Location of Post: 1 permanent Clinical Specialist Podiatrist, Community Healthcare - Cavan Monaghan
A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign, from which current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies for Clinical Specialist Podiatrist – Diabetes of full or part-time duration may be filled in Community Healthcare, Cavan Monaghan.
Informal Enquiries: Fiona Gilliland - Chronic Disease Management Lead
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Purpose of the Post: As a Clinical Specialist Podiatrist in Diabetes, the post holder will have the vision and drive to bring all professionals in the hospital group and community setting referral area together, from different areas of healthcare, to provide optimal diagnoses and treatment, and to improve outcomes for those with diabetic foot complications.
The Clinical Specialist Podiatrist will be responsible for leading the development and provision of a high quality service to diabetes patients with those patients who are in-remission from diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) or Charcot arthropathy.
There will be a shared transfer of care arrangement with the acute hospital.
They will work closely with Acute Senior Podiatrist (Diabetes) and Acute Staff Grade Podiatrist (Diabetes) as well as the Integrated Community Diabetic Foot Protection Team.
It will be necessary to connect and work closely with the multidisciplinary diabetic foot team members to promote integrated working.
With the podiatry manager they will enable integrated working between the multidisciplinary foot team and the foot protection team and help coordinate the management of the diabetic foot in the local region.
This will also facilitate and assist with CPD and learning.
In this role, the Clinical Specialist Podiatrist will be responsible for the co-ordination of strategic planning and development of specialist diabetes foot services in the community setting, participation in clinical research, and training for hospital and community staff in diabetic screening foot disease and collaboration in multi-centre studies on the various aspects of managing and treating the foot in diabetes.
The Clinical Specialist Podiatrist will work as part of the diabetic foot protection teams to provide a quality, person-centred, evidence-based podiatry service to meet the needs of service users in the community setting.
Eligibility Criteria: 1.
Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc (a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date of the competition have the following: (i) Be registered, or be eligible for registration on the Podiatrists Register maintained by the Podiatrists Registration Board at CORU.
AND (ii) Have five years full time (or an aggregate of five years) post registration qualification experience.
Of which four years full time (or an aggregate of four years) post registration qualification clinical experience must be in the required area of Specialism.
AND (iii) Demonstrate a proven record of clinical excellence in the specialism.
AND (iv) Candidates must demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the required area of specialism, in the form of post-graduate qualifications or relevant courses.
AND (v) Candidates must demonstrate achievement in the areas of clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives, practice development, teaching and research.
AND (vi) Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Podiatrists Register maintained by the Podiatrists Registration Board at CORU before a contact of employment can be issued.
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Annual registration (i) On appointment practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Podiatrists Register maintained by the Podiatrists Registration Board at CORU.
(ii) Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).
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Health A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.
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Character Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character.
Post Specific Requirements: Demonstrate depth and breadth of experience working in specialist Diabetic foot clinics, to include working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Other requirements specific to the post: Transport is necessary
Competency Questions As part of the interview process competency based questions will be asked.
The competencies that will be addressed are stated below.
As part of your interview preparation please ensure you have reflected on examples of how you have demonstrated your ability in each of the competency and skill areas and are prepared to discuss this in more depth at interview.
A summary definition of each skill area is in the job specification.
Professional Knowledge and Experience Planning & Organisational Skills Managing and Developing (Self and Others) Commitment to Providing a Quality Service Communication and Interpersonal Skills For further information on this post, please view the attached job specification. Please note CVs will not be accepted. Please ensure you read the instructions for the completion of this Application Form and complete all areas, in full.
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