Lower Limb Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust invites applications for a 12-month fixed-term clinical post in the community podiatry service, with duties at Furness General Hospital. The role focuses on triaging, assessing, and delivering interventions for complex lower limb conditions, and involves training colleagues while contributing to service improvements.

The post emphasises wound care, debridement, offloading, and arterial assessment skills, and requires HCPC registration as a

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Podiatry or Nursing is required.
• Post-basic qualification in a specialist area.
• HCPC registration as a podiatrist or NMC registration as a nurse is required.
• Experience in caring for patients with lower limb conditions.
• Clinical competence in the specialty is expected.

Responsibilities

• Triage and assess complex health and well-being needs within the defined scope.
• Implement and adapt complex care/interventions for patients.
• Deliver evidence-based clinical pathways and ensure timely care.
• Care for high-risk lower limbs in community Podiatry and in Furness General Hospital settings.
• Manage patients with complex limb and life-threatening needs.
• Educate and train colleagues; contribute to service innovations.

Skills

Clinical skills

Clinical governance

Communication

Independent working

Organisation

Education

BSc (Hons) Podiatry or Nursing

Post-basic qualification in specialist area

Job description

A 12-month fixed-term clinical post in the community Podiatry service at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, with work at Furness General Hospital too. The post holder triages and assesses complex lower limb patients, makes diagnoses and delivers interventions, and trains colleagues while contributing to service changes. Work centres on high-risk limbs, with scope to build wound care, debridement, offloading and arterial assessment skills; podiatrists and nurses are both eligible. A departmental visit before interview is encouraged.

What the job involves

• Triage, clinical assessment and diagnosis of complex health and well-being needs within a defined sphere of practice
• Implement, evaluate and modify complex care and interventions developed to meet patients' needs
• Deliver a high quality, accessible and timely evidence-based clinical pathway for patients
• Provide care for high-risk lower limbs in community Podiatry and in outpatient and inpatient settings at Furness General Hospital
• Manage patients with complex limb and life-threatening needs
• Contribute to developing and implementing service innovations within own portfolio
• Educate and train colleagues
• Support the community Podiatry team

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Podiatry or Nursing
• Post-basic qualification in a specialist area

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration as a podiatrist, or NMC registration as a nurse

Experience

• Relevant post-basic qualification experience
• Current knowledge and experience of caring for patients with lower limb conditions
• Evidence of clinical competence in the specialty

Skills & knowledge

• Demonstrable clinical skills within the specialist area
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its application
• Excellent communication
• Able to work independently and confidently
• Well-developed organisational skills

Nice to have

• Master's module
• Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary clinical team
• Up-to-date knowledge of developments in the area of care

What’s offered

• Opportunity to develop wound care, debridement, offloading and arterial assessment skills