Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6/7 Podiatrist to join our dynamic Musculoskeletal (MSK) team within the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Area. Our multi-disciplinary team provides timely assessments and treatment of a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions to facilitate and improve patients quality of life and maximise patients independence.
Main duties of the job
A variety of assessment and treatment techniques including face to face and telephone are utilised. The post is predominately in a clinic setting.
The postholder will carry and be responsible for their own caseload. They will assess, diagnose, develop and implement individualised care programmes for a caseload of patients who have musculoskeletal presentations including acute and chronic pain patterns; significant physical impairments due to pain or injury and psychological issues and maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner, this will include provision of bespoke orthoses and exercise programmes.
The postholder will work with the MSK Operational Lead and MSK team leads (Physiotherapists and Podiatrists) to further develop, in line with evidence-based clinical best practice, ECCHs integrated MSK Service.
This post is ideal for an existing band 6/7 Podiatrist with some MSK experience. On completion of the required training, competencies and development of relevant skills within an eighteen month period of being in post there would be an automatic transition to Band 7.
Main duties of the job
To carry and be responsible for own caseload. Assess, diagnose, develop and implement individualised care programmes for a caseload of patients who have musculoskeletal presentations including acute and chronic pain patterns; significant physical impairments due to pain or injury and psychological issues and maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner, this will include provision of bespoke orthoses, exercise programmes and where necessary, appropriate onward referral.
To work effectively with other members of the multi professional team to ensure seamless communication of complex information and delivery of seamless high quality patient care.
To liaise with other agencies and services both within ECCH and other external agencies including health and social care organisations.
Ensure effective communication to enable patients to achieve their maximum potential for self-management particularly where this is impaired due to pain and / or fear.
A high standard of communication skills and clinical work is required which could also include teaching and supervision of other health professionals, non-registered staff and students.
Work with the MSK Operational lead and MSK Podiatrists/Physiotherapists to further develop, in line with evidence-based clinical best practice, ECCHs integrated MSK Service.
About us
ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.
We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.
At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.
We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties:
- To provide specialist podiatric assessment and management of patients presenting with musculoskeletal conditions including provision of chair-side and bespoke orthotics.
- Post-registration experience dealing with a wide range of clinical problems including the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of specialised care needs) and/or having completed a Band 6 Competency based programme.
- To be responsible for the assessment and diagnosis of new patients with subsequent production of individual care packages and provision of the appropriate footcare education advice to groups of patients.
- To have highly developed physical skills, precision hand/eye co-ordination for prolonged periods.
- With the ability to use the decision-making process to identify when patients require the intervention of other professional and/or departmental specialist areas by following agreed departmental referral pathways e.g biomechanics.
- To participate in the departmental rota for nail surgery.
- To be responsible for the efficient and timely day to day planning of personal workload.
- To be actively involved in the development and implementation of Departmental policies and procedures.
- To be responsible for the security and maintenance of stock levels.
- To follow departmental Policies Procedures and Guidelines but have the discretion to interpret and make own clinical diagnosis and decisions within professional boundaries.
- Liaison with GP or consultant to arrange intervention as necessary.
- To be able to manufacture chair-side orthoses and produce templates and foot casts for appliance manufacture.
- To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
Communication:
- To work effectively with other members of the multi professional team to ensure seamless communication of complex information and delivery of seamless high quality patient care.
- To liaise with other agencies and services both within ECCH and other external agencies including health and social care organisations.
- To ensure effective communication of complex and changing disease process / foot health issues with patients, relatives and carers where there may be barriers to understanding.
- To maintain accurate records of all patient consultations and related work carried out at each clinical session, including data collection.
- To attend and actively contribute to departmental meetings and in-service training.
- To ensure that all information relating to clients and staff gained thorough employment with ECCH is kept confidential. Disclosure to any unauthorised person is a serious disciplinary offence.
All roles within East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate our Values and Signature Behaviours in the care and service they provide to patients, service users, stakeholders and colleagues. All members of staff should consider these as an essential part of their job role.
Our Values outline the core behaviours that we can all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word CARE. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.
Underpinning our Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build a strong culture. Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.
Health and Safety
- To report any accidents, complaints, defects in equipment, Near Misses, and untoward incidents, following ECCH procedure.
