Job Summary
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) Podiatry Department has a permanent podiatry post for an enthusiastic, willing to learn and reliable member of staff. The post holder will be working with a busy, research-oriented motivated hospital-based department. The area of specialty will be diabetes and wound care, collaborating within secondary, primary and community care. You will be working alongside other HCPs, Leeds Primary and Community Care HCPs, and consultants. There will be opportunities to develop oneself in line with the service requirements.
This is a unique opportunity to work in the acute Trust with all its benefits, support, and development within the specialty of diabetic foot co-leading with another Band 7 podiatrist.
Please feel free to enquire about the position to:
Tom Dickie
Head of Podiatry
Thomas.dickie@nhs.net
Office telephone - 0113 2064213
Expected Shortlisting Date: 05/03/2025
Planned Interview Date: 26/03/2025
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will be responsible for delivering and leading highly specialist clinical care to their own caseload and service within their specialty area. In doing so, they will assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate patient-centered programmes of care ensuring that they practice within their sphere of competence and knowledge. The post holder will work to professional and regulatory body codes, standards, and guidance at all times ensuring that their specialty is grounded in evidence-based theoretical and practical knowledge.
Principal Duties & Areas of Responsibility
1. To be part of a highly motivated team, providing a high standard of clinical care to all its users with a priority for specialising in the area of Diabetes and wound care.
2. Utilises highly developed specialised knowledge covering a range of procedures and underpinned by relevant broad-based knowledge, experience, and competence.
3. To demonstrate a high level of postgraduate experience with a responsibility for managing complex case loads.
4. To act as a specialist liaison between referring agents with regard to clinical findings, proposed treatments, outcomes, and further investigations.
5. Makes complex judgements requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of options by integrating complex knowledge sources in new and/or unfamiliar contexts.
6. Demonstrates independent practice responding to social, scientific, clinical, and ethical issues which are encountered.
7. Works to standards of proficiency identified by their professional and regulatory bodies performing clinical treatments/procedures to a highly specialist standard.
8. To identify development and adhere to policies, protocols, strategies, objectives and link into business plans as part of the Diabetes Limb Salvage Service and extended Foot Protection Service.
9. To provide teaching, mentorship, and coaching to students and colleagues from Podiatry, Physiotherapy, and other health care professionals.
10. To maintain comprehensive case notes in accordance with the legal requirements set down by the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, LTHT Trust policies, DOH NICE guidelines, and departmental protocols/policies.
Core Behaviours and Skills
The post holder should demonstrate calm rational behaviour when dealing with any patients or employees of LTH. Highly developed physical skills for scalpel, surgical, and dexterity purposes are required.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address: Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX
Employer's Website: Leeds Teaching Hospitals Website
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