Band 7 Podiatrist

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 270136**Salary**:

- £41,659 - £47,672- Per Annum (pro rata for part time)**Job grade**:

- Other- AFC Band 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Strategic Command - Defence Medical Services (DMS)**Type of role**:

- Medical**Working pattern**:

- Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 8HBAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Here at Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC), we are an inclusive and dedicated organisation working to provide excellent care to our entitled personnel

We are looking for a friendly and well organised Band 7 Podiatrist to join our team at RAF Cranwell.

This Part Time position offers 28.5 hours per week.

**Job description**:
We seek to return those Service personnel who become injured, to operational levels of fitness as soon as possible the fitter quicker principle.

We require the successful post holder to deliver Musculoskeletal focused podiatry for a wide variety of conditions as well as being involved in the continuous evaluation and improvement of the service.

**Person specification**:
The main duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

- Having professional and legal accountability to the Professional Body responsible for the registration of Podiatrists Standards of Practice, Health Professions Council Standards of Proficiency, Conduct, Performance and Ethics, MOD local policies and tort law in all aspects of practice.
- Formulating, developing and delivering a highly unique individualised treatment programme based upon evidence-based practice; podiatry-based assessment and appropriate clinical reasoning. In liaison with the clinical specialist team.
- Performing highly skilled and specialised podiatry assessment and treatment including the provision of MOD approved orthotic appliances to patients referred the RRU. To use clinical reasoning skills to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis. To appropriately use highly specialist equipment.

For full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role please see the attached Job Description document.

**Qualifications**:

- Professional knowledge through degree supplemented by post grad specialist training.
- Experience, knowledge and expertise in specialist field of clinical biomechanics to Masters level or equivalent.

**Memberships**:

- Member of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists and/or State Registered Podiatrist (HCPC).**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- NHS Core - NHSC1 - Communication
- NHS Core - NHSC2 - Personal & People Development
- NHS Core - NHSC4 - Service Improvement
- NHS Core - NHSC5 - Quality
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB6 - Assessment & Treatment Planning
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB7 - Interventions & Treatment
- NHS Health & Wellbeing - HWB9 - Equipment & Devices

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme.

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the NHS Technical Skills listed above.

Essential Criteria include:

- Professional knowledge through degree supplemented by post grad specialist training.
- Experience, knowledge and expertise in specialist field of clinical biomechanics to Masters level or equivalent.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Failure to provide evidence of your immunity may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. For more information copy and paste the following in to your browser or search gov.uk: Making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for thi