Advanced Clinician - Diabetes Podiatrist - Foot Protection Service

Details of the offer

Advanced Clinician - Diabetes Podiatrist - Foot Protection Service

Vacancy No: TAR05525

Nau mai, haere mai ki Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Taranaki

Taranaki Whanui He Rohe Oranga - Taranaki Together, A Healthy Community

Te Kaupapa – Mission

Improving, promoting, protecting and caring for the health and wellbeing of the people of Taranaki.

We are looking for people that share our vision by providing the best care for our people and our community. We have a responsibility to see the whole picture, the whole community, in terms of health and to support everyone working in Taranaki to do the best job they can in a world of constant change.

E pa ana ki a tatou - About us

At Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Taranaki we are committed to recognising the value our people bring to our organisation within a supportive team of healthcare professionals that provide comprehensive care to our patients.

We believe having workforce that is diverse and inclusive, we are a pro-equity Health Organisation and this means that we will be better positioned to understand and serve our community.

When you choose to work with us, we will offer you:

A comprehensive orientation and induction to our organisation and your department

Access to clinical training and education

Up to date facilities

Opportunities to participate on local project and regional collaboration teams

Professional development

Korero mo te turanga - About the role

Advanced Clinician – Podiatry / Foot Protection Service

The Advanced Clinician in Podiatry is responsible for providing the clinical leadership of the podiatry service and foot protection service.

This leadership role is pivotal to ensuring the quality and effectiveness of the Taranaki Foot Protection Service. This includes having a strong focus on equity, improving foot health outcomes, system performance and clinical quality. The role will require sector leadership, strong evidence-based clinical practice and high levels of initiative and relationship development across the diabetes workforce.

This role works collaboratively as part of a collective of health providers in the Taranaki region who are committed to improving health outcomes and health equity for people living with diabetes (PWD) and their support people/whanau. The role also works as part of the Diabetes Integrated team (DIT) of which this teams' functions are to provide:

Comprehensive Clinical & Psychosocial Intervention - Providing clinical expertise and psychosocial support to directly manage patients with diabetes with the aim of discharging them back to primary care as appropriate.

Enhancement & Capability Support - Provide support, education and training for both health professionals and patients, guided by the needs of primary care and Maori providers, to ensure patients with diabetes receive high quality and consistent clinical care and health information.

Mou - About you

In this exciting leadership opportunity, you will be expected to:

Provide leadership and direction across the podiatry and foot protection service.

Ensure optimum service delivery, systems and use of resources.

Drive delivery of high-quality patient care and customer service to both internal and external customers.

Strive to eliminate health inequalities and achieve health equity for the Taranaki population.

Demonstrate previous leadership experience with minimum 6 years clinical experience including management of diabetic population and clinical leadership.

We have up to 1.4FTE available and encourage applicants, even those that may not meet all the criteria, to apply for consideration.

If you want to make an application click on "Apply Online" from within this page.

For further information, please contact Brenda Szabo on Email: ******

Applications Close: 10 November 2024

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together, we will succeed

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Nominal Salary: To be agreed

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