Job overview

Are you passionate about making a real difference to the lives of patients living with diabetes, while being part of a supportive and innovative team? Join us in shaping the future of high -quality care for the communities we serve.

We are welcoming applications for a Specialist Diabetes Podiatrist to join our Multi-disciplinary (MDT) Foot Team at the Thomas Addison Diabetes Department at St George's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. St George’s Hospital is the Vascular Hub Site for South- West London and so the team are instrumental in the care of patients escalated for specialist vascular care from neighbouring spoke hospitals.

Main duties of the job

You will join our friendly and dynamic team of podiatrists and our podiatry assistant to provide enhanced practice in the assessment, diagnosis and management of complex diabetes-related lower limb conditions.

You will integrate and communicate regularly with our speciality MDT colleagues including diabetes consultants and nurses, infection diseases, vascular surgeons and nurses, orthopaedic surgeons, interventional radiology, psychology and community specialities. 

You will co-ordinate and implement holistic care plans in line with MDT support. We will provide structured training and competency sign off for advanced care therapies which may include treatments such as topical negative pressure therapy and total contact casting.

The service is fully integrated within the hospital which provides several exciting rotational and development opportunities in both outpatient and inpatient settings. The team is committed to service improvement work, recently working together with colleagues from across Southwest London to get innovative new treatments approved for patients with diabetes foot infections.

In recent months our colleagues have presented their audit work at national conferences, taken on leadership responsibilities and attended conferences for continuous professional development. We are proud of the energy, expertise and drive to take our service into the future, and we welcome someone who shares this enthusiasm for growth and excellence.

Working for our organisation

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest healthcare provider in Southwest London.

St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.