Specialist Musculoskeletal Podiatrist

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC; Burgh St. Peter; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC is recruiting a Band 7 Podiatrist to join the Musculoskeletal (MSK) team covering the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. You will manage a caseload of patients with complex MSK presentations, develop individualised care plans and deliver bespoke orthoses and exercise programmes.

You will work with MSK physiotherapists and clinicians to develop the service in line with evidence-based practice, contributing to high-quality assessment, diagnosis and patient-centred

Responsibilities

• Carry and be responsible for own caseload of patients with complex musculoskeletal presentations, including assessment, diagnosis, and development of individualised care programmes.
• Provide bespoke orthoses and exercise programmes as part of treatment plans.
• Communicate effectively to enable patients to achieve self-management, even when pain or fear impedes progress.
• Educate and supervise other health professionals, non-registered staff and students as part of the MSK team.

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Podiatrist to join our dynamic Musculoskeletal (MSK) team within the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Area. Our multi-disciplinary team provides timely assessments and treatment of a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions to facilitate and improve patients' quality of life and maximise patients' independence. Main duties of the job A variety of assessment and treatment techniques including face to face and telephone are utilised. The post is predominately in a clinic setting. The postholder will carry and be responsible for their own caseload. They will assess, diagnose, develop and implement individualised care programmes for a caseload of patients who have complex musculoskeletal presentations including acute and chronic pain patterns; significant physical impairments due to pain or injury and psychological issues and maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner, this will include provision of bespoke orthoses and exercise programmes. The postholder will work with the Clinical Co-ordinator for Musculo-skeletal Services and MSK team leads (Physiotherapists and Podiatrists) to further develop, in line with evidence-based clinical best practice, ECCH's integrated MSK Service.,

• To carry and be responsible for own caseload. Assess, diagnose, develop and implement individualised care programmes for a caseload of patients who have complex musculoskeletal presentations including acute and chronic pain patterns; significant physical impairments due to pain or injury and psychological issues and maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner, this will include provision of bespoke orthoses and exercise programmes.
• Ensure effective communication to enable patients to achieve their maximum potential for self-management particularly where this is impaired due to pain and / or fear.
• A high standard of communication skills and clinical work is required which will also include teaching and supervision of other health professionals, non-registered staff and students.
• Work with the Clinical Co-ordinator for Musculo-skeletal Services and MSK Physiotherapists to further develop, in line with evidence-based clinical best practice, ECCH's integrated MSK Service.
  ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.