Trainee Podiatric Surgeon

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To be part of a highly motivated team, providing a high standard of clinical care in a highly specialised area.
• Providing highly specialist advice regarding Podiatric Surgery to patients, podiatrists, GPs and other Health Care Professionals.
• To undertake training in surgical procedures under the direct supervision of the Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and to conduct outpatient clinics.
• The Podiatric Surgery trainee will be expected to follow the syllabus of the Royal College of Podiatry over a three-year period with the intention of completing Part 1 and Part 2 surgical examinations ultimately leading to Fellowship of the Royal College via the Master of Podiatric Surgery (MOPS) qualification at University of Huddersfield, which must be completed prior to application for the part 2 exam.
• The postholders role will be based on the standards as set out by the HCPC for podiatry and podiatric surgery. This sets out the expectations of education providers delivering training in podiatric surgery and the knowledge, understanding and skills expected of a podiatrist practising podiatric surgery that they will demonstrate to complete their training.
• A high degree of creativity and latitude is expected of the post holder.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc (Hons) Podiatric Medicine
• Degree in Podiatry or an equivalent qualification with previous post qualification experience
• Be registered as a Podiatrist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and annotated in Prescription only Medicines - Sale/supply (POMSS) and Prescription only Medicines - Administration (POMS-A). Significant post-registration clinical experience.
• MSc Theory of Podiatric Surgery
• Certificate in LA and POMS - A /S
• Completed Passport in Podiatric Surgery Training

Desirable

• Therapeutic Injection Certificate
• IRMER
• ILS or ALS
• Independent Prescriber
• Ultrasound for anaesthesia

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

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Hexham

NE46 1QJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)