Specialist Podiatrist - MSK

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description Specialist Podiatrist - MSK

Age UK Canterbury is committed to providing a high standard of services to older people. Our staff and volunteers make an important contribution to that standard.

Responsible to: The Director of Podiatry Services

Job Purpose: To provide a Specialist MSK leadership role together with Podiatric Care in both the Age UK Canterbury clinic settings together with the home visiting service in the community covering Canterbury and surrounding areas.

To support the Director of Podiatry Services in the leadership and development of both the MSK/Biomechanics Service and Foot Health Service. To support clinical education in the workplace for both the Apprentice Podiatrists and the Royal College of Podiatry Assistant Practitioners.

Age UK Canterbury Podiatry Service is an accredited NHS AQP Provider for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust and the postholder will support this contract as and when required.

Responsibilities:

To treat and manage the care of podiatric patients, utilising the full range of podiatric skills and knowledge and evidence-based practice to achieve satisfactory outcomes for service users based upon their individual needs.

To support the Director of Podiatry in the development and management of the Foot Health Service.

To support the Director of Podiatry in the training, development and supervision of the Apprentice Podiatrists, Assistant Practitioners/Trainee Assistant Practitioners in line with the Royal College of Podiatry guidelines and best practice programmes.

To work alongside the Director of Podiatry in assuring that the right continuous development programmes are both implemented and planned for the Apprentice Podiatrists, Assistant Practitioners or any Trainee Assistant Practitioners within the service.

To provide treatment of patients to maintain mobility, independence, viability and to relieve discomfort.

To be an ambassador for the Age UK Canterbury Foot Health Service in extending multi-disciplinary team work in both primary and secondary care.

To communicate effectively with a wide variety of patients and carers to ensure understanding of their condition, utilizing skills such as gaining informed consent together with full explanation of treatment plans required.

To be fully compliant with the policies and procedures of Age UK Canterbury.

To be fully compliant with all GDPR, confidentiality and consent procedures at all times.

Training: You will be expected to attend specific courses as and when required. The list below is and example of these training elements:

Basic and Emergency First Aid

Moving and Handling

Dementia Training

Adult Protection

Specifically, the Podiatrist will be supported to attend ongoing Royal College of Podiatry CPD events e.g. The Annual Conference. As part of the individual appraisal process the Podiatrist will be fully supported to ensure that they are fully aware of the latest developments and procedures within the Podiatry Service.

Regular in house CPD is undertaken alongside external CPD as required.

This Job Description will be revised and amended as required to keep pace with the changes within the internal and external environment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc or MSc or Diploma in Podiatric Medicine
• HCPC Registered
• A specialist interest in MSK, Biomechanics and Orthoses.

Experience

Essential

• Undergraduate or Postgraduate experience in a Podiatry Service.
• Aptitude for training and management development opportunities.

Desirable

• Experience with working with a wide range of patients and disease/pathology conditions including the at risk and high-risk foot.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Age UK Canterbury

Address

Age Uk

Castle Row

Canterbury

Kent

CT1 2QY

Employer's website

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/canterbury/ (Opens in a new tab)