- To ensure that Health and Safety Legislation is complied with at all times including COSHH, Workplace Risk Assessment, Control of Infection, CHS Sharps Policy and Lone Worker Policy.
- To attend all mandatory training sessions as required by ECCH.
Research and Development / Audit
- To participate in audit activities and development of outcomes.
- To keep up to date with and apply relevant evidence based research finding to practice.
- To be involved in research and development Department Programme, including possible new / alternative ways of working.
- To participate in the departments Clinical Governance initiatives and the development and implementation of standards, guidelines, policies and protocols.
Professional Development
- To maintain Registration with Health Professions Council (HCPC).
- To work within the HCPC code of Conduct, ECCH Policies and procedures, and adhere to the Patients Charter.
- Actively participate in Continuing Professional Development to develop new skills, and maintain and update existing skills.
- To participate in individual Performance Review with the Professional and Clinical Head of Podiatry.
- To ensure high quality delivery of the Podiatry service, and fulfill CPD requirements identified through the appraisal process. Staff may be expected to rotate into specialist areas within the department.
- To supervise Podiatry Assistants / Technical Grades and Band 5 Podiatrists and may be required to take an active part in the training of students acting as a mentor where appropriate.
- To participate in the observational placements of Student Podiatrists.
- To act as a mentor to colleagues as part of peer review, clinical supervision and professional development.
- To participate in the planning and delivery of Departmental in service training.
- To share knowledge gained through external, professional and multi-disciplinary training at regular service meetings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties:
- To provide specialist podiatric assessment and management of patients presenting with musculoskeletal conditions including provision of chair-side and bespoke orthotics.
- Post-registration experience dealing with a wide range of clinical problems including the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of specialised care needs) and/or having completed a Band 6 Competency based programme.
- To be responsible for the assessment and diagnosis of new patients with subsequent production of individual care packages and provision of the appropriate footcare education advice to groups of patients.
- To have highly developed physical skills, precision hand/eye co-ordination for prolonged periods.
- With the ability to use the decision-making process to identify when patients require the intervention of other professional and/or departmental specialist areas by following agreed departmental referral pathways e.g biomechanics.
- To participate in the departmental rota for nail surgery.
- To be responsible for the efficient and timely day to day planning of personal workload.
- To be actively involved in the development and implementation of Departmental policies and procedures.
- To be responsible for the security and maintenance of stock levels.
- To follow departmental Policies Procedures and Guidelines but have the discretion to interpret and make own clinical diagnosis and decisions within professional boundaries.
- Liaison with GP or consultant to arrange intervention as necessary.
- To be able to manufacture chair-side orthoses and produce templates and foot casts for appliance manufacture.
- To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
Communication:
- To work effectively with other members of the multi professional team to ensure seamless communication of complex information and delivery of seamless high quality patient care.
- To liaise with other agencies and services both within ECCH and other external agencies including health and social care organisations.
- To ensure effective communication of complex and changing disease process / foot health issues with patients, relatives and carers where there may be barriers to understanding.
- To maintain accurate records of all patient consultations and related work carried out at each clinical session, including data collection.
- To attend and actively contribute to departmental meetings and in-service training.
- To ensure that all information relating to clients and staff gained thorough employment with ECCH is kept confidential. Disclosure to any unauthorised person is a serious disciplinary offence.
All roles within East Coast Community Healthcare CIC (ECCH) require staff to demonstrate our Values and Signature Behaviours in the care and service they provide to patients, service users, stakeholders and colleagues. All members of staff should consider these as an essential part of their job role.
Our Values outline the core behaviours that we can all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word CARE. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.
Underpinning our Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build a strong culture. Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.
Health and Safety
- To report any accidents, complaints, defects in equipment, Near Misses, and untoward incidents, following ECCH procedure.
- To ensure that Health and Safety Legislation is complied with at all times including COSHH, Workplace Risk Assessment, Control of Infection, CHS Sharps Policy and Lone Worker Policy.
- To attend all mandatory training sessions as required by ECCH.
Research and Development / Audit
- To participate in audit activities and development of outcomes.
- To keep up to date with and apply relevant evidence based research finding to practice.
- To be involved in research and development Department Programme, including possible new / alternative ways of working.
