Band 7 Specialist Wound Care Podiatrist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Hampstead; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Training and career development

Generous benefits

Job summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Specialist Wound Care Podiatrist to assess and manage complex foot wounds associated with diabetes, vascular disease and infection. The role includes teaching and supervising junior staff and students, plus contributing to audits and service development.

The post requires HCPC registration, significant wound-care experience, and strong MDT collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• BSc in Podiatric Medicine or a diploma if qualified before 1992
• Certificate in local anaesthesia, plus evidence of post-graduate continuing development
• HCPC registration
• Band 6+ in an acute hospital with high-risk caseload
• Multidisciplinary and interagency working
• Supervising junior staff and students, clinical education and MDT teaching
• Clinical audit, standard-setting and contributing to change and service development
• Core podiatry skills, acute foot conditions and wound management
• Knowledge of NICE and NSF diabetes guidelines
• Time management, organisation and multi-tasking
• Interpersonal skills and negotiation
• Good IT skills

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage complex foot wounds within diabetes, vascular disease and infection contexts
• Collaborate with vascular, diabetes and infectious diseases services for integrated care
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior podiatry staff and students
• Support development of clinical practice within the podiatry team
• Participate in audits, service development and quality improvement
• Take responsibility for policy, financial and physical resources
• Lead and manage information resources
• Engage in research and development

Skills

Podiatry skills

Wound care

Clinical education

Time management

IT skills

Education

BSc in Podiatric Medicine

Diploma (pre-1992)

Job description

This Band 7 specialist wound care podiatrist post sits in the podiatry team at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on assessing and managing complex foot wounds linked to diabetes, vascular disease and infection, alongside vascular, diabetes and infectious diseases services. The post also includes teaching and supervising junior staff and students, plus audit and service development. HCPC registration and significant wound-care experience are required.

What the job involves

• Assess and manage complex foot wounds, including those linked to diabetes, vascular disease and infection
• Work with vascular, diabetes and infectious diseases services as part of integrated patient care
• Provide guidance, education and mentorship to junior podiatry staff and students
• Support the development of clinical practice within the podiatry team
• Take part in audit, service development and quality improvement initiatives
• Responsibility for policy and service development
• Responsibility for financial and physical resources
• Responsibility for leading and managing
• Responsibility for information resources
• Responsibility for research and development

What's required

Qualifications

• BSc in Podiatric Medicine, or a diploma if qualified before 1992
• Certificate in local anaesthesia, plus evidence of post-graduate continuing development

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Band 6 or above in an acute hospital with a high-risk caseload, including at-risk and high-risk foot and neurovascular patients
• Acute and chronic at-risk wound care management
• Multidisciplinary and interagency working
• Supervising junior staff and students, clinical education and MDT teaching
• Clinical audit, standard-setting and contributing to change and service development

Skills & knowledge

• Core podiatry skills, acute foot conditions and wound management
• Intricate work with diagnostic tools and surgical instruments, including debridement and nail surgery
• Knowledge of NICE and NSF diabetes guidelines, and recent developments in podiatry
• Time management, organisation and multi-tasking in an unpredictable working pattern
• Calm, objective handling of stressful situations, with a positive attitude to change
• Competent IT skills: internet, email and word processing

Other

• Interpersonal skills, assertiveness and negotiation, working independently and in a team, and acting on unacceptable behaviour
• Physically fit for manual handling; meets Trust shared commitments and policies

Nice to have

• Evidence of study or intention to study to masters level
• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
• Evidence of presenting own research or project work
• Good presentation skills

What's offered

• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous benefits
• Training and career development