Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist

Wales Medicines Strategy Group; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

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.

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

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.