Job summary
- Main area
- Podiatrist
- Grade
- 7
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-BANK- LIT1416
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alexandra Avenue health and social care centre
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £21.88 - £26.30 Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 04/06/2025 12:00
Employer heading
Bank B6 Podiatrist ONW
7
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.
Job overview
· The post holder will act as a clinical specialist for Podiatric Biomechanics in Harrow CLCH Podiatry Service. You will provide highly specialised advice to patients and be a point of contact for colleagues relating to Biomechanics and the importance of foot function for people affected by MSK injury, dysfunction or disease. Paying particular attention to those patients that present and have been impacted by long term systemic conditions manifesting in the lower limb.
· The Post Holder will also be expected to provide cover to general podiatry, high risk, woundcare and nail surgery clinics as necessary based on demand of the service.
Main duties of the job
· To autonomously assess and diagnose patients with a diverse range of medical and podiatric conditions, using appropriate diagnostic techniques, skills and tools.
· To diagnose and treat complex biomechanics disorders for both podiatric case management and in context of wider MSK care plans.
· To provide guidance and support to podiatry department packages of care; to develop and embed biomechanics into daily practice for all podiatrists.
· To be able to recognise acute MSK and Rheumatologic presentations and to be able to refer patients directly for some diagnostic tests, such as, bloods and x-rays, and to interpret and act accordingly on data provided therein.
· To develop tailored care packages dependent upon patient need and utilise extensive skills, such as the prescription of bespoke FFOs and SMAFOS to enable and maintain patient mobility, foot function and aid healing
Working for our organisation
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London – (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Support with gaining your driving license *T&C’s apply
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To use effective and sophisticated oral, written and listening communication skills to accurately assess sometimes complicated, difficult and compromising situations in order to ensure the patients’ needs are fully assessed and addressed and that they understand and participate in their care plan.
· Overcome communication problems experienced within a diverse patient population by using a range of communication methods, including the use of interpreting services and where necessary engaging family members, carers and other support workers as an aid to communication.
· To liaise with and provide feedback to referrers to the service by letter and/or verbal communication, ensuring that assessment, diagnostic results and treatment plans are understood by the referrer in order that the treatment aims are understood and supported by the wider health care network.
· To jointly ensure quality communications across the Podiatry Service.
· To communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels across the organisation.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- BSc Degree In Podiatric Medicine or Diploma (if qualified prior 1991)
- Evidence of continual professional and personal development
- Registration with the Health Professions Council
- Certificate in local anaesthesia
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post grad training in specialist area of podiatry
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post graduate clinical experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
- Experience of working with a wide range of patient and disease / pathology types including the at-risk and high-risk foot
- Experience of working as part of a specialist team (clinical rotation experience accepted
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an NHS environment
- Experience of clinical supervision / mentoring
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
- Shanelle Green
- Job title
- Bank Recruitment Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02039378322
List jobs with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust in Allied Health Professions or all sectors