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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Woodford, United Kingdom

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30.03.2025

14.05.2025

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 Podiatrist to join our friendly team within NELFT. We welcome applications from new graduates and students about to graduate.

Our Podiatry Department is a forward thinking, busy service providing Podiatry Services to GPs in Redbridge & Waltham Forest. The population that we serve are both multi-cultural and diverse.

Your clinical work would be across an array of community & domiciliary settings across these boroughs, and a car driver 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.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, planning and implementing and evaluating care for a wide range of general clinical needs.
• Ensuring that a high quality and evidence based treatment is provided.
• Working within codes of practice and professional guidelines.
• Support peers and the team leads and be an effective team member whilst also working using your own initiative.
• Actively involved in the provision of foot health education and advice to patients, relatives and carers and participate in training events where appropriate.
• To manage a caseload within the allocated time including domiciliary patients.

Working for our organisation

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 on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

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).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

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

Qualifications

• BSc Diploma/Degree in Podiatric Medicine (NB - student will not have this yet).
• Registration with HCPC (NB student may not have this yet).
• Evidence of continual Professional Development (as part of studies if student).

Other

• Able to travel efficiently throughout the area.
• Applicant will need to be a car driver with a 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.

Knowledge

• An awareness of NHS priorities.
• Knowledge of current NHS strategy and clinical governance priorities.
• Knowledge of local Health Priorities including cultural diversity.

Experience

• Able to plan and organise activities.
• Experience of governance, quality and audit.

Skills

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Ability to balance competing priorities to meet personal and directorate targets within a fluctuating and demanding workload.
• Basic awareness of IT and IT skills.
• Excellent organisational and clinical skills.
• Commitment to own development.

Demonstration of Trust Values

• Putting people first • Prioritising quality • Being progressive, innovative, and continually improve • Being professional and honest • Promoting what is possible, independence, opportunity, and choice.

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.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

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.