Job summary
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
As an advanced podiatrist you will play a proactive role in developing care pathways and new ways of working whilst utilising a full range of routine and advanced podiatric techniques.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will provide advanced podiatry treatment to patients with diabetes and complex vascular wounds within both inpatients and outpatient clinics in an acute secondary care setting. The post holder will be a source of clinical expertise for high-risk foot care.
You will provide comprehensive advanced assessment, diagnosis, planning, treatment and implementation of podiatric care, including wound management and pressure offloading to maintain patients' mobility and independence.
The post holder will be able to work flexibly to include some weekend working to enable a seven day service and there will be occasional travel to Ellesmere Port hospital as required.
Clinical audit, service review, supervision and clinical education is an essential aspect of this role.
The list below is to outline the main duties involved; however this is subject to change and will vary within the given role. We ask all employees to be flexible in their role, to always ensure we are delivering Safe, Kind and Effective care.
Main duties of the job
1. Manage a complex and advanced clinical caseload of high-risk patients using evidence based practice to assess, implement and evaluate podiatric treatment plans.
2. To provide and maintain a high level of care reflecting the skills of an HCPC registered Podiatrist.
3. To deliver advanced podiatry skills including pressure offloading, casting, vascular assessment and wound debridement to patients with diabetic and complex vascular wounds and pre/post surgical intervention.
4. To have a good knowledge of wound dressing products and use evidence based practice in your decision making process.
5. To be involved with decision making for the prescription of antibiotics and other prescription only medication.
6. Request and interpret x-ray reports, doppler scans and blood tests, recommending further investigations as clinical indicated.
7. Empathetically explains complex and potentially distressing situations eg the need for amputation, to patients with complex foot wounds.
8. To work autonomously as well as part of a team to manage your own clinical caseload and undertake clinical duties that will involve treatment in an acute secondary care setting in outpatient clinics/ MDFT foot clinics and inpatient wards.
9. Triage referrals to the service on an agreed criteria to ensure patients are not put at risk.
10. Liaises with other healthcare professions according and effectively to meet the individual need of the patient.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) Podiatric Medicine or equivalent
- HCPC registration and evidence of continued CPD
- MSc or module of MSc or willingness to work towards
Desirable
- IRMER certificate
- Prescribing qualification
- Local Anaesthesia certificate
- Prescription only medicines certificate
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of postgraduate professional development in the field of diabetes and high risk wound management, at a masters level or equivalent experience.
- Experience of working at a band 6 level with a high-risk caseload and ability to respond to queries within a clinical environment.
- Demonstrate an advanced level of specialist knowledge in diabetes, wound management techniques, minor surgery, orthotic interventions and pressure relieving devices including casting techniques.
- Involvement with relevant specialist interest groups
- Knowledge of national and local priorities and changing trends in a specialist area
Desirable
- Experience of supervising/mentoring staff and clinical placement students
- Demonstrate an understanding of national/ local standards and the clinical governance agenda
- Demonstrate an active involvement in research, clinical audit or other quality issue
Skills and abilities
Essential
- To be able to participate in service development and implement change
- Good presentation and organisational skills.
- Experience in wound management, ABPI / TBPI, and wound offloading including casting techniques.
- The ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients and carers of varying levels of understanding.
- Ability to present written information in a logical manner.
- Ability to self-motivate and motivate others
- To be able to manage own workload in a busy clinic setting.
- Able to respond to unexpected changes and adopt a flexible approach.
- Ability to work successfully within a team
Desirable
- Formal qualification in teaching / health education e.g. further education teaching certificate / certificate in health education or similar.
- Experience of working on or delivery of Diabetic Foot Programes to other Professionals.
- Demonstrate an ability to lead on service modernisation.
- Experience of staff development/human resource management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) Podiatric Medicine or equivalent
- HCPC registration and evidence of continued CPD
- MSc or module of MSc or willingness to work towards
Desirable
- IRMER certificate
- Prescribing qualification
- Local Anaesthesia certificate
- Prescription only medicines certificate
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of postgraduate professional development in the field of diabetes and high risk wound management, at a masters level or equivalent experience.
- Experience of working at a band 6 level with a high-risk caseload and ability to respond to queries within a clinical environment.
- Demonstrate an advanced level of specialist knowledge in diabetes, wound management techniques, minor surgery, orthotic interventions and pressure relieving devices including casting techniques.
- Involvement with relevant specialist interest groups
- Knowledge of national and local priorities and changing trends in a specialist area
Desirable
- Experience of supervising/mentoring staff and clinical placement students
- Demonstrate an understanding of national/ local standards and the clinical governance agenda
- Demonstrate an active involvement in research, clinical audit or other quality issue
Skills and abilities
Essential
- To be able to participate in service development and implement change
- Good presentation and organisational skills.
- Experience in wound management, ABPI / TBPI, and wound offloading including casting techniques.
- The ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients and carers of varying levels of understanding.
- Ability to present written information in a logical manner.
- Ability to self-motivate and motivate others
- To be able to manage own workload in a busy clinic setting.
- Able to respond to unexpected changes and adopt a flexible approach.
- Ability to work successfully within a team
Desirable
- Formal qualification in teaching / health education e.g. further education teaching certificate / certificate in health education or similar.
- Experience of working on or delivery of Diabetic Foot Programes to other Professionals.
- Demonstrate an ability to lead on service modernisation.
- Experience of staff development/human resource management.
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).
