Podiatrist - Band 5

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in London is seeking a Podiatrist to provide comprehensive care across various community sites. The role involves clinical rotations, patient assessments, and managing domiciliary care. Applicants should have relevant qualifications and demonstrate strong communication and organizational skills. This position offers flexible working hours and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

NHS staff discounts

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
• BSc or Diploma in Podiatry is essential.
• Must have a Certificate in Local Analgesia.

Responsibilities

• Involve in clinical rotations including nail surgery and biomechanics.
• Conduct new patient assessments and diabetic foot reviews.
• Manage domiciliary visits for housebound patients.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Knowledge of diagnostic equipment

Broad Spectrum Clinical Experience

Supporting junior staff/students

Education

Registration with HPC

BSc or Diploma Equivalent in Podiatry

Certificate in Local Analgesia

Job description

Whittington Health is an innovative organisation which delivers high quality health care for patients at the Whittington hospital and across the London Boroughs of Haringey and Islington. Whittington Health is situated in a vibrant and exciting area of London with a socially and culturally diverse population; such diversity ensures that the delivery of excellent health care is always both challenging and rewarding. Both boroughs have excellent public transport links and are highly accessible.

We are a supportive and innovative Podiatry service providing a comprehensive range of treatment specialities in both community and acute settings (e.g., Ulcers, Nail Surgery, Biomechanics, Diabetes). We are actively committed to staff development and have a strong clinical rotation programme. We will be actively supporting your development in this post and there is scope to progress to Band 6 roles if competencies are met.

Newly qualified Podiatrists will join the Trust's Preceptorship Programme.

To hear from some of our staff about why you should come and work with us please follow this link: https://vimeo.com/585737658

Please refer to our website for details on employee benefits which include flexible working opportunities, NHS staff discounts discounted theatre tickets as well as discounted gym membership: https://whittnet.whittington.nhs.uk/default.asp?c=27382

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

To hear from some of our staff about why you should come and work with us please follow this link: https://vimeo.com/585737658

Please refer to our website for details on employee benefits which include flexible working opportunities, NHS staff discounts discounted theatre tickets as well as discounted gym membership: https://whittnet.whittington.nhs.uk/default.asp?c=27382

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for full details :

You will have an opportunity to be involved in clinical rotations (nail surgery/Biomechanics/ulcer clinics) as well as a preceptorship programme for your development in this role. You will be working at sites in Islington and Haringey based on service needs. Your clinical caseloads will include new patient assessments, diabetic foot reviews, conservative podiatry care for both high and low risk patients and domiciliary visits for housebound patients.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registration with HPC
• BSc or Diploma Equivalent in Podiatry
• Certificate in Local Analgesia

Skills & Abilities

• Able to work as part of a team
• Good verbal and written communication skills demonstrating accuracy for both literacy and numeracy
• Good organisational skills demonstrating ability to independently manage domiciliary caseload
• Demonstrable knowledge of ability to interpret and evaluate complex results using diagnostic equipment such as dopplers and monofilaments.
• Broad Spectrum Clinical Experience
• Experience supporting junior staff/students

Knowledge & Experience

• Evidence of participating in CPD
• Domiciliary / new patient assessments
• Experience of managing caseloads of at risk patients
• Adequate pre-registration/band 5 knowledge/experience of routine podiatry pathology and treatments
• Experience of health promotion work

Motivation

• Applicants will not be shortlisted if they do not give clear reason for applying to the Whittington Health NHS Trust

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Various Community Sites / Holloway Community Health Centre

£37,259 to £45,356 a yearPer annum (pro rata) including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours,Annualised hours

Reference number

220-WHT-3250-A

Job locations

Various Community Sites / Holloway Community Health Centre