Job summary
37.5 hours per week. In this varied & rewarding role the post holder will
undertake extensive practice across all aspects of managing the diabetic foot
as well as providing expert care to a range of other patients with foot health
needs. You can expect to:
- work with a team of experienced Podiatrists with full access
to clinical support from senior colleagues, working alongside staff from our
HCA supports to Leads, managing acute & chronic wounds
- work across a range of settings including locations in
primary, community & secondary care settings & in the domiciliary
setting
- have access to a comprehensive induction & development
plan, practice supervision & line-management supervision
- have regular team meetings, on-going CPD support with-in
service, & the opportunity to undertake for example, independent
prescribing qualifications if appropriate
- participate in the development of Podiatric skills &
learning with students, HCAs, Podiatry Assistant Practitioners at Band 4, as
well as new graduates on our preceptorship scheme
- work in modern environments with full IT and administration
support, & undertake line-management of staff as required by the service
Main duties of the job
This role principally requires the post holder to undertake
a wide range of Podiatric care for patients with diabetes but will include
patients from across the general care caseload; working across community
clinics and hospitals, on a domiciliary, as well as periodically within
secondary care on rotation.
Post holders will provide patients with expert assessment,
monitoring, diagnoses and clinical interventions pertaining to diabetes,
peripheral vascular disease, neuropathy and all associated Podiatric
presentations. Patients will vary from those requiring routine monitoring
through to those with significant foot pathology including acute and chronic
wounds. As such, staff in this role will also work in close liaison with
primary care, and Podiatric and other colleagues in the secondary care setting.
There is a requirement to undertake the line-management of
clinical and non-clinical staff as required by the service in this role.
All clinical care settings are supported by comprehensive IT
access with the use of SystmOne as the clinical records and booking system,
access to some GP records, and full access to imaging reports, blood tests and
the like. Staff are provided with a laptop and mobile telephone for working
remotely within the domiciliary setting.
All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to be able and
willing to work across a 7 day service.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
SCOPE & RANGE
The post holder will undertake a wide range of clinical
duties delivering all aspects of general podiatric care with an emphasis on
providing specialist high-quality podiatric care to patients with diabetes. The
post requires the provision of this expert care at Band 6 and will incorporate
the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of a range of patients
presenting with (but not exclusively) diabetes, peripheral vascular disease,
neuropathy, acute and chronic foot wounds, as well as those patients with
general care needs.
In fulfilling this role, the post holder will work with
service colleagues across all bandings and sub-specialities as well as working
in close liaison with colleagues from other services, including orthotic
services, community nursing teams, wards, residential and nursing homes, and
primary and secondary care including service colleagues and others within the
local Diabetes MDT. The undertaking of domiciliary care is an important feature
of this role.
The post holder will work across all service provision
settings including but not limited to, community clinics and hospitals, primary
care settings, domiciliary settings and as required on a rotational basis,
secondary care establishments. Staff rosters may vary depending on service
capacity and demands requirements and the post holder will provide cover as
directed in managing these factors.
An additional function of this role will be the provision of
line-management to both clinical and non-clinical staff as required.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific duties and responsibilities can be found in the
full Job Description to which applicants are directed, but will include and are
not limited to the areas of:
Responsibility for People Management
Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources
Responsibility for administration
Responsibility for people who use our services
Responsibility for implementation of policy and/or service
developments
Other Responsibilities
Details of communication, relationships and behaviour expectations
as well as the physical demands of the role are also included in the full job
description to which applicants are directed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
SCOPE & RANGE
The post holder will undertake a wide range of clinical
duties delivering all aspects of general podiatric care with an emphasis on
providing specialist high-quality podiatric care to patients with diabetes. The
post requires the provision of this expert care at Band 6 and will incorporate
the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of a range of patients
presenting with (but not exclusively) diabetes, peripheral vascular disease,
neuropathy, acute and chronic foot wounds, as well as those patients with
general care needs.
In fulfilling this role, the post holder will work with
service colleagues across all bandings and sub-specialities as well as working
in close liaison with colleagues from other services, including orthotic
services, community nursing teams, wards, residential and nursing homes, and
primary and secondary care including service colleagues and others within the
local Diabetes MDT. The undertaking of domiciliary care is an important feature
of this role.
The post holder will work across all service provision
settings including but not limited to, community clinics and hospitals, primary
care settings, domiciliary settings and as required on a rotational basis,
secondary care establishments. Staff rosters may vary depending on service
capacity and demands requirements and the post holder will provide cover as
directed in managing these factors.
An additional function of this role will be the provision of
line-management to both clinical and non-clinical staff as required.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific duties and responsibilities can be found in the
full Job Description to which applicants are directed, but will include and are
not limited to the areas of:
Responsibility for People Management
Responsibility for financial and/or physical resources
Responsibility for administration
Responsibility for people who use our services
Responsibility for implementation of policy and/or service
developments
Other Responsibilities
Details of communication, relationships and behaviour expectations
as well as the physical demands of the role are also included in the full job
description to which applicants are directed.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- - Substantial post graduate NHS or equivalent experience managing patients presenting with a range of podiatric needs including those with complex care requirements related to long term conditions, e.g. diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, neurological disorders.
