Job summary
Are you a motivated and HCPC-registered Podiatrist looking to make a difference?
Do you have strong clinical expertise and excellent communication skills?
We are looking for an Advanced Podiatrist to join our team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals,
This role is to be an integral part of the Acute and Community Podiatry Team and to bridge the gap between the two teams.
AtSheffield Teaching Hospitals, our dynamic Podiatry Service is made up of three specialist teams:
- Empowerment Team- Triage and First Contact
- Community Podiatry- Foot Protection, At-Risk Foot, Nail Surgery, and Rheumatology
- Acute Team- Diabetic Foot MDT, Vascular, Renal, F-Scan and Offloading Clinics
This is a fantastic opportunity to thrive in a service that values innovation, development, and excellence.
We are proud to have held the Customer Service Excellence award for 29 years, and you will play a key role in helping us maintain this high standard, while actively promoting the NHS Trust PROUD values in everything you do.
Please note this advertisement is for both full time and part time opportunities.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will contribute to the development and delivery of care-plans for patients with, or at extreme risk of, active foot disease. This care will be provided in in-patient, out-patient and community settings, on behalf of the Consultant led multi-disciplinary team.
The role requires excellent teamworking to be an effective member of the foot protection team, working collaboratively with:
- Community / Acute Podiatrists
- Diabetologists (Consultants, Registrar, and trainee staff)
- Microbiologists
- Community and Acute Podiatrists
- Diabetes Nurse Specialists
- Orthotists
- Vascular Surgeons
- Orthopaedic / Podiatric Surgeons
- Vascular Nurse Specialists
- General Practitioners
- Practice / Community Nurses
- Patients, relatives & representative groups
- Risk Management Team
- Research Development Facilitator
- Infection Control team.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Podiatrist
- BSc Podiatry or equivalent qualification
- Masters level study, or equivalent experiential learning in management of the high risk foot
- Evidence of training in a specialist area (i.e. Diabetes, Rheumatology, Vascular)
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualifications
- Prescription Only Medicines (POM-A, POM-S)
- Leadership or teaching qualification or training
Experience
Essential
- NHS Podiatry experience managing complex patients with complex podiatric needs including impaired tissue viability
- Experience of treating complex patients in a speciality - i.e. Diabetes, Rheumatology, Vascular, Musculoskeletal - and formulating management plans
- Experience of undertaking research, audit, service improvement or leading projects
- Experience of providing clinical leadership
- Experience of supervising, mentoring, and training colleagues
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience in undertaking Nail Surgery
- Experience of applying clinical governance and risk assessment to current and future clinical practice, including the development and approval of policies, procedures, and processes which ensure patient and staff safety
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to produce clear, accurate, and contemporaneous patient records and timely correspondence
- Able to provide high levels of podiatric care autonomously including appropriate sharp debridement, robust offloading, dressing plans, infection identification and management, and vascular, neurological, dermatological, musculoskeletal, and wound assessments
- Able to work effectively alone and as part of a team
- Broad in-depth podiatric knowledge on foot pathology and management and a specialist area - Diabetes, Rheumatology, Vascular, Musculoskeletal - and the ability to formulate complex management plans using a holistic patient-centred approach
- History of Continuing Professional Development
- Understand the podiatrist's role within the NHS with an understanding of Primary Care
- Knowledge of relevant international and national guidance including i.e. NICE, IWGDF, National Wound Care Strategy Program
- Understands the implications of clinical research and evidence-based practice in relation to Podiatry and applies following appropriate governance
- Valid UK driving licence and access to vehicle with the ability to obtain business insurance
- Computer literate
- Knowledge of SystmOne or other patient record systems
Desirable
- To understand the role of Podiatry in the wider healthcare system context
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Podiatrist
- BSc Podiatry or equivalent qualification
- Masters level study, or equivalent experiential learning in management of the high risk foot
- Evidence of training in a specialist area (i.e. Diabetes, Rheumatology, Vascular)
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualifications
- Prescription Only Medicines (POM-A, POM-S)
- Leadership or teaching qualification or training
Experience
Essential
- NHS Podiatry experience managing complex patients with complex podiatric needs including impaired tissue viability
- Experience of treating complex patients in a speciality - i.e. Diabetes, Rheumatology, Vascular, Musculoskeletal - and formulating management plans
- Experience of undertaking research, audit, service improvement or leading projects
- Experience of providing clinical leadership
- Experience of supervising, mentoring, and training colleagues
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience in undertaking Nail Surgery
- Experience of applying clinical governance and risk assessment to current and future clinical practice, including the development and approval of policies, procedures, and processes which ensure patient and staff safety
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to produce clear, accurate, and contemporaneous patient records and timely correspondence
- Able to provide high levels of podiatric care autonomously including appropriate sharp debridement, robust offloading, dressing plans, infection identification and management, and vascular, neurological, dermatological, musculoskeletal, and wound assessments
- Able to work effectively alone and as part of a team
- Broad in-depth podiatric knowledge on foot pathology and management and a specialist area - Diabetes, Rheumatology, Vascular, Musculoskeletal - and the ability to formulate complex management plans using a holistic patient-centred approach
- History of Continuing Professional Development
- Understand the podiatrist's role within the NHS with an understanding of Primary Care
- Knowledge of relevant international and national guidance including i.e. NICE, IWGDF, National Wound Care Strategy Program
- Understands the implications of clinical research and evidence-based practice in relation to Podiatry and applies following appropriate governance
- Valid UK driving licence and access to vehicle with the ability to obtain business insurance
- Computer literate
- Knowledge of SystmOne or other patient record systems
Desirable
- To understand the role of Podiatry in the wider healthcare system context
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
