Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is looking for a highly specialized Podiatrist to manage diabetic foot care and treat complex high-risk patients. The role requires extensive knowledge and clinical skills in diabetic management, as well as the ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include assessing and treating patients, leading care planning, and providing responsive specialist care for emergency referrals. This position offers opportunities for career development within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Must have extensive knowledge and clinical experience in diabetic foot care.
• Ability to manage and treat complex high risk patients autonomously.
• Strong skills in foot and lower limb assessment and treatment.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients with complex diabetic foot problems.
• Lead in care planning between hospital and community providers.
• Provide responsive specialist care for emergency referrals.

Skills

Specialized clinical skills in diabetes management

Precision hand/eye coordination

Biomechanical assessment knowledge

Effective communication with multidisciplinary teams

Education

Degree in Podiatry

Tools

Wound management and dressing techniques

Job description

About the role

If you looking to improve your skills with the Management of the "At risk" or "Diabetic foot" alongside a team of Non-medical prescribers, then join the Hillingdon Podiatry team. This post requires a person who is highly specialised and has extensive knowledge, clinical skills and relevant experience in the field of Diabetes, providing a comprehensive care for patients with complex high risk foot problems. Providing education to health care staff and patients on management of diabetes and diabetic foot care.

The person will provide specialist footcare for patients with complex high risk foot problems, including diabetes patients with acute and chronic foot wounds, active Osteomyelitis and Charcot Foot neuroarthropathy, patients with neuropathic and vascular complications, patients with foot complications who are immunosuppressed and patients who have poor tissue viability.

The post holder will be clinically responsible for treatment of the high risk caseload working autonomously as well as work as part of the multidisciplinary team; including in reach into secondary care with Diabetologists, Vascular and Orthopaedic Surgeons, Microbiology, Radiology, Orthotics and Plaster room team.

The post requires accepting emergency referrals from GPs, community podiatrists, and other health professionals and will provide responsive specialist care.

Responsibilities

1. Work in accordance with College of Podiatry and Health and Care Professions Council Code of Professional Conduct including scope of professional practice.
2. Assess, manage and treat high risk complex caseload consisting of patients with: acute and chronic diabetic foot problems, pre and post operative amputations wounds and acute and chronic neuropathic, vascular foot/lower limb problems.
3. Lead in the planning of care packages jointly between hospital and community care providers.
4. Provide podiatry care including wound care for patients with musculoskeletal conditions.
5. Undertake biomechanical assessment, gait analysis and orthotic provision and advice for patients with a range of underlying MSK/biomechanical conditions.
6. Use clinical reasoning skill in the assessment, diagnoses and formulating treatment plans of patients with a variety of high risk foot problems and medical conditions.
7. Have the ability to cope with unpredictable work patterns as necessitated in acute wound care clinics.
8. Have highly developed physical skills, precision hand/eye co-ordination which involves highly skilled debridement techniques of acute/chronic, neuropathic and ischaemic wounds, often for prolonged periods.
9. Develop and contribute to the care and management of complex wounds and lower limb complications.
10. Apply and practice principles of wound management.
11. Have advanced knowledge of dressing and their modes of action and appropriate indications of their use in wound care.
12. Have a good working knowledge of biomechanics and its role for wound care and basic musculoskeletal problems.
13. Recognise the need, undertake and understand the result of investigations such as microbiology, x-ray, and scans and respond appropriately.
14. Take the clinical diabetes/high risk foot specialist role within the multidisciplinary diabetes foot team.
15. Promote multidisciplinary team working.
16. Provide diabetes/high risk foot care with the hospital outpatients and wards based on agreed referral criteria and ensuring patients are not put at risk.
17. Take direct referrals from GP; community podiatry and community nursing in the hospital setting and providing rapid access and expert clinical advice and intervention based on agreed referral criteria.
18. Take internal hospital referrals from consultants/doctors, nurses and accident and emergency based on agreed criteria and ensuring patients at not put at risk.
19. Undertake specialist high risk work in a range of acute and community settings.
20. Undertake nail surgery.

About CNWL

There's a place for you at CNWL.

We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

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