Podiatrist - Band 5 Equivalent

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated HPCP registered Podiatrist to join their innovative Podiatry Service. This role offers the opportunity to work with a supportive team, managing a diverse caseload of patients with complex needs. You will be responsible for assessing and treating patients, creating individualized treatment plans, and potentially participating in nail surgery clinics. With a strong ethos of flexible working, excellent training opportunities, and a commitment to personal development, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in community healthcare.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Personal Development Opportunities

Cycle to Work Scheme

Death in Service Cover

27 Days Holiday

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Must be HPCP registered and have experience in treating diverse patients.
• Ability to create individualized treatment plans for patients.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients with complex needs at high risk of complications.
• Manage caseload and participate in nail surgery clinics.

Skills

HPCP Registration

Patient Assessment

Treatment Planning

Nail Surgery

Tools

IT Equipment

Job description

We are recruiting! We are looking for a HPCP registered Podiatrist to join our supportive and innovative team.

You will join our Podiatry Service, which is delivered by Suffolk GP Federation. We are a not-for-profit, community interest company and our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk, including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as Urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.

What we can offer you:

• A strong ethos of flexible working, issued with your own laptop to help us maintain (or reclaim) that work/life balance.
• Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard.
• A framework for support and development of staff.
• A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that gets it.
• Excellent IT teams & support giving us first-class equipment and no wait responses.
• A commitment to personal development, training, and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Death in service cover.
• Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking.
• 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays) on starting, rising to 29 days (plus bank holidays) after 5 years service.
• Blue light card employer access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street.

Main duties of the job

• You will assess and treat a diverse range of patients who may have complex needs and who are at high risk of lower limb complications.
• You will work with the team to manage a caseload and create individualised treatment plans for each patient.
• You will also have the opportunity to take part in nail surgery clinics.

About us

Suffolk GP Federation CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company. Our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.

Job responsibilities

We will work alongside the successful candidate to ensure they are sufficiently inducted and trained; there will be regular constructive supervision in place. It is important to us that you feel safe and supported in the role.

• You will need to be a HPCP registered Podiatrist.
• You will need to have regular access to transport in order to support all of the locations the service covers.

Person Specification

• HCPC Registration

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.

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Term time hours.