Bank B7 Long Term Conditions Specialist Podiatrist
The post holder will act as a clinical specialist for patients with long term conditions which puts them at high risk of tissue and function loss and for patients' tissue viability within the team. You will lead on and educate your colleagues and junior staff regarding peripheral vascular disease and tissue viability and be the main contact for this area within your team. The job will entail specialist skills in wound management and sharp debridement of difficult/necrotic wounds and vascular assessments including ABPIs and toe pressures.
Main duties of the job
* To be responsible for the management of the day-to-day clinical provision of Foot Health Services for your clinics.
* To assist the Clinical Lead Podiatrist in delivering appropriate equitable and effective Foot Health Services.
* To have a leadership role in developing the Foot Health Service for patients and our team members.
* To undertake clinical supervision with staff members designated to you.
* To be actively involved in induction of new staff to the team.
Job responsibilities
* To autonomously assess and diagnose patients with a diverse range of medical and podiatric conditions, using appropriate diagnostic techniques, skills and tools.
* To provide emergency treatment for any lesion that is deemed to be urgent and to organise follow-up appointments for the treatment of that lesion as necessary.
* To provide guidance and support to podiatry department packages of care.
* To be able to refer patients directly for some diagnostic tests, such as bloods and x-rays, and to interpret and act accordingly on data provided therein.
* To develop tailored care packages dependent upon need in order to maintain the patients' mobility.
* To refer on urgent or exceptional cases to other healthcare professionals and communicate (in writing) with other health or social care colleagues to ensure the patient receives other services/care required.
* To work in close collaboration with GPs and specialist teams including vascular specialists, DN nurses and tissue-viability specialists in all care settings to ensure a holistic approach to the management of the at-risk and high-risk patient is met.
* To support the formulation of a foot screening strategy and implement an education and screening programme in accordance with the National Service Framework for Vascular standards on foot care and NICE Guidance.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
* BSc Degree In Podiatric Medicine or Diploma (if qualified prior to 1991).
* Evidence of continual professional and personal development.
* Registration with the Health Professions Council.
* Certificate in local anaesthesia.
* Evidence of post grad training in specialist area of podiatry.
Experience
* Post graduate clinical experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working.
* Experience of working with a wide range of patient and disease/pathology types including the at-risk and high-risk foot.
* Experience of working as part of a specialist team (clinical rotation experience accepted).
* Experience of working in an NHS environment.
* Experience of clinical supervision/mentoring.
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.
£26.30 an hour. Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay.
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