Podiatry Assistant

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
An exciting opportunity to be part of the podiatry team based at The Royal Oldham Hospital.The post holder will assist podiatrists on outpatient clinics in the Diabetes Centre and support the team on the wards.

The post holder will communicate and work closely with multidiscipliniary teams in acute and community settings.

**Achievement of national Care Certificate / L2 Health related vocational qualification, or willingness to work towards is required for this role.**

**Main duties of the job**:

- To carry out screening of patients with diabetes (training available on site)
- Provide foot care advice to patients
- Prepare clinic environment following infection control protocols
- Support the podiatrists in manufacturing offloading devices

**Working for our organisation**:
Oldham Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. The place where the world’s first IVF baby was delivered, Oldham is a town of pioneering firsts. Today, Oldham is responsible for delivering a range of acute and community health services across the local area and at The Royal Oldham Hospital. As a designated major trauma unit for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and provides state-of-the-art onsite pathology services to the North West.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Education /qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Achievement of national Care Certificate, or willingness to work towards

**Desirable criteria**:

- Knowledge of podiatric conditions and procedures through training experience to NVQ3 or equivalent

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Previous experience in a patient-focused setting

**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of work in an NHS team
- Podiatry Assistant experience or willingness to train

**Knowledge Skills and Experience**:
**Desirable criteria**:

- Knowledge of customer care
- Knowledge wound care
- Good IT skills
- Good communication skills and can liaise well with range of people and colleagues
- Good time management and organisational skills
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

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