Podiatry Healthcare Assistant

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic individual to support the diabetes podiatrists in delivering podiatric treatments to patients across the integrated diabetic foot care pathway. You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team and will receive regular supervision.

Podiatrists are registered healthcare professionals specialising in the lower limb (feet, ankles, legs), providing high quality clinical care to people of all ages. A Podiatrist's job is to work to protect people's feet, providing preventative advice, care, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a range of problems affecting the lower limb.

You will ideally have previous experience working with the elderly or at risk groups in a health or social care setting. The post holders will need to have the ability to work flexibly within this very busy team under direct supervision of the podiatrist. The role will offer treatment and advice to patients, carers and colleagues, as well an educational service, offering safe foot care advice under the supervision of a qualified podiatrist.

If you do not have evidenced current valid training or competencies a full training programme may be provided. This will be within both the community and acute setting by the podiatry service leading to appropriate competency for the role.

Main duties of the job

This post is based at our acute sites, Gloucestershire Royal & Cheltenham General Hospitals but may involve working with our community team as the need arises.

As a Podiatry healthcare assistant working within the Integrated Diabetes team, you will be expected to work with the Advanced Diabetes Podiatrists in delivering podiatric treatments to patients across the integrated diabetic foot care pathway.

You will be supporting the multi-disciplinary team (MDFT) working with vascular, orthopaedic and diabetes consultants as well as supporting the integrated team working on inpatient wards at GRH/CGH.

You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team and will receive regular supervision.

You will also work with colleagues in the core community team and with foot protection lead.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Date posted

26 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-24-434-A

Job locations

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Great Western Road

Gloucester

GL1 3NN

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.

To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice prior to applying for the role.

Candidates for any staff appointment shall, when making application, disclose in writing to the Trust whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may render them liable to dismissal.

As a Health Care Assistant/ Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Health Care Assistant, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not.

You will receive direct supervision and partake in reflective practice / training on a regular basis and be required to meet the Care Certificate standards. All successful applicants will also have the opportunity to discuss the prospect of undertaking a Level 3 Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship alongside their substantive post. This apprenticeship would include the Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level in English and Maths

Desirable

Podiatry assistant COP qualification or NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within an outpatient clinic or healthcare setting
Evidence of CPD

Desirable

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook
Knowledge and understanding of diabetes

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level in English and Maths

Desirable

Podiatry assistant COP qualification or NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within an outpatient clinic or healthcare setting
Evidence of CPD

Desirable

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook
Knowledge and understanding of diabetes

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.