Advanced Specialist Podiatrist in MSK

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 58,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Support towards MSc in Advanced Pract.

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking an advanced specialist podiatrist to independently manage a complex MSK caseload and provide expert biomechanical assessment and orthotic prescription. This part-time post includes teaching and service development with support towards an MSc in Advanced Practice Podiatry.

You will contribute to multidisciplinary MSK clinics, supervise colleagues, and lead quality improvement, audits and policy development within podiatry.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in podiatry required.
• Postgraduate qualifications to Masters level or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage a highly specialist MSK caseload, assessing and treating complex lower limb conditions independently.
• Give expert biomechanical advice to patients, carers, podiatry colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
• Carry out advanced biomechanical assessments and plan treatment, including orthotic prescription and other specialist interventions.
• Work autonomously and within multidisciplinary teams to manage patient pathways.
• Lead the podiatry contribution to multidisciplinary MSK clinics, giving specialist findings to inform diagnosis and treatment.
• Support service development through pathway design, service improvement and outcome evaluation.
• Supervise, mentor and support podiatrists, students and other healthcare professionals.
• Deliver education and training, and act as clinical mentor for specialist staff.
• Lead and contribute to audit, research and quality improvement, presenting findings where appropriate.
• Contribute to service policies, clinical governance and professional leadership in the podiatry service.
• Maintain professional accountability and ensure practice meets HCPC, professional body and Trust standards.
• Provide MSK input to the community podiatry team's prevention strategy.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Resilience

Caseload management

Evidence-based practice

Education

Degree or diploma in podiatry

Masters level/postgraduate qualification

Job description

This advanced specialist podiatry post sits within the MSK podiatry service at Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. The role centres on independently managing a complex lower limb caseload, including advanced biomechanical assessment and orthotic prescription. It is a part-time post that also covers teaching and service development, with support towards an MSc in Advanced Practice Podiatry. Visa sponsorship is not available, so applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

What the job involves

• Manage a highly specialist MSK caseload, assessing and treating complex lower limb conditions independently
• Give expert biomechanical advice to patients, carers, podiatry colleagues and other healthcare professionals
• Carry out advanced biomechanical assessments and plan treatment, including orthotic prescription and other specialist interventions
• Work autonomously and within multidisciplinary teams to manage patient pathways
• Lead the podiatry contribution to multidisciplinary MSK clinics, giving specialist findings to inform diagnosis and treatment
• Support service development through pathway design, service improvement and outcome evaluation
• Supervise, mentor and support podiatrists, students and other healthcare professionals
• Deliver education and training, and act as clinical mentor for specialist staff
• Lead and contribute to audit, research and quality improvement, presenting findings where appropriate
• Contribute to service policies, clinical governance and professional leadership in the podiatry service
• Maintain professional accountability and ensure practice meets HCPC, professional body and Trust standards
• Provide MSK input to the community podiatry team's prevention strategy

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in podiatry
• Postgraduate qualifications to Masters level or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration in podiatry
• Local analgesia administration certificate
• Prescription only medicines qualification

Experience

• Significant NHS MSK podiatry experience
• Postgraduate experience
• Advanced clinical experience in managing biomechanical, peripheral vascular and rheumatological pathology
• Knowledge and experience of minor surgical procedures, advanced biomechanical examinations and advanced orthotic prescription
• Teaching or training of colleagues, students, healthcare professionals, patients and public

Skills & knowledge

• Working as part of a team, developing and challenging others
• Clear verbal and written communication with staff at all levels and with patients of varied understanding
• Coping with stressful situations such as bereavement, verbal abuse, busy clinics and anxious patients
• Organising own work, managing a caseload autonomously and running MSK clinics
• Evidence-based practice and awareness of the latest clinical developments and research

What’s offered

• Support towards an MSc in Advanced Practice Podiatry
• Support to develop advanced practice capabilities within an established service