Part time podiatrist

Job summary

Part time podiatrist

Band 6

An exciting role to work across different aspect of Podiatry care delivery, as part of broad delivery team. To deliver ongoing excellent care, in clinics, patients homes and a ward setting.

To be involved in audit work, and also helping to shape service delivery and improvement.

Interview date TBC

Main duties of the job

To work as an integral member of the high risk and foot protection teams, delivering quality planned programmes of podiatric care to patients with an assessed need.

To organise, develop and implement individual/ interdisciplinary, care plans, for patients on the case load.

To help maintain mobility, independence, and tissue viability and to reduce discomfort.

Patients will be routine care or "at risk" or 'high risk', 'remission' patients, some foot ulcer patients. The patients will have varying pathologies. With pathologies such as Diabetes, PVD, Peripheral Neuropathy, Rheumatoid Arthritis, complex foot deformity and other complex lower limb pathology.

To keep up to date with clinical and professional developments.

To provide treatment at a variety of sites, which include patients home, clinics, hospital and elsewhere. Working in isolation.

To input into staff meetings and Team meetings, audits and service development proposals.

To ensure all clients receive the appropriate quality of care and advice at all times whilst observing the policies and procedures of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, the Royal College of Podiatry and the HCPC.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development. Croydon University Hospital plays an active role in training the clinicians of the future and works in partnership with major London universities