Podiatrist - Band 6

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community podiatry team in London, where you can advance your career in a supportive environment. This dynamic role involves treating diverse patient groups, providing specialized care, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. You'll gain hands-on experience in various podiatry areas, including wound care and MSK conditions, while enjoying opportunities for career progression. With a commitment to client empowerment and service improvement, this position offers a rewarding experience in one of the UK's top NHS Trusts, making a real difference in community health.

Benefits

Clinical Supervision

Mentoring

Ongoing CPD

Career Progression

Mobile Tech Support

Pool Cars for Home Visits

Qualifications

• Experience treating high-risk caseloads and assessing patients' medical status.
• Broad clinical experience in general podiatry and minor surgery techniques.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for complex assessment and treatment of various podiatric conditions.
• Work independently in community health centers and patients' homes.

Skills

Autonomous Work

Excellent Communication Skills

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Clinical Audit Skills

Minor Surgery Techniques

Driving License

Education

Degree or Diploma in Podiatry

Tools

Gait Analysis Systems

Doppler Ultrasound

Job description

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Join Our Leading Community Podiatry Team - Band 6 Roles Available

Ready to advance your podiatry career? Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting full-time Band 6 Podiatrists to expand our Community Foot Health team.

Working across the vibrant London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, you'll be part of a friendly, innovative team of nearly 30 podiatrists delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in clinics, hospitals, and patients' homes.

What we offer:

Diverse practice: Gain hands-on experience in a broad scope of podiatry, including wound care, MSK, nail surgery, and specialist rotations in hospital settings.

Home visits (2 days/week) with pool cars and mobile tech for support

Clinical supervision, mentoring & ongoing CPD

Career progression within one of the UK's top NHS Trusts

We seek adaptable, motivated podiatrists with post-grad experience (or equivalent) eager to make a difference in a community setting.

This is a varied, rewarding role with opportunities for growth within a supportive team.

Apply now and take the next step in your podiatry journey.

Main duties of the job

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

To assess, diagnose, implement, and develop individualized assessment and treatment programs for patients with a focus on medical needs, across various settings including clinical, domiciliary, hospital, and external locations, with a holistic and multidisciplinary approach.

To uphold a philosophy of care emphasizing client empowerment and self-care.

To collaborate effectively within the podiatry and multidisciplinary teams and with external organizations to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

About us

We are a large community-based service comprising thirty podiatrists and two podiatry assistants working across the central London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. Our team is diverse and friendly, working closely with hospital-based teams at Guy's and St Thomas'. The hospital sites offer multidisciplinary wound care, musculoskeletal services, and podiatric surgery.

We hold regular education sessions to enhance our collective knowledge and quarterly meetings with hospital teams.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties

Responsible for the complex assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with various podiatric conditions, including diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, musculoskeletal, vascular, neurological disorders, systemic diseases, and more. You will treat diverse patient groups, including those with special needs, housebound individuals, children, the elderly, and those from different cultural backgrounds, sometimes with communication barriers.

Demonstrate sound clinical expertise, stay informed of current best practices, and contribute to developing evidence-based guidelines.

Provide, organize, and evaluate specialized podiatric care plans, referring to other specialists as needed, and facilitating safe discharges.

Undertake specialist diabetic foot assessments, management, and education, including working with challenging groups and managing foot ulcers.

Participate in departmental rotations, including Nail surgery, MSK, and acute rotations at hospital sites.

Work independently in various settings such as community health centers, residential and nursing homes, and patients' homes, including working with socially deprived populations.

Perform highly skilled procedures, including local anesthesia and minor surgeries, managing anaphylactic shocks if necessary.

Manage patient caseloads, maintain accurate records, and ensure compliance with trust policies.

Contribute to service development, audits, and health promotion activities, including foot health education and the use of specialist equipment like gait analysis systems and Doppler ultrasound.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience treating high-risk caseloads
• Assessing patients' medical, neurological, and vascular status
• Domiciliary work experience
• Broad clinical experience in general podiatry
• Experience in MDT diabetic foot clinics
• Treating MSK conditions
• Minor surgery techniques

Skills

• Ability to work autonomously and in teams
• Excellent communication skills
• Commitment to service improvement
• Interdisciplinary collaboration skills
• Supervisory and training skills
• Clinical audit skills
• Degree or diploma in Podiatry
• HCPC registration
• Driving license

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A DBS check will be required to screen for any criminal convictions.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust