Lead Podiatrist

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated lead podiatrist to provide a high quality & responsive specialist Podiatry service to the diabetic & high risk population served by St Georges NHS Foundation Trust. You will need to be able to lead a team as they provide treatment/advice at a variety of sites within St Georges Hospital NHS Foundation Trust including wards, A&E, Acute Medical Unit, outpatient departments & primarily the diabetes foot unit. Working as part of a MDT and act as a source of advice to patients, doctors, consultants, medical students, nurses, carers, GP's & other Health Care Professional's.

The Diabetic Foot team provides specialist diagnostic assessment & treatment, including wound care management of the diabetic and high risk foot on for the population served by St Georges NHS Foundation Trust (Trust) and any SLA's as directed.

The Diabetic Foot MDT currently consists of: x1 band 3 HCA, x2 band 6 podiatrists, x1 band 7 Inpatient podiatrist, x1 band 7 outpatient podiatrist, diabetes consultant, vascular consultant, microbiology consultant, orthopaedic consultant, Interventional radiologist, Orthotist, MSK radiologist, pharmacist, psychologist, specialist registrars and nurses.

Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract to cover the current postholder's maternity leave

Main duties of the job

To work as an integral lead of the Podiatry team within the Thomas Addison Unit and the multi-disciplinary diabetic team to deliver high quality Podiatric care to patients with a high-risk need.

To commit to the philosophy of care with emphasis on patient empowerment & independence.

About us

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

The main site, 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, St Georges Hospital provides 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 south west 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.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.