Podiatry Caseload Holder

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an enthusiastic HCPC registered Band 6 Podiatrist to join our Community Podiatry Team covering the West Lancashire patch on a 9 month fixed-term basis. You will assess and treat patients in clinic and in their own homes, supporting high-quality, person-centred care closer to home.

This role suits a podiatrist with post-registration experience, capable of working independently or with a multidisciplinary team, and committed to continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Post-registration podiatry experience.
• Ability to work independently and in a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to high standards of clinical care.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan and deliver podiatry treatment for a range of needs.
• Provide care in clinics and patients' homes, including wound management.
• Manage a defined caseload, with autonomous decision-making.
• Collaborate with colleagues and wider stakeholders to ensure continuity of care.
• Participate in service quality and improvement activities.

Skills

Podiatry

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced HCPC registered Band 6 Podiatrist to join our friendly Community Podiatry Team covering the West Lancashire patch on a 9 month Fixed term basis within Mersycare. This is an exciting opportunity to work across a range of community clinic locations helping us deliver high-quality, person-centred care closer to home.

You will work with patients in clinic settings and in their own homes, including nursing and residential homes, providing assessment, treatment and ongoing management for people with a wide range of podiatric needs. The role offers the chance to build strong multidisciplinary relationships across neighbourhood services and make a visible difference to the health and wellbeing of the local population.

This post is ideally suited to a podiatrist with post-registration experience who is confident working both independently and as part of a supportive team, and who is committed to delivering high standards of clinical care.

You will assess, diagnose, plan and deliver treatment for patients with a range of complex needs, including people living with long-term conditions and those requiring wound management. We are therefore looking for someone with strong clinical reasoning, excellent communication skills and a compassionate, proactive approach to care. In return, you will join a service that values professional development, collaborative working and continuous improvement.

The post holder will manage a defined caseload and take responsibility for the assessment, planning, delivery and review of care for patients with acute and chronic complex podiatry needs. You will work autonomously, using evidence-based clinical decision-making to provide proactive, responsive care that supports both anticipatory and ongoing maintenance needs. The role involves building effective communication with patients, carers, colleagues and wider stakeholders to ensure continuity of care, identifying and managing risk within agreed guidelines, and contributing to service quality, audit and improvement within the team.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families and carers to design and develop future services together. We are continually transforming and improving our services so that we can provide high-quality care in the most effective and sustainable way.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Timothy Caslake Job title: podiatry Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07726337667