About the role
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A leadership opportunity for a senior podiatrist to manage our new high risk foot service for the southern sector of the Western NSW Local Health District.
Based at the Orange Health Service, you will be responsible for the High Risk Foot Clinic and outreach to surrounding towns and southern sector. As we establish a consistent model of care across the Western NSW LHD you’ll collaborate with colleagues at the clinic in Dubbo and across the district towards implementation.
In this role you will work with existing medical services to provide an evidenced based service to patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. You’ll bring a high level of expertise, knowledge and advanced reasoning and practice skills to meet the complexity of conditions such as ulceration, infection, neuro-arthropathy and amputation.
You will lead a multidisciplinary team that includes a Dietician, Social Worker, Aboriginal Health Worker, Allied Health Assistant and Diabetes Educator. To promote the quality and safety of services, you’ll provide clinical supervision and support to Level 1/ 2 staff, allied health assistants and students.
We offer flexible work practices, training, development, clinical research opportunities and a District wide network of support. The role will suit a motivated and driven person with experience in service development and an interest in leading patient safety and quality initiatives, with strong advocacy skills to escalate care needs of the high risk foot clinic cohort.
Where you’ll be working:
The Orange Region has something for everyone at every stage in life. The region has become the destination of choice for tree-changers looking to swap busy city lifestyles for an authentic life balance. It’s also very affordable to live here, so there is more to spend on the things you love!
Some of the benefits of working with usinclude:
·Genuine support in an inclusive, compassionate and caring team environment.
·Interesting and challenging work that will bring your purpose to life, broaden your scope and fast track your career.
·Greater autonomy and responsibility to reach your full potential.
·Opportunities to make an impact and shape the future of rural health through involvement in projects, innovations and research.
·Opportunities for learning and development, including access to a mentoring program and in-house training with our Organisational Development Unit and eLearning system.