Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Community Podiatry Healthcare Assistant

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Job summary

Applicants are invited for the above post to join The Podiatry and Foot Health Service.

You will be responsible for providing Diabetes foot screening within podiatry clinics and GP surgeries, supporting the podiatrists in nail surgery clinics and providing a high standard of administrative support, ensuring effective stock control, monitoring compliance with Infection Prevention control policies and providing assistance for the clinical teams at our locations across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin.

You will be a member of a dedicated team but equally you must be able to work alone for the majority of your time. Your role will be supported by Podiatrists however you will work on your own in a variety of locations to carry out moderate risk diabetes foot screening and ensuring clinics are safe and clean for our patients.

You must possess excellent administrative and time management skills, be a self starter, computer literate and be able to deal with complex information, complaints and at times, contentious patients.

Training on how to carry out Diabetes Foot Screening and other aspects of the role will be provided so previous experience is not essential.

You must also be able to meet the travel commitments for this post and access to a vehicle is essential.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be enthusiastic and self motivated with knowledge and experience of caring for people.

You will need to be able to work around Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin under remote supervision of a podiatrist. your main duty will be to provide diabetes foot screening which involves accurate use of screening equipment, categorising risk status and providing information to patients to encourage engagement with maintaining foot health.

You will also assist a podiatrist within nail surgery sessions and support the IPC compliance of the various podiatry clinics. You will join a team of 3 other podiatry assistants and will receive initial training, ongoing training.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Date posted

20 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

825-5558513-OPS-A

Job locations

Mount McKinley

Shrewsbury Business Park

Shrewsbury

SY2 6FG

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support qualified staff in the management and execution of clinical practice

To carry out duties delegated and supervised by a Podiatrist.

To provide a high standard of care and to promote a good image of the service

To carry out Moderate Risk Diabetes foot screening clinically triaged to caseload within clinical/ GP or domiciliary setting under remote supervision of a Podiatrist.

To ensure full explanation is given to patient prior to performing any foot screening or intervention.

To support the podiatrist carrying out Nail Surgery, to provide assistance to all patients experiencing difficulties during and following procedure

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support qualified staff in the management and execution of clinical practice

To carry out duties delegated and supervised by a Podiatrist.

To provide a high standard of care and to promote a good image of the service

To carry out Moderate Risk Diabetes foot screening clinically triaged to caseload within clinical/ GP or domiciliary setting under remote supervision of a Podiatrist.

To ensure full explanation is given to patient prior to performing any foot screening or intervention.

To support the podiatrist carrying out Nail Surgery, to provide assistance to all patients experiencing difficulties during and following procedure

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA
HCA Ability to work under remote supervision

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
Ability to take direction from senior staff
Good standard of written English
Basic IT skills
Knowledge and experience of caring for people
Effective interpersonal skills

Experience

Essential

Recent experience of working in a care role at band 2 level or above or relevant caring experience

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA
HCA Ability to work under remote supervision

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
Ability to take direction from senior staff
Good standard of written English
Basic IT skills
Knowledge and experience of caring for people
Effective interpersonal skills

Experience

Essential

Recent experience of working in a care role at band 2 level or above or relevant caring experience

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Mount McKinley

Shrewsbury Business Park

Shrewsbury

SY2 6FG

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Mount McKinley

Shrewsbury Business Park

Shrewsbury

SY2 6FG

Employer's website

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