Specialist Podiatrist

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated experienced Podiatrist to join our friendly team within NELFT.

Our Podiatry Department is a forward thinking, busy service providing Podiatry Services within Havering and Barking and Dagenham. The population that we serve is both multi-cultural and diverse.

We work in a variety of locations including community, hospital and domiciliary settings and a car is therefore essential to this role.

Our client base is primarily high-risk and you will be responsible for treatment planning for foot complications associated with diabetic, rheumatoid and vascular / ischaemic long-term conditions.

We are committed to CPD and training initiatives to achieve personal as well as service objectives.

In addition you will be given the opportunity to develop a special clinical interest by rotation into specialist areas such as Wound care, Biomechanics and Nail Surgery.

We also support the training of Podiatry students and our Podiatrists are actively involved in a clinical educator programme with the University of East London.

Main duties of the job

• Are flexible and can demonstrate initiative, and enjoy working as part of a team.
• Have good organisational and clinical skills, and are keen to support clinical excellence by developing "best practice".
• Are committed to robust assessment, treatment planning and patient discharge.
• Are keen to undertake audit and research.

The post holder will be responsible for general podiatric services and will act as a Podiatrist in NELFT and will be clinically responsible for community and domiciliary services provided to patients in NELFT, primarily based in Barking & Dagenham and Havering, but may be required to work in other NELFT podiatry teams.

The post holder will be a member of the team who has specialist general skills and will be responsible for providing evidence based comprehensive assessment and diagnosis based on clinical findings and support the team by delivering general and high risk podiatry care within a variety of care pathways, working within codes of practice and professional guidelines.

Will provide training and education opportunities for other health professionals and patients to promote an understanding of foot care and self-care including falls prevention.

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person specification

Registration / Qualification

• Must hold valid HCPC Registration
• Must hold BSc / Diploma in Podiatry/ Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry (Pre-Registration) MSc
• Must hold Certificate in Local Anaesthetic
• Must hold Certificate in Prescription Only Medicines

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year post-graduate NHS Podiatry experience
• Be able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills across internal and external boundaries
• Experience of governance , quality and audit
• Basic IT skills
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Awareness of current NHS strategy

NELFT Values

• Understand and demonstrate Trust Values

Development

• Commitment to own development and life long learning
• Evidence of CPD
• Able to balance competing workload priorities - individual, team and directorate

Other

• Applicant will need to be car driver with valid UK Licence (this criteria will be reasonable adjusted to meet the requirements of a disabled applicant) and access to a car for work purposes. As they will need to travel throughout the area and provide podiatry for a domiciliary high risk caseload

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.