Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent part time (37.5 hours per week) Band 6 position within the Manchester Local Care Organisation for a podiatrist to join the MSK podiatry team in South Manchester. We are looking for a forward-thinking   MSK podiatrist with a minimum of 2 years post graduate experience to provide   MSK management plans to both adults and children and also to the high risk patient     

The successful candidate will work in the clinics across the South sector of the MLCO in hospitals, clinics and the community including patients homes. 

The applicant will need to demonstrate excellent communication and clinical skills and work in an integrated manner with both the high risk and MSK podiatry teams in South Manchester. There is a large caseload of high-risk patients who require management of complex foot conditions, this would include involvement in the manufacturing of offloading devices to manage and prevent deterioration of foot related conditions.

There will also be other clinics such as rapid access clinics, new patient clinics, nail surgery clinics, care in patients home, this service is integrated with the hospital diabetes and vascular team which the podiatry team support on a weekly and monthly basis

A car owner driver is essential.  

There is a well-equipped podiatry laboratory at the local community hospital which can produce a range of devices and orthotics as well as a gait lab which includes a force plate for gait analysis

Main duties of the job

To work in clinics, health centres, residential and nursing homes, day centres, in the patient's own home and on occasion in the acute sector

To actively manage patient treatment programmes in line with care planning and discharge guidelines

With the ability to use the decision making process to identify when patients require the intervention of other professional and/or departmental specialist areas by following agreed referral pathways

To conduct nail surgery and undertake a minimum of 20 procedures under supervision if not already proficient in this procedure

To participate in the specialist rotation placements in areas such as diabetes, patho-mechanics, vascular etc

To arrange for the provision of podiatry orthoses, pressure relieving insoles and shoe inserts where appropriate.

To be responsible for the day to day planning of personal workloads for clinics, for the completion of home visits and for visits to residential and nursing homes

To be flexible and provide cover for other podiatrists at short notice or during periods of absence

Complete all necessary administrative duties associated with the post.

Any other duties as required by the department

Comply with all Trust Policies, guidelines and procedures.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. 

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. 

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022. 

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. 
 
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.