Podiatry Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic individual to support the diabetes podiatrists in delivering podiatric treatments to patients across the integrated diabetic foot care pathway. You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team and will receive regular supervision.

Podiatrists are registered healthcare professionals specialising in the lower limb (feet, ankles, legs), providing high quality clinical care to people of all ages. A Podiatrist's job is to work to protect people's feet, providing preventative advice, care, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a range of problems affecting the lower limb.

You will ideally have previous experience working with the elderly or at risk groups in a health or social care setting. The post holders will need to have the ability to work flexibly within this very busy team under direct supervision of the podiatrist. The role will offer treatment and advice to patients, carers and colleagues, as well an educational service, offering safe foot care advice under the supervision of a qualified podiatrist.

If you do not have evidenced current valid training or competencies a full training programme may be provided. This will be within both the community and acute setting by the podiatry service leading to appropriate competency for the role.

Main duties of the job

This post is based at our acute sites, Gloucestershire Royal & Cheltenham General Hospitals but may involve working with our community team as the need arises.

As a Podiatry healthcare assistant working within the Integrated Diabetes team, you will be expected to work with the Advanced Diabetes Podiatrists in delivering podiatric treatments to patients across the integrated diabetic foot care pathway.

You will be supporting the multi-disciplinary team (MDFT) working with vascular, orthopaedic and diabetes consultants as well as supporting the integrated team working on inpatient wards at GRH/CGH.

You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team and will receive regular supervision.

You will also work with colleagues in the core community team and with foot protection lead.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Great Western Road

Gloucester

GL1 3NN

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Great Western Road

Gloucester

GL1 3NN

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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