Job summary
- Main area
- Podiatry
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7779119
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Michael's Site, Pine Lodge, Podiatry Department
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 Including Outer London HCAS pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Diabetic Podiatrist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
The post holder will work within North Mid in the Community as part of the Podiatry Team and Diabetes Service. They will work effectively in a multidisciplinary (MDT) approach for the benefit of the patient.
MDT clinics will run providing holistic assessment and treatment to patients and there is a significant health education aspect to the role.
The post holder will also work within the podiatry department as a B7 diabetic specialist podiatrist.
Main duties of the job
To work effectively in a multidisciplinary approach with other health care professionals for the benefit of the patient. This will involve working with other professionals (e.g., Diabetes Specialist Nurse) or in a closely coordinated manner implementing care plans.
To ensure good communications (regarding professional and medical issues) are always maintained to achieve the desired outcome.
To be involved in the production of diabetic information/education for patients, carers, and health care professionals.
To work effectively as a member of the podiatry and multi professional teams.
Working for our organisation
North Mid in the Community is part of the Royal Free Hospital Trusts, it covers the Borough of Enfield. It has very close working relationships with both the Royal Free Barnet and Pond Street acute diabetic podiatry services and the North Middlesex University Trust acute diabetic service.
The podiatry department has a modern outlook and offers a wide range of advanced therapeutic treatments to its service users, and we are seeking a podiatrist with excellent diabetic skills to join our small but committed and supportive team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1.1. To be responsible for the podiatric assessment, diagnosis, delivery, and evaluation of care plans using a variety of appropriate treatment regimens for high risk and at-risk patient categories. Working either uni-professionally or within a multidisciplinary team.
1.2. To hold responsibility for own caseload working as an autonomous clinical expert within diabetes/high risk foot pathologies.
1.3. Triage referrals as required monitoring waiting lists, prioritising and redirecting patients according to medical and podiatric need.
1.4. To ensure effective communication of complex and highly sensitive and emotional information to patients, this requires excellent interpersonal and counselling skills.
1. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS
2.1. To be responsible for the clinical provision of diabetic/high risk care.
2.2. To undertake tailored care packages dependent on patient’s complex needs. To use advanced clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment techniques to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis of their condition.
2.3. Formulate and deliver individual treatment plans based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and utilize extended skills such as offloading and performing ABPI’s.
2.4. To evaluate and review agreed patient treatment outcomes to facilitate patients’ engagement/self-care/onward referral.
2.5. To work in close collaboration with the community diabetic team including the
Diabetic Specialist Nurse and Tissue Viability Specialist to ensure a holistic
approach to the management of the ‘at-risk’ and ‘high risk patient’ is met.
2.6. To take a proactive role in the planning and delivery of Health Promotion and Health Education to users and health care professionals (HCP). Including promoting the departments services to other HCP to ensure appropriate patients are referred to Podiatry. And to develop and deliver a training programme for HCP for screening the ‘at risk’ diabetic foot in Community/Primary Care. To deliver diabetic education to users in conjunction with the diabetes service.
2.7. To understand offloading the high-risk foot and prescribe, modify,
and fit off the shelf orthoses/insoles as required. To liaise with extended care network including orthopaedics, and surgical appliances to ensure that the
patients’ rehabilitation needs are met.
2.8. Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed
consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
2.9. To work within Trust clinical guidelines, national and professional body guidelines and standards, thus, to have a good working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own and others quality of practice as appropriate.
2.10. To be responsible for maintaining accurate comprehensive patient treatment records in line with recognised professional standards of practice (i.e. Royal College of Podiatrists) and BEH policies. To record patient appointment outcomes on Rio within 24 hours.
2.11. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
2.12. Where appropriate, to supervise and provide mentoring to other podiatrists and lot care assistants.
2.13. To be responsible for the maintenance and security of stock in own work area,
with the added responsibility of some clinical online ordering.
2.14. To refer patients on as necessary to other healthcare professionals to ensure
appropriate care is provided and to follow Trust referral timeline.
2.15 To deliver diabetic health education to service users.
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- Degree in Podiatry with LA certificate
- Broad based post graduate NHS experience with significant component in diabetic outpatients
- Experience in advanced neurovascular, and gait assessment
- Ability to use advanced Podiatric diagnostic tools and to develop further skills
- Experience of providing foot health education
desirable
Desirable criteria
- Completion of diabetic post- graduate programmes
- Teaching, mentoring or supervision training
- Independent prescribing
desirable
Desirable criteria
- Teaching, mentoring or supervision training
- Independent prescribing
- Completion of diabetic post- graduate programmes
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
- Anne Marie Davies
- Job title
- Head of Podiatry
- Email address
- [email protected]
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