Band 7 Highly Specialised Podiatrist

Job summary

Do you have excellent clinical diagnostic and interpersonal skills?

Are you motivated to achieve great outcomes for high risk patients?

An excellent opportunity is available for enthusiastic, flexible and motivated podiatrists to join our committed and progressive High Risk team.

You will have post-graduate experience and training in Diabetes, Vascular and other High Risk conditions. You will work within a team and also be expected to work autonomously acting as a resource of expertise.

Excellent time management, communication and organisational skills are essential. Your role will provide specialist input into community High Risk Clinics and High risk home visits. You will be adept in wound assessment and management and be responsive to urgent referrals.

You will be able to demonstrate empathy, resilience, a methodical approach and an aptitude for problem solving using your own initiative.

You will liaise with the multi-disciplinary team within community and secondary care and with colleagues across the Trust. We are proud to have excellent links with the acute sector, particularly in diabetes and vascular. You will also be involved in nail surgery and prevention clinics.

Part of the role involves education of other health care professionals in presenting and providing practical workshops on the high risk foot.

You will be expected to take an active part in CPD, developing yourself, along with others in the team, including students.

Main duties of the job

• To provide Highly Specialist Podiatry in community settings within the Trust including community clinics and hospitals, health centres, GP surgeries, residential homes, nursing homes and in the patient's own home.
• o provide Highly Specialist Podiatry Services in acute hospital clinics across Birmingham as and when required.
• o actively take part in presentations, workshops and study days along with the other members of the diabetes team.
• o promote strong links with other members of the multidisciplinary team including Consultants, GPs, PNs, DSNs, as well as other healthcare professionals.
• o undertake undergraduate clinical training on a regular basis.

About us

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

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