The successful candidate should be adaptable to extended opening hours and may work on a full-time or part-time basis within a comprehensive rotational scheme. Key duties involve comprehensive patient assessments, developing care plans to support community living, and maintaining leadership of the Safe at Home Portfolio. This role is an opportunity to grow within an award-winning service, contributing to the training of future healthcare professionals while ensuring safe and effective patient care. Fluency in Welsh is desirable, but candidates who speak either Welsh or English are welcomed to apply.
Cardiff and Vale Podiatry Services are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and adaptable individual who is passionate about providing clinical excellence. This friendly busy department consists of approximately 60 staff and provides services across Cardiff and the Vale from multiple sites including community clinics, hospitals and patients own homes.
The UHB is committed to the professional development of all staff and the post offers excellent opportunities for CPD and career development. Post graduate education, research and evidence based practice are a priority for Podiatry. Podiatrists are expected to develop a credible and professional contribution to the organisation by engaging in personal development planning and continuing professional development.
This post will be required to work across the extended opening hours.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Cardiff and Vale University Health board (UHB) is a large teaching health board delivering super regional as well as local services with close links to Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University, with a high profile teaching, research and development role within the UK and abroad. So together we are training the next generation of health professionals.
This post will be required to work across the extended opening hours.
The post is amenable to part time or full time working. The Podiatry Service offers a comprehensive rotational scheme, for both entry level and experienced staff. The successful applicants will have the opportunity to gain a wide variety of experience working in an innovative and award-winning service.
This will be a great opportunity to develop in your career in a supportive environment working with expert clinicians. You will need strong communication skills and the ability to work well within the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe and effective services to patients. The post holder will need to have excellent diagnostic and clinical skills to deliver a range of high quality Podiatry treatments including complex interventions within your area of clinical expertise across community and acute services.
The post holder will be main point of contact with other community healthcare workers and provider agencies within a variety of care settings including community clinics, domiciliary work and care homes and contributes to the development of podiatry. The successful applicant will be responsible for leadership of the leadership of Safe at Home Portfolio, maintaining a complex clinical caseload whilst providing clinical leadership to domiciliary based podiatry services.
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You will be required to travel throughout the region on a daily basis, using your clinical skills to undertake comprehensive assessments and provide acute clinical care and interventions to patients. In undertaking your role, you will be pivotal in ensuring that care plans support and enable patients to remain safe in their usual place of residence.
Are you ready for the challenge? If so, we look forward to hearing from you.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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