Podiatrist

NHS; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

NTH is seeking a podiatrist to join our autonomous and innovative team, offering care across clinical, domiciliary, hospital, and care-home settings. You will apply clinical reasoning and reflective practice to assess, diagnose and plan treatment for patients with foot pathologies, including neuropathy and vascular issues.

Mentorship will support your progression through Band 5 competency requirements. You will perform nail surgery assessments and procedures, undertake biomechanical assessments

Qualifications

• Autonomous and innovative team environment
• Undertake and complete Band 5 competency programme with mentorship and supervision provided
• Provide comprehensive podiatry care across settings such as clinics, domiciliary, hospital and care homes

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and treat new and existing podiatric patients with a wide range of foot pathologies
• Develop and implement individualised care plans for patients
• Undertake nail surgery assessment and nail surgery procedures
• Perform basic biomechanical assessments for simple pathomechanical conditions
• Deliver general clinics and domiciliary visits and support care staff with care plans

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Critical thinking

Analysis

Reflection

Patient centred care

Team player

Mentorship and supervision

Education

Band 5 competency programme

Job description

Find out about the current vacancies available at the Trust and take the next step in your career with us.

To work as part of an autonomous and innovative team specialising in foot and lower limb pathologies

To use clinical reasoning, critical thinking, analysis and reflection to support assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning and to develop and implement individualised care programmes for patients with foot pathology and medical need. This will include patients with a wide range of clinical need, including neuropathy, chronic diseases, vascular impairment and wound management.

To provide general care in a range of locations including clinical, domiciliary, hospital, nursing homes and other external settings

To commit to a philosophy of patient centred care with emphasis on patient empowerment

To work as a highly motivated team member to achieve the best patient outcome

To undertake and complete the band 5 competency programme. Mentorship and supervision will be provided to support this

To undertake nail surgery assessment and surgery

To follow care plans written by band 6 podiatrists and elevate and refer on where deterioration in the patient’s foot health, e.g. provision of wound care for stable neuropathic patients

To undertake basic biomechanical assessment and management for patients presenting with simple pathomechanical conditions, e.g. heel pain

To provide generalised clinics and domiciliary visits. To develop care plans for healthcare assistants to follow and provide support for assistant staff

Main duties of the job

To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of new and existing patients with a wide range of podiatric problems including:

Systemic diseases

Vascular and neurological