Bank Podiatrist Band 6

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Eltham; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in London is seeking HCPC registered podiatrists to join our community podiatry bank across Greenwich and Bexley. You will assess, diagnose and treat high-risk patients in clinics, at clients' homes and in care homes, providing wound dressings, nail and soft tissue care, and foot care as required.

You will work autonomously within a skilled team, travel between sites, and maintain up-to-date CPD as part of a commitment to high-quality clinical care and excellent

Qualifications

• HCPC registered podiatrist.
• Experience in community NHS settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and treat high-risk patients in community clinics, homes and care homes.
• Provide wound dressings, scalpel debridement of nail & soft tissue, and foot care.
• Plan and manage own caseload with autonomous work within a skilled team.

Skills

Podiatry

Job description

We are looking for HCPC registered Podiatrists to join our community podiatry teams to work on bank. We have clinics based across the boroughs of Greenwich and Bexley. The role will include assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of high-risk patients. The postholder will be expected to provide a full range of podiatry treatments to clients in community clinics, client's home, and care homes. This will include wound dressings, scalpel debridement of nail & soft tissue pathology & care of foot problems resulting from neglect & lack of self-care.

We are looking to recruit podiatrists for our community podiatry teams to work on a bank basis.

The postholder will be part of a highly skilled and motivated team working autonomously but with support of senior clinicians. You will be working in a community setting providing a high standards of quality clinical care and excellent customer service. The clinician must have one year of clinical experience post graduation with a proven record of clinical competencies and ongoing CPD.

You will assess, diagnose, develop, and implement personalised care plans for patients with a wide variety of complex clinical needs. You will be expected to plan and manage your own case load, be punctual and reliable. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required for this role. The community teams provide specialist care in Diabetes and Wound Care, MSK, Podiatric Surgery and nail surgery. You will be expected to travel across Greenwich and Bexley to work including home visits. Therefore it is essential that you are a care driver/ owner.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care