Band 5 / 6 Podiatrist (Depending on experience)

NHS Jobs; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham is seeking a Band 5/6 Podiatrist (depending on experience) to deliver patient-centred podiatry care across a variety of settings. The role involves autonomous practice, home visits and clinics, with emphasis on safe, evidence-based treatment and patient engagement.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, contribute to service development, and manage clinical risk in line with best practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous podiatry care across clinics, home visits and health centres.
• Apply best-practice treatment methods with informed consent and clear documentation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective patient care.
• Assist in service development and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

Job description

Band 5 / 6 Podiatrist (Depending on experience)

Clinical Responsibilities Ensure all treatment methodologies are negotiated and consented and can be justified, and recorded using recognised best practice or demonstratable rationale and evidence base. Demonstrate empathy to ensure patient care is at the heart of clinical practice and goal setting even where language, cultural, sensory, illness and disability barriers make this process more complex. Using motivational and empowerment skills to enter partnerships of care and achieve goals with patients. Negotiating with patients regarding transfer of their care to other professionals, carers or family. Overcoming barriers to communication, breaking bad news and dealing with sensitive information Provide accurate and timely statistical information and data collection. Provide treatment at a variety of sites as a lone worker including patients homes, health centres, GP surgeries, hospitals. Attend and contribute to staff meetings, study days and service development processes Maintain effective communications with other colleagues and health care professionals to ensure clinics run smoothly. Frequently cramped conditions including at the bedside. Working in clinical environment requiring patient moving and handling skills and wheel chair transfers or working from floor where transfer not safe. Moving equipment and stock deliveries Frequent exposure to risks associated with viral and bacterial infections associated with body fluids, open wounds and contaminated equipment and COSHH regulated chemicals e.g. phenol with noxious fumes. Isolated and autonomous working e.g. Domiciliary visiting providing unique risks for the lone worker undertaking clinical procedures with people who are housebound Occasional exposure to distressing circumstances such as family bereavement, terminal illness and amputation. Frequent involvement with patients who have had their quality of life affected by pain, ulceration and loss of mobility. To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager.

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust

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