Podiatrist, Clinical Specialist – ICPCD

Cork - Ireland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 6 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

There are currently 2 Permanent Wholetime vacancies available in Integrated Care Programme Chronic Disease (ICPCD) in the following locations:

ICPCD North Cork Ground Floor Mallow Primary Healthcare Centre Gouldshill Mallow Co. Cork
ICPCD Cork North City St Marys Health Campus Gurranabraher Cork City

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Clinical Engineering Technician Senior from which current and future permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

Purpose of the Post:

As a Podiatrist Clinical Specialist in Diabetes the post holder will have the vision and drive to bring professionals in their referral area from different areas of healthcare together to provide optimal diagnoses and treatment and to improve outcomes for those with diabetes foot complications.
The Podiatrist Clinical Specialist will be responsible for leading the development and provision of a high quality service to diabetes patients at risk of DFU and those patients who are in-remission from DFU. They will work closely with Senior Podiatrist (Diabetes) and the Staff Grade Podiatrist (Diabetes) as well as Foot Protection Team. It will be necessary to connect and work closely with the Multidisciplinary Foot Team Podiatrist to promote integrated working within the podiatry profession; to enable integrated working between the foot protection team and Multidisciplinary Foot Team and to 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 collaboration in multi-centre studies on the various aspects of managing and treating the foot in diabetes.
To work as part of multidisciplinary teams in providing a quality person-centred evidence-based podiatry service to meet the needs of service users in the community setting.

The Clinical Specialist Podiatrist will work collaboratively with a range of internal and external stakeholders including:

Consultant Endocrinologist Diabetes Nursing Team Dietitians Podiatrists and work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary teams across primary and secondary care.
Healthcare professionals and stakeholders involved in the provision of integrated Diabetes care in the acute setting.
Podiatry Manager
General Practitioners
Other key stakeholders within services including Diabetes National Clinical Programme and the National Integrated Care Programme for Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease
Relevant statutory and non-statutory organisations.

We welcome enquiries about the role.

Emer Walsh

Operational Team Lead

Email: for further information about the role in North Cork ICPCD

Eileen Cronin

Interim Operational Team Lead

Email: for further information about the role in West Cork ICPCD

For more information regarding this post please download the attached supporting documentation. Please allow sufficient time to submit your application form before the deadline.

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Required Experience:

There are currently 2 Permanent Wholetime vacancies available in Integrated Care Programme Chronic Disease (ICPCD) in the following locations:ICPCD North Cork Ground Floor Mallow Primary Healthcare Centre Gouldshill Mallow Co. CorkICPCD Cork North City St Marys Health Campus Gurranabraher Cork City...