Job summary
Diabetes Care For You is currently looking for an experienced and highly motivated Specialist Podiatrist for our innovative community diabetes service. You must have experience of delivering high quality care to patients with diabetes, and be committed to supporting the implementation and transformation of the community diabetes service. Our Specialist Podiatrists are instrumental in the implementation, and delivery of the service model, which affords an exciting opportunity to positively impact the health and quality of life for a large cohort of the Sussex population.
Diabetes Care For You is a multidisciplinary team comprising consultants, nursing, podiatrists, dieticians, psychotherapists and support staff, working with patients living with diabetes. We support patients across Brighton and Hove, High Weald, Lewes and the Havens working from various clinical settings and when required providing domiciliary visits, so the ability to travel across the patch will mean you have a varied working week. Our patients are 18+.
We encourage interested podiatrists to contact us to discuss further ahead of applying.
Main duties of the job
We're looking for an enthusiastic qualified podiatrist with an interest in the diabetic foot who is a team-player with great communication skills. You must be committed to delivering high quality care to patients living with diabetes and a desire to support improvements within our innovative community model.
To assess, diagnose and develop and implement individualised care programmes for patients with a wide variety of clinical needs and a diagnosis of diabetes. The post holder will maintain a diabetic patient caseload and provide support to the community diabetes clinical team with a focus on foot protection. This will include care for people with associated acute or chronic neuropathies, other existing chronic diseases, vascular pathology and wound management, minor ops and musculoskeletal problems.
The post holder will also be expected to plan and manage their own clinical caseload, liaising with relevant professionals as required. You will also support other colleagues and caseloads in the Service as deemed necessary by the Clinical Service Manager in response to local needs at the time.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- To be responsible for the day-to-day planning of personal workload.
- To maintain and provide information concerning operation, statistics and development of the service as required.
- To maintain full and accurate clinical records.
- To be flexible and provide cover as required by the service managers.
- To maintain all areas of the working environment in a clean and tidy condition, meeting minimum departmental standards at all times.
- To ensure professional standards are maintained through personal presentation and conduct.
- Timescales for achievement and standards of performance relating to the duties and responsibilities identified in this job description will be agreed with the post-holder via the annual appraisal process and the relevant KSF outline.
- As an employee of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust the post-holder will have access to confidential information. Under no circumstances should this be disclosed to an unauthorised person outside of the Trust. The post- holder must ensure compliance with the legal requirements of the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts.
- As an employee of the Sussex Community Foundation Trust, the post-holder will be required to adhere to all Sussex Community Foundation Trusts policies including Equal Opportunities where all employees are expected to accept individual responsibility for the practical implications of these policies.
- Every employee has a duty to ensure that the work that they undertake is conducted in a way that is safe to themselves, other employees, patients and members of the general public. If an employee considers that a hazard to health and safety exists, it is their responsibility to report the matter to their Manager and through the Incident Reporting system. Employees must co-operate with carrying out risk assessments and must adhere to safe systems of work. This includes understanding and adhering to the reporting procedures for clinical and non-clinical incidents/near misses. Employees must attend relevant courses and mandatory updates, take a pro-active role in contributing to risk identification and management and be responsive to lessons learned from incidents and near misses.
- The post-holder must at all times abide by the professional code of conduct for their profession. Breaches of the code of conduct may lead to disciplinary action.
- This post may require the post-holder to travel to other sites in the course of fulfilment of their duties.
- The Trust has a no smoking policy.
- Clinical governance: You will be expected to take part in the processes for monitoring and improving the quality of care provided to patients. This includes risk management and clinical audit. If you engage in clinical research you must follow Trust protocols and ensure that the research has had ethical approval. You will be expected to ensure that patients receive the information they need and are treated with dignity and respect for their privacy.
- All staff should be aware of their responsibilities and role in the relation to the Trusts Major Incident Plan.
- SCFT Employees are expected to act at all times in alignment with the Trusts vision and values, clearly identifying their own responsibilities in delivering the Trusts vision and values. Employees should honour the Trusts vision and values by demonstrating appropriate behaviours and encouraging this in others. Employees should demonstrate commitment to quality patient care through effective team working.
- The Trust is committed to delivering a high standard of customer care and therefore it is compulsory to ensure that you have undergone induction training within 3 months of your appointment.
- The Trust has a statutory duty to ensure that patients, clients and members of the public are consulted and involved in decisions about local health service developments. As a SCFT employee you should be mindful of this and do what you can, appropriate to your role and level of responsibility, to meet this duty.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- To be responsible for the day-to-day planning of personal workload.
