Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Podiatrist to join the Podiatry Service at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. This is a part-time post (22.5 hours per week) delivering high-quality podiatric care across community clinics, domiciliary settings and other locations as required by service need.
The role is suitable for an experienced podiatrist or a newly qualified graduate. Newly qualified applicants will be appointed at Band 5, with a structured competency framework and professional support in place. On successful completion of agreed competencies, the post holder will progress to Band 6.
The post holder will work autonomously to assess, diagnose and manage patients with complex podiatric conditions, while working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team. The role includes contributing to service development, audit, education and the promotion of foot health, ensuring patient-centred, evidence-based care in line with Trust values of Kind, Connected and Bold.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will take clinical responsibility for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients referred to the podiatry service, managing a varied caseload including high-risk and complex presentations. Duties include autonomous clinical decision-making, wound assessment and management, nail surgery, debridement of skin and ulcer pathology, vascular and neurological assessment, and pressure redistribution techniques. The role involves working independently and jointly across clinic and domiciliary settings, identifying patients requiring urgent intervention and liaising appropriately with medical and nursing colleagues. You will ensure care is evidence-based, consented and documented in line with HCPC, College of Podiatry and Trust standards. Additional responsibilities include maintaining accurate records, contributing to audit and service development (including NDFA), supporting education and training, managing clinical risk, and maintaining effective communication with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure safe, high-quality patient care.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
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*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
- *Professional/clinical knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent supplemented by post graduate specialist podiatric training or equivalent experience of specialist podiatric conditions
- *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
- *Professional/clinical knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent supplemented by post graduate specialist podiatric training or equivalent experience of specialist podiatric conditions
- *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).
