Senior Podiatrist

Sirona-Care-; Bristol; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Job summary

Sirona care & health in Bristol is seeking an experienced Podiatrist to join a supportive NHS team across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. You will deliver autonomous, evidence-based podiatry care in community settings and homes, with opportunities for clinical supervision and professional development.

The role involves high-risk caseload management, nail surgery rotations and involvement in MDT clinics, with Agenda for Change salary and full NHS benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a high-risk caseload and varied workload.
• HCPC registered podiatrist with evidence of post-graduate development.
• Ability to deliver treatment plans and educate patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-standard podiatric care to maintain tissue viability and independence for high-risk patients.
• Prioritise and supervise own workload as a senior practitioner.
• Mentor junior staff, students and apprentices.
• Organise clinics and domiciliary sessions; triage referrals and manage pathways.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary care with coordinated patient management.

Skills

High risk caseload

Communication skills

Assessment & planning

Doppler tests

Work under pressure

Health education

Clinical governance

NHS experience

Training others

Education

Degree/Diploma in Podiatric Medicine

HCPC registration

Certificate of Local Anaesthesia

Job description

Job overview

Are you a Podiatrist ready for a new challenge?
Do you want to live in the thriving multi-cultural Southwest with easy access to the countryside, city, and sea?
If so, we are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Podiatrists to come and join our team.

This post may be eligible for an up to £8k relocation package!
Please check with us if you'd like to discuss the T&Cs

You will be joining a motivated, supportive, and friendly team who work across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, with a proven track record of internal career promotion to senior roles.
The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic and the ability to work under pressure as an individual and as part of the wider team.

You will work as an autonomous practitioner using evidence-based practice to formulate and deliver individualised treatment plans for patients in community clinical and secondary outpatient settings as wells as in people’s homes.

You will apply appropriate clinical reasoning to manage a varied caseload consisting of high risk, diabetes, wound care and biomechanics patients.
You will work alongside experienced podiatrists and be encouraged in your professional development, having access to regular 1:1’s and clinical supervision.
You will participate in rotations for nail surgery, specialist diabetes foot care MDT clinics, and biomechanics.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a high standard of podiatric care to maintain tissue viability, mobility, and independence for high-risk patients or those who have an acute infection.
  This will be delivered through assessment, diagnosis, and development of care plans, including specialist care plans for patients with specialist care needs such as acute and chronic neuropathies, vascular, neurological, tissue viability and wound care management, diabetes, musculoskeletal and rheumatological problems
• To be responsible, as a senior practitioner, for prioritising/supervising own workload
• To be responsible for supporting/mentoring junior staff/ students/apprentices
• Organise and forward planning the day to day running of your podiatry clinics, domiciliary sessions, assessing new patients, and being a point of contact for any issues or problems arising with the Podiatry Service (clinical/admin)
• To be responsible for triaging of referrals and re-directing, where appropriate, following relevant pathways
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary care by discussing own and others input around patient’s needs, ensuring a well-co-ordinated care plan, agreeing shared decision making on individual patient management

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth?

Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

podImportant Information:

• Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
  
• This is a rolling advert and so please apply at your earliest convenience.
  
• If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
• Degree/Diploma in Podiatric Medicine and HCPC registration
• Certificate of Local Anaesthesia
• Evidence of specialised post graduate development

Skills and Experience

• Experience of managing a high risk caseload and varied workload
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to assess, formulate and implement treatment plans
• Experience of using Dopplers and undertaking neurological tests
• Ability to work under pressure and respond to change
• Ability to provide health education
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Experience of working within the NHS
• Experience of delivering training to other health professionals and service users

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Samantha Draper Job title Clinical and Operational Lead for Podiatry Email address [e-mail]