Podiatrist

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a new graduate or current Band 5 podiatrist wanting to develop their career, As a developmental Band 5 Podiatrist role progressing to Band 6 on successful completion of competencies. First Community Health & Care (FCHC) promote continued learning through supported internal training as well as access to external academic courses.

We are seeking a new member of the team to join our patient-centered, progressive team in supporting us deliver a First rate podiatry service with high quality holistic care to our local population of East Surrey.

The FCHC Podiatrists provide specialist podiatric care as essential members of the Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Team service for acute inpatient and outpatient referrals. Working directly with the Vascular, Endocrinology and Microbiology teams. We have a close working relationship with the community and hospital-based Tissue Viability Nurse teams with weekly joint care. Within the Musculoskeletal specialty we have direct access to the ICATS team and promote joint holistic approach to patient care with other health professionals. We run weekly joint podiatry and orthotist clinics along with the ability to arrange as required joint assessment appointments with the physiotherapy teams.

First Community Health and Care offers you an opportunity to develop your clinical, leadership and management skills to promote patient-centered community and outpatient care.

Main duties of the job

The post involves working autonomously with a wide-range of patients focusing on foot protection caseload and wound care at a specialist level including supporting the High Risk lead provide specialist podiatry intervention at East Surrey Hospital. Direct access to advanced wound care treatments including a range of offloading appliances.

The caseload will involve management of non-specialist wound care and shared care of specialist wound care patients with complex medical needs. The role will involve rotations within nail surgery & High Risk podiatry clinics as well as the opportunity to work with the Lead clinicians in both Multi-Disciplinary Diabetic Foot Care and Musculoskeletal care.

The successful applicant will be expected to provide care in both clinical and domiciliary settings taking a pro-active approach in the assessment and management of a foot protection patient caseload.

You will have the opportunity to broaden your experience and work within a supportive and stimulating multidisciplinary service across both primary and secondary care.

We are recruiting podiatrists with an interest in Diabetic/ High Risk foot protection at various levels (from band 5-7). We are looking for clinical staff who are passionate about the care they deliver to patients and who want to make a real difference.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Richard Edwards, Clinical Lead for Podiatry Services or Julia Windheuser, MSK Lead Podiatrist on FCHC.Podiatry@nhs.net

About us

Do you want to be part of an organisation that is committed to providing first rate care and services to its local community?

First Community is a CQC rated Good staff owned social enterprise, which delivers NHS community services to residents across East Surrey and in parts of West Sussex.

First Community is a great place to work, everyone here has a voice and is supported to develop their career to its full potential. We offer all our staff: NHS terms and conditions, high quality training and development opportunities, flexible working to enable a good work life balance, an inclusive and friendly work environment, an NHS pension, flexible retirement options and employee benefits including a car salary sacrifice scheme.

First Community values diversity and inclusion and is committed to the recruitment and retention of under-represented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

Sustainability is integral to First Community achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

Employer details

Employer name

First Community Health and Care

Address

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare Nhs Trust

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Employer's website

https://www.firstcommunityhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

First Community Health and Care

Address

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare Nhs Trust

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Employer's website

https://www.firstcommunityhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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