Job summary
- Main area
- Podiatry
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 30 hours per week (part time)
- Job ref
- 388-5974534-AHP-D
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Coastal Community Nurse team
- Town
- Teignmouth
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Wound Specialist Podiatrist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
- Are you a highly skilled wound management podiatrist looking for a new challenge?
- Do you want to work in a respected community nursing team?
- Are you self-motivated?
- Do you work well within a multi-disciplinary team?
- If the answer is yes to all these, then this job is for you!
We are looking for an individual to work within the Coastal community nurse team at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust working across the beautiful Teignmouth, Dawlish and surrounding areas.
We are looking for someone with excellent skills and knowledge to provide a podiatry service to the housebound patients of the Coastal locality.
Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and highly developed clinical skills are essential. You will be working closely with wider podiatry services to provide a great, seamless service to the population.
Main duties of the job
- Be responsible for the management of a caseload of high risk patients, providing a comprehensive assessment of podiatric need, relevant health education and referral to other health care professionals as required.
- The main duties of this post are to act as the Clinical Specialist Podiatrist in the field of Diabetes and wound care within the community nursing team and as part of our Multi-disciplinary Team.
- Carry out home visits for housebound patients
Working for our organisation
Onboarding booklets - 1 (pagetiger.com)
Coastal District Nurse Team are a friendly and supportive team who enjoy mentoring team members and students.
We are passionate about delivering high quality care to our patients. We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality.
We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues.
Our team enjoys a flexible approach and promotes a healthy work/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Registered Podiatrist with Health and Care Professions Council.
- Degree/ Diploma in Podiatric Medicine.
- Post-graduate qualifications in diabetes or diabetes module.
- Mentorship qualification.
- Certificate in administration of local anaesthetic.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the clinical governance agenda.
- Demonstrate an active involvement in research.
- Clinical audit or other quality issue.
- Demonstrate advanced clinic reasoning skills in a wide variety of highly complex clinical situations.
- Candidates should be adept in the use of equipment Dopler, Neurotips, Monofilaments etc.
- Excellent organisational skills are required in the management of caseloads and timetable.
- Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- • Registered Podiatrist with Health and Care Professions Council
- • BSc (Hons) Podiatry / Diploma in Chiropody/Podiatry
- • Post graduate experience of diabetes wound management
- • Certificate in administration of local anaesthetic
Desirable criteria
- • Prescribing qualification either independent or supplementary
- • Post-graduate qualification in diabetes wound management or diabetes module
- • IRMER Certificate
- • Mentorship qualification
knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- • Knowledge of developing, auditing, monitoring and evaluating protocols/guidelines and procedures
- • Ability to disseminate information on specialist area to departmental staff and other health care professionals via presentations and newsletters
- • Excellent time management and organisational skills
- • Leadership skills
- • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- • Knowledge of Musculoskeletal interventions in the prevention of foot ulceration
- • Knowledge of off- loading strategies for the prevention of pressure ulcerations
- • Knowledge of vascular interventions and investigations
- • IT skills
Desirable criteria
- • Understanding of Research skills
- • Ability to cope with a varied workload
- • Presentation skills
- • Use of casting techniques in wound management.
- • In depth knowledge of National Service Framework for Diabetes
- • In depth knowledge of NICE guidelines for diabetes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Bailey
- Job title
- Community Nurse Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07811124610
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