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Job Summary
The podiatry service in North East Essex provides clinic and home visits to patients who NHS podiatry needs.
This role is part of the integrated podiatry service, which provides care for all ages and variety of pathologies, including nail surgery; wound care; biomechanics; foot protection service and MDT foot clinic for diabetic patients.
You will be required to participate in the full breadth of the service. You should have experience post qualification which you can evidence related to the above areas.
The service has committed to supporting the workforce of the future and as such you will support the development of staff across a range of points in their career, from assistant staff working towards the RCoP qualifications, to Apprentice podiatrists (pre-reg) and post registration staff through preceptorship and into expert practice.
This post is part time - 18.38 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
* Act as a specialist resource, carrying out assessments, and contributing to the development and delivery of integrated care plan.
* Develop programmes of specialist podiatric activities, weighing options and delegating aspects of care as appropriate.
* Implement specialist aspects of the care plan, potentially acting as care coordinator and reviewing the plan on behalf of the integrated team.
* Support patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence.
* Provide support, training and advice to patients, parents and carers.
About Us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Date posted: 04 April 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum Pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 432-HR40-25
Job locations: 659 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, CO4 9YQ
Person Specification
Experience
* Proven experience relevant to the care group.
* Professional knowledge and skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level of equivalent.
* Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example biomechanics, diabetes or paediatrics, working towards post graduate level of study.
* Evidence of on-going CPD.
* Specialist skills and techniques relevant to care group.
Qualifications
* Registered Podiatrist with HCPC with POM-A annotation.
Desirable
* Registered member of the Royal college of Podiatry.
Knowledge
* Good theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each.
* Good knowledge of a range of specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes.
* Awareness of national guidance relevant to own specialties, including, consent issues, and other legal frameworks relating to care group.
* Understanding of the roles of other professionals.
* Knowledge of standards of record keeping.
* Awareness of strategic direction of ESNEFT.
* Knowledge of the current evidence based practice.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address: 659 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, CO4 9YQ
Employer's website: https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/
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