Senior Podiatrist

Are you a dynamic and experienced podiatrist ready for a new challenge? Do you want to live in the thriving multicultural 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 well 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

1. 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.
2. To be responsible, as a senior practitioner, for prioritising/supervising own workload.
3. To be responsible for supporting/mentoring junior staff/students/apprentices.
4. Organise and forward plan 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).
5. To be responsible for triaging of referrals and re-directing, where appropriate, following relevant pathways.
6. 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.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Clinical and Operational Lead for Podiatry

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata.