About the role
The purpose of this role is to engage with the hospital based multidisciplinary teams for a varied and complex caseload of patients with foot disease in an inpatient and outpatient setting. The person in the position will deliver independent high-level podiatric management for people accessing care at STARS. The role incumbent will provide clinical leadership to contribute to service development, quality activities and research.
About you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:
1. Clinical Expertise: Demonstrated high level of knowledge, skills and expertise in podiatry clinical
2. Communication/Team participation: Demonstrated ability to communicate and participate effectively in the podiatry and interprofessional teams, including the ability to provide high level clinical advice to supervisors, key service managers and stakeholders and with an ability to address and manage conflict.
3. Leadership: Demonstrated ability to provide supervision, training and support to less experienced practitioners and students.
4. Quality improvement: Demonstrated ability to initiate, plan and evaluate local service improvement initiatives through continuous quality improvement or research projects, enhancing outcomes for patients.
Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health
5. Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
6. Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous
7. Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
8. 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
9. Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
10. Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance
Job ad reference number: STR557691
Close date: Monday, 13 May 2024