Podiatry Assistant

Job summary

Great news! An opportunity has arisen for Podiatry Assistant practitioners in our Podiatry service. The role is varied and includes nail care for people with problematic / pathological toenails, undertaking foot assessments for people with diabetes, assisting with nail surgery, wound care clinics to name but a few. You will be part of the wider podiatry team and see patients who have been referred to you by a Podiatrist as well as new patients within your competencies. You will work on your own mainly and have your own caseload but will be required to work under direction of the Podiatrist / Team Lead.

To undertake this role, you will need to complete the College of Podiatry Assistant Practitioner training course, as well as undertake several modules of in-house training and competency assessment to ensure you are skilled and safe in undertaking the tasks that will be required. All training is in-house and will be assessed in-house too. You will be assigned a mentor to take you through the training but will start treating patients usually within the first 6 weeks of commencing. You will start your role on band 3 level but will move to band 4 on qualification from the Royal College of Podiatry Assistant Practitioner training course (even if all other modules have not been completed).

Main duties of the job

The main duties are to support patients with their well-being with advice, treatments and education. This will entail managing your own patients as well as supporting the podiatrists with nail surgery.

You will also work independently in foot wound care clinics with a podiatrist working next door to provide support.

You will also provide footcare education training sessions to residential, nursing homes etc.

You will also report on audits such as hand hygiene.

Clinics will be in clinics and in people's homes.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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