- - Experience in wound care management.
- - Effective utilization of diagnostic tools, skills, test results and a range of interventions to manage patients presenting with diabetes related foot problems.
- - Successful engagement of carers and relatives with patient care.
- - Team and Multidisciplinary working.
- - Ability to use Microsoft office applications.
- - Education or supervision of others.
Desirable
- - 3 Years Post graduation experience.
- - Experience of using diagnostic tools and interpreting test results to manage patients with foot and lower limb wounds.
- - Supervising/teaching of junior staff and students.
- - Webpacs.
- - Clinical Audit.
- - Advanced wound care techniques
- - Development and provision of wound education to various levels of professional staff
Qualifications
Essential
- - HCPC registered Podiatrist.
- - Dip Pod M, BSc (Hons) Podiatry.
- - Local Analgesia Certificate.
- - Postgraduate specialist qualification/ knowledge obtained by formal/informal learning, training or practical experience in areas of podiatry related wound care work.
- - Driving licence and ability to drive on a daily basis for work including for domiciliary visits
Desirable
- - POMs Certificate.
- - IRMER.
- - Non Medical Prescriber Qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- - Knowledge of the effect of diabetes on the foot and lower limb and their management e.g. painful neuropathy, complex wounds, infection, Charcot arthropathy.
- - General knowledge of conditions other than diabetes which may affect the foot and lower limb and cause wounds and ulceration e.g. PAD
- - Knowledge of lower limb pressure relieving strategies and their implementation to minimize the risk of foot ulceration.
- - Own and professional boundaries.
- - Clinical Risk Management, governance and Health and Safety.
- - Demonstrates understanding of local or national policies/drivers or recent influences effecting wound care/foot care
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- - Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communications skills.
- - Good interpersonal skills to deliver negotiated care packages to patients who are resistant to change.
- - Ability to communicate verbally and in writing sensitive and emotional information.
- - Ability to handle conflict.
- - Excellent organisational & time management skills.
- - Ability to manage patient caseloads and to plan programmes of care.
- - Ability to work under pressure and respond to change.
- - Motivated and enthusiastic.
- - Effective team player.
- - Ability to use own initiative.
Desirable
- - Presentation skills including Power Point and teaching adeptness.
- - Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- - Substantial post graduate NHS or equivalent experience managing patients presenting with a range of podiatric needs including those with complex care requirements related to long term conditions, e.g. diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, neurological disorders.
- - Experience in wound care management.
- - Effective utilization of diagnostic tools, skills, test results and a range of interventions to manage patients presenting with diabetes related foot problems.
- - Successful engagement of carers and relatives with patient care.
- - Team and Multidisciplinary working.
- - Ability to use Microsoft office applications.
- - Education or supervision of others.
Desirable
- - 3 Years Post graduation experience.
- - Experience of using diagnostic tools and interpreting test results to manage patients with foot and lower limb wounds.
- - Supervising/teaching of junior staff and students.
- - Webpacs.
- - Clinical Audit.
- - Advanced wound care techniques
- - Development and provision of wound education to various levels of professional staff
Qualifications
Essential
- - HCPC registered Podiatrist.
- - Dip Pod M, BSc (Hons) Podiatry.
- - Local Analgesia Certificate.
- - Postgraduate specialist qualification/ knowledge obtained by formal/informal learning, training or practical experience in areas of podiatry related wound care work.
- - Driving licence and ability to drive on a daily basis for work including for domiciliary visits
Desirable
- - POMs Certificate.
- - IRMER.
- - Non Medical Prescriber Qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- - Knowledge of the effect of diabetes on the foot and lower limb and their management e.g. painful neuropathy, complex wounds, infection, Charcot arthropathy.
- - General knowledge of conditions other than diabetes which may affect the foot and lower limb and cause wounds and ulceration e.g. PAD
- - Knowledge of lower limb pressure relieving strategies and their implementation to minimize the risk of foot ulceration.
- - Own and professional boundaries.
- - Clinical Risk Management, governance and Health and Safety.
- - Demonstrates understanding of local or national policies/drivers or recent influences effecting wound care/foot care
Desirable
Skills
Essential
- - Excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communications skills.
- - Good interpersonal skills to deliver negotiated care packages to patients who are resistant to change.
- - Ability to communicate verbally and in writing sensitive and emotional information.
- - Ability to handle conflict.
- - Excellent organisational & time management skills.
- - Ability to manage patient caseloads and to plan programmes of care.
- - Ability to work under pressure and respond to change.
- - Motivated and enthusiastic.
- - Effective team player.
- - Ability to use own initiative.
Desirable
- - Presentation skills including Power Point and teaching adeptness.
- - Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
