Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Diabetes Specialist Podiatry team.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and committed Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist with a passion for improving the experience and clinical outcomes of our patients, and who inspires others to provide excellent patient care.

We are looking for a Podiatrist who has experience of working autonomously, supporting patients with a variety of diabetes treatments, and playing a key role in education of other healthcare professionals.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Diabetic Foot Ulcer Service Lead, Consultant Podiatrist and Diabetic Foot Podiatry Technician Band 4 in providing and developing the delivery of a high-quality specialist Diabetic Foot Ulcer service for patients with Diabetic foot complications as part of the multi-disciplinary Diabetes Team at Salisbury Foundation Trust (SFT) for in patient and out-Patients.

The successful candidate will work autonomously in a Vascular and Diabetes outpatient setting and will work in the same unit as other Specialist staff such as Vascular Nurses, sonographers and Vascular Surgeons. You will report to and be supported by a Band 8 Consultant Podiatrist. You will be expected to provide face to face consultations, assessment, and treatment to patients with a range of Diabetic foot ulcerations, infections, and Charcot foot problems within the Vascular and Diabetes unit and on wards across the hospital site. Using advanced decision-making skills and working with the Band 8 Consultant Podiatrist and Diabetes medical team, the post holder will undertake advanced assessment of the Diabetic foot including vascular assessment, pathology testing and radiology testing as required. They will produce management plans for the Foot problem and work closely with other agencies such as Community Nursing and Community Podiatry teams, Practice Nursing team and ward based medical and Nursing teams. There will be a close working relationship with Hospital based Orthotics service also.

They will also then review the effectiveness of those management plans and escalate up to the Band 8 Consultant Podiatrist or Consultant Diabetologist as needed.

This role will also play a key part in delivering education to other health care professionals focussing on all aspects of assessing and managing Diabetic Foot complications. This will include staff groups across the hospital such as Ward Nurses, Doctors and others.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

• HCPC registered Podiatrist
• Advanced diploma or degree in Podiatry
• Independent non-medical prescriber, or working towards

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post registration experience at band 6 level or equivalent after having a broad experience base of Podiatric experience including High risk foot care and wound management
• Evidence of having worked with a wide range of patient disease/pathology types within Podiatry

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual)
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

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.