Podiatrist

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Tendring; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider is seeking a Podiatrist to deliver care in clinics and home visits. The role involves assessing patients, collaborating with healthcare teams, and empowering individuals for self-management. Candidates should be a registered podiatrist or in their final year of study. The position offers opportunities for professional development and benefits including a generous pension scheme and flexible working options.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Band 5 podiatrist or final year student due to register with HCPC.
• Ability to work in a team setting to provide podiatric care.
• Commitment to self-management and independence for patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, differential diagnosis and evaluate care plans.
• Collaborate with health and social care colleagues.
• Develop educational interventions and assist with care delivery.

Skills

Podiatric assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient empowerment

Care coordination

Health advice and training

Education

HCPC registration or final year student

Job description

Overview

The NEE Podiatry service provide care to patients from our clinics and on home visits. We support patients with a range of pathologies including diabetic, vascular, ingrowing nails, biomechanics and MSK issues.

Responsibilities

• To provide assessment, differential diagnosis, advice, training appropriate intervention and evaluation of planned care.
• Work with colleagues across health, social care, education, mental health and voluntary sector to ensure holistic and joined up delivery of care.
• Empower patients to make decisions about their own care and encourage them to exercise their rights and choices, signposting them to relevant community and voluntary services and supporting patients carers and assistants with management of risk.
• Work within an integrated team, carrying out single assessments, and contributing to the development and delivery of the integrated care plan.
• Develop programmes of intervention and education, weighing options and delegating aspects of care as appropriate.
• Implement aspects of the care plan, potentially acting as care coordinator and reviewing the plan on behalf of the integrated team.
• Support patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence.
• Provide support, training and advice to parents, clients and carers.
• Support the work of assistants, students and volunteers.

Requirements

• We are looking for a band 5 podiatrist or a final year student due to register with the HCPC this summer, to work as part of the team to provide podiatric input to patients with the aim of returning them to maximum independent living, within a stimulating environment actively promoting self-management on all activities of daily living.
• We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
• Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

Benefits and environment

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

About ESNEFT and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT\'s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT. We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients\' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.