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The Role
The post holder will be an autonomous clinician with experience in MSK specialty The advanced post will provide palliative and corrective treatments as part of an agreed care plan whilst liaising with other Health Care Professionals or Agencies as appropriate. Work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team using advanced clinical assessment skills and utilising a range of diagnostic tools (e.g. Radiological and Haematological investigations ). To act as an advice resource within own area of specialty.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provides hospital-based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- Health & Care Professions Council registered with a diploma/degree in Podiatric Medicine
- Local Analgesia Certificate Working Knowledge of Policies, Procedures and Protocols relevant to Podiatry in NHS Lanarkshire especially those that pertain to Infection Control, Decontamination and Health and Safety
- Extensive NHS experience working in the profession including a master's degree in the specialty or equivalent extensive experience working as an advanced clinical practitioner in the specialty. In addition to this, the post holder should have expert knowledge and understanding of the speciality and the appropriate management of this in keeping with current best practice
- Up-to-date knowledge of the latest developments within own specialism and profession in general
- Attend courses and in-service training as required accepting ownership of personal professional development
- Participate in the PDP system and CPD, keeping abreast of the latest developments and changes in procedure, with the department, organisation and profession generally
- Be able to recognise a clinical emergency and act appropriately. High level of personal and professional motivation
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Management and Leadership development
- Actively Lead Research projects, Audits and Clinical Trials as appropriate
- Advanced Knowledge of Drugs and Medicaments including interactions
- Participate/Lead in Clinical Supervision
- Leadership skills to enable the supervision/training of less experienced Podiatrists and Podiatry Students
- The ability to work flexibly and respond to changing needs
- Working knowledge of basic information technology
It would be great if you also have
- Evidence of Post-Graduate Biomechanics Training
- Organisational and administrative skills.
- Audit and research Knowledge
- Good IT skills
- Master degree or working towards IRMER certificate
- Steroid Injection certificate
- Commitment to CPD
Contract type
- Permanent
- Part-Time
- 18.75 hours
Please note this is a part-time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in the Orthopaedic ESP Service within University Hospital Wishaw.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Jim Logan, Senior Podiatrist on jim.logan@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Tracy Watson Recruitment Administrator on tracy.watson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with the length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increases with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire has a range of support services on topics that can impact both your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care-experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interviews may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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