Job summary
The Podiatry team at Solihull Community Services are looking for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Podiatrist for a 12-month fixed term contract. We welcome applications for those seeking a full or part time position. You will have experience and knowledge of a broad range of Podiatric practice together with a desire to learn and develop your skills further.
The post holder will contribute to the development and provision of specialist podiatric care programmes to patients who are at risk of amputation, in a range of community settings.
The successful candidate will assess patients' Podiatric needs and deliver quality care across the borough of Solihull. We operate out of 6 community clinics, domiciliary settings and rotate through the acute Diabetic Foot Clinic. There are opportunities to work alongside our diabetes team lead and specialist vascular podiatrist, undertake wound care clinics and participate in nail surgery rotations. We also work in association with our community-based team of Podiatric surgeons.
We are a small, friendly and supportive team, so if this job appeals to you and you would like further information, please contact:
Helena Meally, Clinical Team Lead; helena.meally@uhb.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
To perform as an autonomous practitioner and as part of the wider team to manage a clinical caseload of community podiatry patients.
To undertake the assessment and treatment of patients who often have complex and/or chronic presentations, including active wounds.
Taking a proactive and decisive role in order to determine diagnosis, differential diagnosis, prognosis and optimal podiatric management for new and established patients.
Nail Surgery podiatry practice
Support the development of junior clinical staff and students through supervision, mentorship and advice
Promotion of foot health advice to patients, carers, representative groups and other interested parties
The ability to travel across the borough of Solihull independently is essential.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *BSc(Hons) Podiatry
- *Registered with HCPC
- *POM-A & POM-S annotations including administration of Local Anaesthesia
Desirable
- *Registration with College of Podiatry or IoCP
- *CoP Diabetic/Vascular foot module
Experience
Essential
- *Working within an NHS setting
- *Experience of high risk patient groups
- *Knowledge and application of code of conduct and scope in specialist professional practice as advised by professional body
- *Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the importance of patient assessment and management, including care of high risk patients
Desirable
- *Knowledge of current issues pertinent to podiatry
- *Awareness of current legislative changes in the NHS
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to demonstrate knowledge of biomechanics and use of chair-side orthoses
- *Ability to demonstrate vascular and neurological assessment
- *Ability to advise patients, relatives, carers on self-care and health promotion
- *Ability to generate written communication which is accurate, relevant, concise and legible
- *Awareness of the needs of ethnic minority patients and carers
- *Good IT Skills
- *Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility to health and safety
- *Team working within podiatry and the wider community MDT
- *Demonstrate an adaptable and flexible approach
- *Self Motivated
- *Ability to prioritise work loads
- *To learn and apply knowledge appropriately
- *Good communication and interpersonal skills
- *To Travel around the Solihull Borough and across UHB sites including carrying equipment
- *Ability to carry out domiciliary visits
Desirable
- *Awareness of standard setting, audit and outcome measures
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *BSc(Hons) Podiatry
- *Registered with HCPC
- *POM-A & POM-S annotations including administration of Local Anaesthesia
Desirable
- *Registration with College of Podiatry or IoCP
- *CoP Diabetic/Vascular foot module
Experience
Essential
- *Working within an NHS setting
- *Experience of high risk patient groups
- *Knowledge and application of code of conduct and scope in specialist professional practice as advised by professional body
- *Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the importance of patient assessment and management, including care of high risk patients
Desirable
- *Knowledge of current issues pertinent to podiatry
- *Awareness of current legislative changes in the NHS
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to demonstrate knowledge of biomechanics and use of chair-side orthoses
- *Ability to demonstrate vascular and neurological assessment
- *Ability to advise patients, relatives, carers on self-care and health promotion
- *Ability to generate written communication which is accurate, relevant, concise and legible
- *Awareness of the needs of ethnic minority patients and carers
- *Good IT Skills
- *Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility to health and safety
- *Team working within podiatry and the wider community MDT
- *Demonstrate an adaptable and flexible approach
- *Self Motivated
- *Ability to prioritise work loads
- *To learn and apply knowledge appropriately
- *Good communication and interpersonal skills
- *To Travel around the Solihull Borough and across UHB sites including carrying equipment
- *Ability to carry out domiciliary visits
Desirable
- *Awareness of standard setting, audit and outcome measures
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
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).
