Specialist Podiatrist

3 weeks ago


Retford, United Kingdom Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Podiatrist to join our team within the Bassetlaw area. (Covering clinical area Retford, Tuxford )

The hours available are-32 hours a week(0.8 WTE)

**Core service hours**: Monday - Friday 8.30 am - 4.30 pm

The role will include working across a variety of community and domiciliary settings, providing foot care management across varied clinical sites. You must have the ability, means and willingness to travel between multiple sites to carry out duties.

As a member of Nottinghamshire Podiatry Services you would have the opportunity to
- Work in a variety of clinical settings within the Nottinghamshire area, both domiciliary, clinical and hospital settings.
- Nottinghamshire provides quality care to patients on a needs-based service.
- As a member of the team you would be expected to provide assessment, diagnosis and implementation of individual treatment plans for patients, and discharge following a set criteria and an opportunity to be involved within nail surgery rotations.
- All applicants will have full and current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and hold a Degree or Diploma in Podiatric Medicine and a certificate for Local Anaesthesia.
- An annual appraisal and personal development plan.
- You will be provided with peer support, continued professional development and regular clinical supervision.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health services, community health services, forensic health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

To be part of a highly motivated team, yet working independently in both clinical and domiciliary settings, providing a high quality of clinical care.

To provide advanced assessment, and implement individualised care programmes for patients with a wide variety of clinical needs, including acute or chronic, neuropathies, chronic diseases, vascular problems, wound management, MSK and Nail Surgery.

The post holdermust have a specialist interest in high risk patientswith previous experience of managing complex patients with multiple complex clinical needs.

The post holder will work under the supervision of the clinical lead and other team members. Actively participating within specialist professional advisory groups and podiatry promotional events.

The post holder will be expected to plan and manage a caseload of high risk patients.

Instruct clients and carers, providing direction and guidance on a range of Podiatry interventions independently.

To assist colleagues with challenging clients or those with complex needs who require more than one person to treat.

To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with clients, relatives and carers. This will include clients who may have difficulties in understanding or with barriers to communication.

To provide administrative support to the Department duties e.g. maintaining stock levels and patient appointment bookings.

Participate in supervising newly qualified podiatrist and podiatry assistant and actively participate in their preceptorship.