Specialist Podiatrist

Job summary

We are looking for two part time enthusiastic and experienced Podiatrists to join the Greenwich Community Podiatry Team. We are a friendly and close-knit team who takes pride in what we do. The posts are fixed term (12 months) to cover maternity leave.

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust was included in the Sunday Times Top 10 Best place to work list 2023. It was also named the Best Place to work in the country for people with disabilities and won the prestigious HSJ Trust of the Year.

You will be seeking a role as a Podiatrist where you can use and develop your skills and knowledge across our service. You will develop strong links and working relationships with acute hospital trusts, and you will have the opportunity to rotate into these services. We have a close working relationship with Diabetes specialist nurses, District nurses, and Tissue Viability teams.

Main duties of the job

The clinical work will involve working within clinical settings as well as carrying out domiciliary visits. A car is essential to this role, or the ability to move easily around the borough. You will be responsible for the planning and delivery of care plans in patients which are high risk of developing foot complications. You will work with patients who have foot ulcerations, make onward referrals to vascular services, refer into the Diabetes MDT service and acute services. You will attend handover with the district nurses and manage your own domiciliary ulcer caseload.

You will undertake clinical audit and there is the opportunity to become involved in Quality Improvement projects.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Date posted: 10 March 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £42,939 to £50,697 a year pa inc pro rata

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Part-time, Job share

Reference number: 277-6876100-CPH-B

Job locations

Wensley Close

4 Wensley Close

Eltham

SE9 5AB

Job description

Job responsibilities

This position will be based in the community and will involve regular travel throughout the Borough of Greenwich to different clinic sites and to visit patients in their own homes & care and nursing homes.

Clinical

• To provide assessment and the full range of podiatry treatments to clients in community and outreach clinics, hospital, clients home, Health Centres, Care Homes and Day Centres. This will include wound dressings, scalpel debridement of nail & soft tissue pathology & care of foot problems resulting from neglect & lack of self-care.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner, developing & agreeing treatment plans individually with clients. Support from senior staff is provided.
• To develop treatment plans and discharge plans through an agreed contract with each client, and to follow through the treatment plan with an end result of improved foot pathology & discharge where appropriate.
• To assess all clients at every visit and refer to specialist services as appropriate.
• To prescribe, and manufacture, orthoses/insoles/appliances/and shoe adaptations when required using the laboratory equipment.
• To prescribe, manufacture and fit chair side biomechanical and functional devices when clinically indicated.
• To participate in the work of specialist teams when and where required, undertaking a high risk patient caseload. To rotate through the three Podiatric Specialist teams (wound care, musculoskeletal & surgical) to constantly update clinical skills & knowledge to a high standard.
• To work within patient homes, and other environments of poor conditions, with exposure to bodily fluids.
• To be responsible for protection of health and wellbeing of all clients. Alert others to concerns where protection may be required for both children and vulnerable adults.
• To appropriately refer clients to specialist teams within the department whenever needed (for nail surgery, biomechanical assessment etc.) and appropriately refer clients within primary care, Community or Acute for investigation, diagnosis or treatment.
• Dealing sensitively and appropriately with a client caseload with complex health needs, assisting individuals to manage their health needs effectively.
• To work within primary, secondary and community care teams to provide a multi-disciplinary approach to improvement of foot pathology.
• Always aiming to achieve with each client maximum independence through self-care and effective client management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC Registered Podiatrist
• BSc (Hons) Podiatry

Desirable

• Post graduate qualifications in relevant area

Training and Experience

Essential

• Worked as a band 5 podiatrist for a minimum of 14 months
• Previous NHS experience in wound care
• Domiciliary and Nursing Home Experience

Desirable

• Experience with Research/audit/ Qi
• Line management experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Effective communication skills - written and verbal
• Good interpersonal skills
• Previous wound care/ high risk foot experience
• Drivers Licence and access to vehicle

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address:

Wensley Close

4 Wensley Close

Eltham

SE9 5AB

Employer's website: http://oxleas.nhs.uk/