Podiatry Apprentice

Are you caring, compassionate, motivated and interested in developing your career within the health service? Then this may be the opportunity for you Join us at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT).

Following successful completion of the programme, you will be awarded a degree-level equivalent qualification (level six) and can move into a role as a qualified Podiatrist.
The Podiatry Apprenticeship is a new route to ‘Learn while you Earn’ and combines 4 years of clinical employment, work based learning, and academic learning.

During the programme you will be an employee of Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust and a student at a Higher Education Institution (HEI).

During the apprenticeship you will develop skills and knowledge that will allow you to work in today’s dynamic and changing health and social care environment. Whilst you will be based in one specific team, your placements will allow you to experience a variety of learning environments. You will be working across both internal and external clinical placements to gain an appreciation of the different areas of the local healthcare service and in order to meet the Podiatry practice learning requirements.

You will be employed as a Podiatry Apprentice at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT).

The service is delivered in Community Clinics, Health Centres, GP surgeries, Acute and Community Hospital Sites, Prisons and patient’s own home. All staff are given the opportunity to get involved in a wide variety and scope of practice.

If you are looking for a challenging post and want to deliver the best podiatry care for your patients then this post will be ideal for you.

At the end of the four-year programme, you will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviours relevant to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), The standards of proficiency for chiropodists / podiatrists and will be a fully qualified Podiatrist.

As an employee of KCHFT you will demonstrate our values, and once you have completed all the requirements for registration as a qualified Podiatrist, you will become a Band 5 Podiatrist within the Trust.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values C ompassionate A spirational R esponsive E xcellent

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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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