Podiatrist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

To assess, diagnose, develop, and implement individual podiatric care treatment plans for patients who are predominantly high risk. To organise and manage their own individual clinical caseload

To work in community clinics providing podiatry care to a variety of clients

To provide a high standard of podiatric care

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical

To be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of podiatric care to patients with a variety of medical and podiatric problems.

To deliver specific foot care education and advice to patients, relatives and carers.

To carry out annual Diabetes assessments in all clinics. This will involve:

Use of foot assessment form

Detailed foot assessment using appropriate diagnostic equipment

Identification of risk factors, categorising patients into specific risk bands following assessment findings.

Referral to other services if required e.g. further vascular assessment, District Nursing, GP.

Provision of specific foot care advice in order to prevent deterioration / maintain / improve foot health.

To refer on to other health care professionals when appropriate through agreed pathways, e.g. referrals to podiatry assistant, hospital diabetes foot clinic, biomechanics service.

To carry out nail surgery procedures.

To have the capability to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation including the drawing up and administration of adrenalin for anaphylactic shock, if required.

To participate in the departmental rota for biomechanics, hospital clinics.

To carry out baseline biomechanical assessments.

To manufacture and fit chair side appliances e.g. insoles and silicone devices.

To follow departmental and Trust policies. To assist in the development and implementation of procedures and guidelines. To follow clinical guidelines but have the discretion to make own clinical diagnosis and decisions within professional boundaries where appropriate.

To be responsible for the maintenance, rotation and ordering of clinical stock.

To carry out clerical duties when necessary.

Professional Development:

To maintain Registration with Health Professional Council (HPC)

To work with the HCPC Code of Conduct, Trust policies and procedures, and adhere to the Patients Charter.

Actively participate in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to develop new skills and maintain and update existing skills.

To participate in Individual Performance Reviews with the Podiatry Manager.

To rotate into specialist areas within the department e.g. biomechanics clinics, working under supervision.

Communication:

To provide and ensure understanding of appropriate health education and clinical information to patients and carers.

To liaise effectively with colleagues, other Health Care Professionals and patients, in order to optimise patient care and promote the reputation of the department. This may involve: requesting, receiving and sharing diagnostic tests and results, clinical reports/letters, clinical arrangements, onward referral and professional advice.

To maintain accurate treatment records (paper and/or electronic) of all patient consultations and related work carried out at each clinical session.

Provide statistical information as required, e.g. Contact figures/DNA rates.

To attend and actively contribute to departmental meetings.

To ensure that all information relating to clients and staff gained through employment is kept confidential.

Research and Development/Audit

To participate in audit, data collection, analysis of data and development of outcomes.

To keep updated with relevant evidence-based research.

To participate in the Departments Clinical Governance initiatives, the development of local policies and implementation of local and national guidelines.

Information Governance

Employees of the Trust must comply with the provisions of the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).

• The postholder must not; either during the course of their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any personal information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation.

• The postholder must comply with Trust policies that protect the personal data of service users and employees from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use and must pay due regard to the requirements of the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice.

• The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in the Trust records management policies, and data quality processes and standards.

• Postholders with elevated access to IT systems are held accountable to the highest standards of use.

Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post-holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Mental Capacity Act 2005

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 applies to all Trust staff. It is the responsibility of every person to ensure that they keep up to date with the Act and that the delivery of patient care/services is conducted in line with local and national policy and the MCA Code of Practice.

Safeguarding is Everyones Business

The Trust has a responsibility to ensure that all children / young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. As a consequence, all Trust employees are required to adhere to national and local safeguarding policies / procedures and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them.

Infection Control

It is Trust policy to reduce the risk of Healthcare Associated Infection by having in place Infection Prevention and Control Policies. These policies must be adhered to by all staff to ensure patients are cared for in a clean environment and receive the highest standards of clinical care.

Smoke Free NHS

The NHS is Smoke - Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities.

Training

The post-holder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role.

The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the post-holder.

Equality and Diversity

It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways that support equality and diversity and work within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998.

The Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and aims to challenge discrimination, promote equality and respect human rights.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Bsc (Hons) Podiatry

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Experience of collaborative working.
• The ability to travel independently across the Trust.
• The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.

Desirable

• Experience of multi professional working.

Relations

Essential

• If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship in your application form.

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of NHS Work Placements
• Registration with the HCPC
• Evidence of continual professional Development
• Demonstrable experience in communicating with a wide range of people.
• Ability to manage own delegated workload.

Desirable

• Post graduate NHS podiatry experience
• Interest in Health education
• Evidence of reflective practice

Sponsorship

Essential

• Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable), please state this on your application form.

Skills & Attributes

Essential

• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Be able to produce detailed, accurate records which are legible; implement and evaluate treatment plans.
• Candidates should have a high degree of manual dexterity to perform clinical work.
• Candidates must be able to work under pressure and respond to change and be resilient.
• Be able to demonstrate diplomacy in difficult situations e.g. dealing with patient complaints.
• Candidates should have a responsible and caring attitude.
• Should be able to work independently, but also as part of a team when required.
• Candidates should be flexible as changes in timetables can be made at short notice.

Desirable

• Knowledge of System One

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Health Services At Wolves

Winwick Road

Warrington

WA2 7NE

Employer's website

http://bridgewater.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)