
Manage own case load working autonomously and unsupervised utilising highly specialised clinical skills including clinical assessment of the patient. To deliver High risk podiatry led clinics or home visits where appropriate. To be responsible for assessing the needs of patients and planning, implementing and evaluating specialised individual plans of care - To make recommendations of appropriate medical treatment within trust approved guidelines based upon the results of investigations and patient need.
To coordinate the delivery of High risk podiatric care plans To devise, plan and implement health education programmes To maintain contemporaneous, accurate and legible documentation within the service and patient records
Research
To audit and research areas of diabetes service in both primary and secondary care as and when required for both Care pathway work and Trust agendas. Please find attached Full Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Post graduate clinical experience in advanced Diabetic foot care
Desirable
Primary Care Diabetes Diploma or equivalent experience
Relationships Essential
If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship.
Skills and Knowledge Essential
Sound practical and theoretical knowledge of management of the high-risk and diabetic foot. Advanced wound management skills Sound knowledge of Diabetes NSF and Regional Foot care pathways Research skills Audit experience and analysis.
Desirable
Exemplary practical and theoretical knowledge of management of the high-risk and diabetic foot. Excellent knowledge of Diabetes NSF and Regional Foot care pathways
Qualifications Essential
Diploma/Degree in Podiatric Medicine Certificate in L.A.
Desirable
Masters Degree or equivalent level of CPD/ experience, or willingness to undertake
Job Specific Requirements Essential
The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs Ability to travel across the Trust and to comply with the travel requirements of the post.
Sponsorship Essential
Please confirm your Right to Work status (share-codes will be checked where applicable).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (BCH)
Address Health Services at Wolves
Martin Dawes Stand, Halliwell Jones Stadium
Winwick Road
Warrington
Warrington
WA2 7NE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://northcheshireandmersey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)