SLPC Podiatrist, Senior

Campaign Reference

SLPC2644

Closing Date

Thursday 17th September 2026 at 12 Noon.

Proposed Interview Date (s)

Interviews will be held as soon as possible after the closing date. Candidates will normally be given at least one week’s notice of interview. The timescale may be reduced in exceptional circumstances.

Taking up Appointment

The successful candidate will be required to take up duty as soon as possible after job offer stage.

Location of Post

Sligo /South Donegal Community Healthcare Network.

There is currently 1 vacancy available in Sligo/South Donegal Primary Care Team.

The successful candidate may be required to work in any service area within the vicinity as the need arises.

A panel may be formed for Podiatrist, Senior Primary Care from which current and future permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full time or part time duration may be filled.

Informal Enquiries

All informal enquiries can be addressed to:

Aileen Gallagher Podiatry Manager Aileen.gallagher3@hse.ie

Audrey.colreavy@hse.ie CHN Manager Sligo South Donegal

Details of Service

The person appointed to the post of senior podiatrist will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, details of which will be made available at job offer stage.

In line with Sláintecare (2017) and the Department of Health’s Capacity review (2018), a shift in healthcare service provision is now required to place the focus on integrated, person-centred care, based as close to home as possible.

The ECC Programme is underpinned by a set of key principles including:

· Eighty percent of services delivered in Primary Care are through the GP and CHNs;

· Identifying and building health needs assessments at a CHN level (approximate population of 50,000) based on a population stratification approach to include identification of people with chronic disease and frequent service users, thereby ensuring the right people get the right service based on the complexity of their health care needs;

· Utilisation of a whole system approach to integrating care based on person centred models, while promoting self-care in the community;

· The Older Persons and Chronic Disease Service Models set out an end to end service architecture for the identification and management of frail older adults with complex care needs and people living with chronic disease;

· Learning from, and delivering services, based on best practice models and the extensive work of the integrated care clinical programmes to date, particularly in the areas of Older Persons and Chronic Disease;

· Embed preventive approach to chronic disease into all services;

· Availability of a timely response to early presentations of identified conditions and the ability to manage appropriate levels of complexity related to same in the community;

· Resources applied intensively in a targeted manner to a defined population, implementing best practice models of care to demonstrate the delivery of specific outcomes and sustainable services; and,

· The need to frontload investment, coupled with reform to strengthen community services.

CHN Team Structure:

The person appointed to this post of Senior Podiatrist Community health Network will work as part of the primary care team in an Integrated Care structure. This team will include GPs, PHNs/ Practice Nurses, community Dieticians, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and other disciplines as required. These new post holders along with the existing podiatry workforce will be required to deliver services that aspire to the eight fundamental principles of the Sláintecare report. A person centred, quality, evidence-based service to all other patients referred, who do not have Diabetes. This service will include Active foot Disease, In Remission, High and Moderate Risk groups within a designated Network area. Early Intervention, Health Education with integrated working and prevention are key.