Podiatrist

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Hartford; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Podiatrist to join the community Podiatry Service. The role involves working primarily in locality podiatry teams with scope to support across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

You will operate from multiple sites and may have full- or part-time hours with compressed options. The role offers opportunities for specialism in MSK or Nail Surgery, career development, and mentoring of students and junior staff.

Qualifications

• Responsibilities cover assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of podiatric care across a wide patient group.
• Active involvement in nail surgery rota and MSK pathways where relevant.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate podiatric care across a varied patient group.
• Participate in the departmental rota for nail surgery as appropriate.
• Assess and identify risk factors, categorise patients into risk bands per service matrix.
• Plan day-to-day workloads for home visits and visits to elderly/residential settings.
• Provide foot health education to patients, relatives and carers; train primary and social care staff where applicable.
• Contribute to development of departmental policies, guidelines and protocols.
• Maintain stock and equipment securely and in compliance with procedures.
• Follow departmental policies and make clinical decisions within professional boundaries.
• Be flexible to cover colleagues in other local areas and undertake other duties as required.
• Travel around the county using own vehicle; hold a full UK driving licence and meet time deadlines.

Job description

We are currently looking to recruit a Podiatrist to join the CPFT Podiatry Service working in the community in Cambridgeshire. The successful applicant will work primarily in their locality podiatry team but will be required to support the service across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough when needed. We operate out of key sites in Oak Tree Centre/ Doddington Community Hospital/Princess of Wales Hospital/ North Cambs. Hospital/ Chesterton Medical Centre/ City Care Centre. There is scope for the position to be full or part-time alongside potential for compressed hours (e.g. full-time hours over 4 day weeks or 9 day fortnights). The post-holder will be competent across all core areas of Podiatry and have a strong team work ethic and sense of accountability. The successful candidate will work within the Podiatry team to support our core cohort of patients, with scope for specialist practice dependant on the individuals skillset. We are keen to support and develop our staff through a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust. Within the service there is ample opportunity for professional growth and development across the variety of specialisms we offer; from diabetic and high risk foot management, in both the community and acute settings, to assisting in our community-run Podiatric Surgery unit. Alongside this there is also opportunity to specialise within our MSK or Nail Surgery teams. There are opportunities to develop line management and mentoring skills through supporting of Podiatry students, our apprentice Podiatrists and Footcare Assistants. If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community then we want to hear from you. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives. Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development. To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities. All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period. Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.,

• To be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of podiatric care to a variety of patients with a wide range of clinical needs including, To complete all relevant internal competency development, including and not limited to; Nail Surgery, MSK, High Risk.
• To participate in the departmental rota for nail surgery as appropriate.
• Assessment and identification of risk factors, categorising patients into appropriate risk banding as defined by the service assessment matrix.
• To be responsible for the day-to-day planning of personal workloads for the completion of home visits and visits to residential homes for the elderly and care centres.
• To be actively involved in the provision of foot health education advice to patients, relatives and carers, to participate in foot health training where appropriate for Primary Care and Social Care staff.
• To be actively involved in the development of departmental policies, guidelines and protocols.
• To be responsible for the maintenance and security of stock and equipment as appropriate.
• To follow departmental policies, standard operating procedures and guidelines using discretion to make own clinical diagnosis and decisions within professional boundaries.
• To be able to treat patients who may be immobile, wheelchair or bed-bound as appropriate.
• To be flexible and provide cover for other Podiatrists at short notice or during periods of absence in other local areas and to undertake any other duties that may be required from time to time.
• To ensure all duties are carried out to the highest standard and in accordance with current quality initiatives within local areas.
• To maintain confidentiality in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
• To carry out all duties with regard to the Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy.
• To be responsible for the assessment and diagnosis of patients with subsequent production of individual treatment plan and be able to manage the day to day running of a busy clinic.
• DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA websitePlease note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.