Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be an autonomous practitioner, professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your clinical work.

To support senior colleagues within the Podiatry Service/Community Diabetes Team to provide excellent, high quality care.

Provide a range of foot protection treatments for Podiatry patients

Manage own caseload of those with active foot complications with support from senior colleagues or working within the treatment plan.

Review Podiatry patients following treatment by senior colleagues and arrange for further treatment or discharge.

To be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of podiatric care to a variety of patients referred to the service, with a wide range of clinical needs:

1. Diabetes
2. Chronic Neuropathy
3. Chronic disease e.g. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4. Vascular problems
5. Wound management/Tissue Viability needs
6. Poor mental health

To provide domiciliary treatment in patients homes, Nursing Homes, Community Clinics and other sites as required.

To liaise with other professional disciplines and colleagues in the department, to ensure appropriate service delivery. To influence appropriate referrals for the client group, and where possible to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery.

To actively participate in patient and health professional education sessions as required.

To support colleagues in provision of services as deemed necessary by the manager of the service.

To provide care in a range of primary and secondary care settings, some of which may be in isolation

To have highly developed physical skills, precision hand/eye co-ordination for prolonged periods.

To have the capability and personal fitness to move and handle patients who may be immobile, wheelchair or bed-bound often in confined spaces.

To be actively involved in the development and implementation of departmental policies and procedures.

To follow departmental policies and procedures but have the discretion to make own clinical diagnosis and decisions within professional boundaries.

To be flexible and provide cover or undertake other duties appropriate to the grade at the direction of the operational lead or his/her deputy.

To maintain accurate records of all patient consultations and related work carried out at each clinical session.

To participate in service audit and research as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered with HCPC
• Degree / Diploma in Podiatry
• Current valid Drivign lisence

Desirable

• Membership of Society of chiropodist and podiatrist

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience
• 2 years experience in area of diabetic foot care
• Expert clinician, able to demoinstrate credibility
• Contributing to clinical education of other podiatrists, students etc..
• Supervisory skills
• Comprehensive evidence of relevant lifelong learnin and post graduate training

Desirable

• To have completed a clinical competencies programme
• Experience of supporting satff members in supervision and appraisal of studen mentoring
• Research and practice development activities

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• Able to demonstrate decision making / clinical reasoning skills in diabetic podiatry through the analysis and interpretation of the clinical examination
• Excellent communication skills including talking and listening as well as being aware of non-verbal communication i.e. motivational interviewing
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work without supervision
• IT literate, able to use internet and database

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in Diabetes
• Experience in evidence based standard setting and clinical audit

Other requirements

Essential

• Flexibility
• Self motivated
• Demonstrates ability to work in a team
• Able to manage demanding and challenging workload
• Access to car for travelling within workplace catchment area as role will involve regular travel to clinic sites and for domiciliary visits

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

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Moulsecoomb Health Centre

Brighton and High Weald, Lewes and Havens

BN2 4SE

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)