- To participate in the departments Clinical Governance initiatives and the development and implementation of standards, guidelines, policies and protocols.
Professional Development
- To maintain Registration with Health Professions Council (HCPC).
- To work within the HCPC code of Conduct, ECCH Policies and procedures, and adhere to the Patients Charter.
- Actively participate in Continuing Professional Development to develop new skills, and maintain and update existing skills.
- To participate in individual Performance Review with the Professional and Clinical Head of Podiatry.
- To ensure high quality delivery of the Podiatry service, and fulfill CPD requirements identified through the appraisal process. Staff may be expected to rotate into specialist areas within the department.
- To supervise Podiatry Assistants / Technical Grades and Band 5 Podiatrists and may be required to take an active part in the training of students acting as a mentor where appropriate.
- To participate in the observational placements of Student Podiatrists.
- To act as a mentor to colleagues as part of peer review, clinical supervision and professional development.
- To participate in the planning and delivery of Departmental in service training.
- To share knowledge gained through external, professional and multi-disciplinary training at regular service meetings.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Physical capacity to deal with moderate physical effort on a daily basis.
- Physical and mental capacity to deal sensitively with patients who may have high levels of anxiety and aggression.
- Capacity to concentrate for considerable periods of time during assessment and management of patients and be expected to respond immediately to interruptions
- Able to work collaboratively within a team
- Able to work independently
- Committed to personal and team development
- Able to work with others and pass on skills and knowledge.
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure.
- Able to maintain motivation, drive, enthusiasm. Confident.
- To communicate at all levels relaying often sensitive and emotional information. Be responsive to patient and service needs.
- Flexible working
- Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours:
- (Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We
- Lead| Action - My Accountability, My
- Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our
- Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together).
- Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required.
Desirable
- Teaching experience.
- Leadership experience.
Experience
Essential
- Previous post-registration experience ( completion of a Band 6 MSK competency list)
Desirable
- Experience at band 6 level
- Supervisory skills.
- Experience in specialist MSK service and podiatric biomechanics and gait analysis.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of podiatric biomechanics.
- Forward thinking
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Self-directed learning
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to pass on skills / knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments
- High level of verbal and written communication skills
- Good organisational skills,
- Candidates must be able to produce, document, implement and evaluate care plans.
- Cope with unpredictable work patterns.
- Ability to prescribe a range or orthoses and assess / evaluate footwear.
Desirable
- Excellent knowledge MSK Podiatric practice.
- Critical appraisal.
- Audit.
- Research.
- Presentation skills.
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma / Degree in Podiatry
- Registration with HCPC
- Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD
Desirable
- Relevant validated clinical courses
Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Physical capacity to deal with moderate physical effort on a daily basis.
- Physical and mental capacity to deal sensitively with patients who may have high levels of anxiety and aggression.
- Capacity to concentrate for considerable periods of time during assessment and management of patients and be expected to respond immediately to interruptions
- Able to work collaboratively within a team
- Able to work independently
- Committed to personal and team development
- Able to work with others and pass on skills and knowledge.
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure.
- Able to maintain motivation, drive, enthusiasm. Confident.
- To communicate at all levels relaying often sensitive and emotional information. Be responsive to patient and service needs.
- Flexible working
- Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours:
- (Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We
- Lead| Action - My Accountability, My
- Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our
- Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together).
- Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required.
Desirable
- Teaching experience.
- Leadership experience.
Experience
Essential
- Previous post-registration experience ( completion of a Band 6 MSK competency list)
Desirable
- Experience at band 6 level
- Supervisory skills.
- Experience in specialist MSK service and podiatric biomechanics and gait analysis.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of podiatric biomechanics.
- Forward thinking
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Self-directed learning
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to pass on skills / knowledge to others within both formal and informal environments
- High level of verbal and written communication skills
- Good organisational skills,
- Candidates must be able to produce, document, implement and evaluate care plans.
- Cope with unpredictable work patterns.
- Ability to prescribe a range or orthoses and assess / evaluate footwear.
Desirable
- Excellent knowledge MSK Podiatric practice.
- Critical appraisal.
- Audit.
- Research.
- Presentation skills.
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma / Degree in Podiatry
- Registration with HCPC
- Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD
Desirable
- Relevant validated clinical courses
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
