Podiatrist Specialist

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for a dynamic, industrious and flexible individual to join a progressive and forward-thinking team that shares a great passion and vision in improving care for patient with diabetes in Kingston. The successful applicant will be linked with the South West London Multidisciplinary Diabetes Foot Team as part of our Hub and spoke Model.


Post holders will be based within the Diabetes unit at Kingston hospital and will provide both inpatient and outpatient services including the MDfT service.


We want to hear from you if you are a Band 6 or Band 7 level podiatrist, who is keen to provide highly specialist podiatry treatment to people withactive foot disease within thehospital setting.


The successful individuals will be joining a progressive and forward thinking team who share a great passion and vision in improving patient care forpatients with limb threatening conditions within theKingston Hospital.


The successful applicants will form a Multidisciplinary Foot team and be part of the South West London Transformation program for the Diabetic Foot.The MDfT will be part of the SW London Diabetes Foot Network which brings together both multidisciplinary foot teams across SW London to share learning and promote best practice in the management of the threatened Limb.


Individuals will have the opportunity to develop sub-speciality interests including renal dialysis, inpatient care, education, research, and training.


The main duties of the job are to provide specialist footcare for patient with complex high risk foot problems. This includes diabetes patients with acute and chronic foot wounds, patients with neuropathic and vascular complications, patient with foot complications who are immunosuppressed and patients who have poor tissue viability. The post holder will be clinically responsible for treatment of the high risk caseload working autonomously as well as work as part of the multidisciplinary team. The post requires accepting emergency referrals from GPs, community podiatrists, and other health professionals and will provide responsive specialist care.
The Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred and which puts safety first and where all staff members take responsibility, are valued and value each other.Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation.


Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday'.
To work in accordance with College of Podiatry and Health and Care Professions Council Code of Professional Conduct including scope of professional practice.


~ To assess, manage and treat high risk complex caseload consisting of patients with: acute and chronic diabetic foot problems, pre and post operative amputations wounds and acute and chronic neuropathic, vascular foot/lower limb problems.


~ To lead in the planning of care packages jointly between hospital and community care providers.


~ To provide podiatry care including wound care for patients with musculoskeletal conditions.


~ To use clinical reasoning skill in the assessment, diagnoses and formulating treatment plans of patients with a variety of high risk foot problems and medical conditions.


~ To have the ability to cope with unpredictable work patterns as necessitated in acute wound care clinics


~ To take the clinical diabetes/high risk foot specialist role within the multidisciplinary diabetes foot team.


~ To provide diabetes/high risk foot care with the hospital outpatients and wards based on agreed referral criteria and ensuring patients are not put at risk.


~ To take direct referrals from GP community podiatry and community nursing in the hospital setting and providing rapid access and expert clinical advise and intervention based on agreed referral criteria.


~ To take internal hospital referrals from consultants/doctors, nurses and accident and emergency based on agreed criteria and ensuring patients at not put at risk.


~ To undertake specialist high risk work in a range of acute and community settings.


~ To gain informed consent to podiatry assessment and treatments.


~ To understand Local and National Guidelines in service delivery and development.


To be responsible for the day to day clinical provision of clinics in a range of settings.


~ To contribute to the development of the podiatry service (e.g. protocols guidelines).


~ To participate in departmental audits and governance initiatives and the implementation of standards, guidelines, policies and protocols.


~ To ensure compliance with Trust Health and Safety policies e.g. COSHH, Workplace Risk Assessment, Control of Infection, PCT Sharps Policy and Lone Worker Policy, reporting of incidents.


To plan and deliver education for a range of health care staff (podiatrists, practice nurses, other nursing staff, other care staff, other allied health professionals, medical staff, and other disciplines involved in the care of people with diabetes) with the aim of increasing the knowledge and skills of care staff and improving the standard of care delivered in Kingston NHS Foundation Trust


~ To train and provide mentorship and clinical supervision to other podiatrists, student and other health professionals in the management of foot problems.


~ To undertake other training and presentations relating to the scope of work.


~ To maintain mandatory training as required by the podiatry department and Trust.


~ To participate and undertake individual performance review.


~ To attend all mandatory training sessions as required by the Trust.


oDiploma/ BSC (hons) Podiatry


Additional podiatry qualifications


oExtensive post graduate experience in NHS Working with high risk diabetic feet podiatry


Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kingston Hospital

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