Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist

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.

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.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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