- To maintain and provide information concerning operation, statistics and development of the service as required.
- To maintain full and accurate clinical records.
- To be flexible and provide cover as required by the service managers.
- To maintain all areas of the working environment in a clean and tidy condition, meeting minimum departmental standards at all times.
- To ensure professional standards are maintained through personal presentation and conduct.
- Timescales for achievement and standards of performance relating to the duties and responsibilities identified in this job description will be agreed with the post-holder via the annual appraisal process and the relevant KSF outline.
- As an employee of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust the post-holder will have access to confidential information. Under no circumstances should this be disclosed to an unauthorised person outside of the Trust. The post- holder must ensure compliance with the legal requirements of the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts.
- As an employee of the Sussex Community Foundation Trust, the post-holder will be required to adhere to all Sussex Community Foundation Trusts policies including Equal Opportunities where all employees are expected to accept individual responsibility for the practical implications of these policies.
- Every employee has a duty to ensure that the work that they undertake is conducted in a way that is safe to themselves, other employees, patients and members of the general public. If an employee considers that a hazard to health and safety exists, it is their responsibility to report the matter to their Manager and through the Incident Reporting system. Employees must co-operate with carrying out risk assessments and must adhere to safe systems of work. This includes understanding and adhering to the reporting procedures for clinical and non-clinical incidents/near misses. Employees must attend relevant courses and mandatory updates, take a pro-active role in contributing to risk identification and management and be responsive to lessons learned from incidents and near misses.
- The post-holder must at all times abide by the professional code of conduct for their profession. Breaches of the code of conduct may lead to disciplinary action.
- This post may require the post-holder to travel to other sites in the course of fulfilment of their duties.
- The Trust has a no smoking policy.
- Clinical governance: You will be expected to take part in the processes for monitoring and improving the quality of care provided to patients. This includes risk management and clinical audit. If you engage in clinical research you must follow Trust protocols and ensure that the research has had ethical approval. You will be expected to ensure that patients receive the information they need and are treated with dignity and respect for their privacy.
- All staff should be aware of their responsibilities and role in the relation to the Trusts Major Incident Plan.
- SCFT Employees are expected to act at all times in alignment with the Trusts vision and values, clearly identifying their own responsibilities in delivering the Trusts vision and values. Employees should honour the Trusts vision and values by demonstrating appropriate behaviours and encouraging this in others. Employees should demonstrate commitment to quality patient care through effective team working.
- The Trust is committed to delivering a high standard of customer care and therefore it is compulsory to ensure that you have undergone induction training within 3 months of your appointment.
- The Trust has a statutory duty to ensure that patients, clients and members of the public are consulted and involved in decisions about local health service developments. As a SCFT employee you should be mindful of this and do what you can, appropriate to your role and level of responsibility, to meet this duty.
Person Specification
Qualifications and professional registration
Essential
- Registered with Health Care Professions Council
- Degree/Diploma in Podiatry
- Current Valid Driving Licence
Desirable
- Membership of The College of Podiatry
Experience
Essential
- Post graduate experience in the area of diabetic footcare.
- Contributing to clinical education of other podiatrists, students, etc.
- Supervisory skills
- Comprehensive evidence of relevant lifelong learning and post graduate training
Desirable
- To have completed a clinical competencies programme
- Experience of supporting staff members in supervision and appraisal of student mentoring
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate decision making / clinical reasoning skills in diabetic podiatry through the analysis and interpretation of the clinical examination
- Ability to work without supervision
- IT literate, able to use internet and database
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification in the field of Diabetes
Other requirements
Essential
- Access to a car for travelling within workplace catchment area as role will involve regular travel to clinic sites and for domiciliary visits.
Person Specification
Qualifications and professional registration
Essential
- Registered with Health Care Professions Council
- Degree/Diploma in Podiatry
- Current Valid Driving Licence
Desirable
- Membership of The College of Podiatry
Experience
Essential
- Post graduate experience in the area of diabetic footcare.
- Contributing to clinical education of other podiatrists, students, etc.
- Supervisory skills
- Comprehensive evidence of relevant lifelong learning and post graduate training
Desirable
- To have completed a clinical competencies programme
- Experience of supporting staff members in supervision and appraisal of student mentoring
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to demonstrate decision making / clinical reasoning skills in diabetic podiatry through the analysis and interpretation of the clinical examination
- Ability to work without supervision
- IT literate, able to use internet and database
Desirable
- Post-graduate qualification in the field of Diabetes
Other requirements
Essential
- Access to a car for travelling within workplace catchment area as role will involve regular travel to clinic sites and for domiciliary visits.
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).
