East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Due to retirement, a highly specialist podiatry post has become available within the North East Essex Community Podiatry service. This role is part of the integrated podiatry service, which provides care for all ages and a variety of pathologies, including nail surgery, wound care, biomechanics, foot protection service, and MDT foot clinic for diabetic patients. The service covers North East Essex, and the post holder will be expected to cover Clacton, Colchester, Harwich, and home visits.
Car driver and access to a car for work is essential.
Main Duties of the Job
You will be required to participate in the full breadth of the service, with a specialist focus on the management of complex patients with vascular issues and non-diabetic wounds. It is expected that this post will develop to become a non-medical prescriber, which can be developed while in the service.
The service is 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.
About Us
We are ESNEFT, providing 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 with 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 focus on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our 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.
Job Responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role, please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience
* Proven experience working with the relevant care group
* Advanced competencies relevant to the care group
* Experience of managing complex and/or highly specialist cases
* Experience of managing and supervising the work of others
Qualifications
* Registered Podiatrist recorded on HCPC register with POM-A annotation
* Professional knowledge and skills underpinned by theory and experience, acquired through a degree supplemented by specialist training, experience in a specialist field, to master's level or equivalent
* Non-medical prescribing relevant to area of practice
* Evidence of ongoing CPD
* Advanced and specialist skills relevant to care group (vascular and non-diabetic wound management)
* Leadership course
Knowledge
* Advanced knowledge of a broad range of assessments and treatment techniques, including those relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each
* Awareness of national guidance relevant to own specialties, including consent issues and other legal frameworks relating to the care group
* Understanding of the roles of other professionals
* Knowledge of standards of record keeping
* Excellent knowledge of current evidence-based practice
* Knowledge of Audit and QI methodology
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.
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