We are seeking a new Full Time Team Member to join our patient-centred, progressive Podiatry team and support us to deliver high quality Musculoskeletal (MSK)/Podiatry care to our local population in Milton Keynes.
The main focus for the specialist MSK Podiatrist role is the assessment and management of musculoskeletal/biomechanics conditions of the foot, ankle, and lower limb.
This post requires an experienced podiatrist who will work as part of the team providing a high standard of clinical care in a variety of settings. The post holder will be expected to assess, diagnose, develop, and implement individualised programmes of care for patients with a wide variety of clinical needs.
This role may also be an ideal opportunity as a developmental role for a Band 5 Podiatrist with an interest in biomechanics/MSK (Musculoskeletal). The successful applicant will have an exciting opportunity to transition from a Band 5 Podiatrist into a Specialist MSK Band 6 Podiatrist through structured and mentored MSK/Podiatry competencies. The competencies will be based on the Royal College of Podiatry Musculoskeletal (MSK) Capabilities Framework, The Podiatry Competency Framework for Integrated Diabetic Foot Care, and MSK competences agreed by local managers.
The post holder will also be expected to plan and manage their own caseload that will include providing specialist care for high risk patients and those with MSK, diabetic, rheumatoid, and biomechanical problems.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant must be motivated to learn and develop through the training, working with diverse patient caseloads of increasingly complex health needs.
A conscientious, enthusiastic, and flexible team player with good clinical, communication, and organisational skills and with a drive to improve knowledge and expand their expertise is desirable.
The main emphasis of the post is based on the treatment of musculoskeletal/biomechanical conditions of the foot and lower limb. You will also be required to provide an element of core podiatry care to a diverse range of patients involving routine podiatry, nail surgery, high-risk, and ulcer/wound care in a wide variety of settings.
You will be working to HCPC and CNWL Trust standards and values.
The successful applicant must be motivated to learn and develop due to the increased complexities of patients through competency-based learning.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.
Job responsibilities
* To adopt a problem-solving approach and develop, advise on, support, and encourage shared decision-making, gaining consent and enacting an integrated management plan that considers investigations, interventions, and therapy options or support packages, negotiating on agreed outcomes based upon clinical evidence and patients' needs and informed preferences. Support from senior MSK podiatry staff will be provided.
* To undertake functional gait assessment.
* To follow through the agreed treatment plan with an end result of improved foot and ankle pathology and develop discharge plans with each individual where appropriate.
* To prescribe, manufacture, and fit chairside, functional, or accommodative devices and refer for shoe adaptations when clinically indicated.
* Develop an understanding of assessment techniques respective validity, reliability, specificity, and sensitivity and the implications of these limitations within an assessment.
* There will be an element of core podiatry assessment and treatments, including vascular and neurological assessment and signpost patients as required depending on foot risk categorisation.
* To be responsible for the maintenance of timely, accurate, comprehensive patient notes which reflect the interventions delivered, ensuring that they are in accordance with National/Trust/Departmental guidelines for best practice in defensible record management.
* To comply with health and safety requirements.
* To communicate and educate patients as part of their care involving them in decisions on their care.
* To participate in student/apprentice training.
* To liaise with voluntary and statutory bodies when necessary to ensure that patients' needs are addressed. To be aware of safeguarding (adults and children).
* To take an active role in supporting and delivering Health Promotion events within the Service including promoting the department's services to other healthcare professionals to ensure appropriate patients are referred to the service.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
* BSc Degree In Podiatry/Podiatric Medicine with local anaesthesia.
* Registration with the Health Professions Council.
* Hold a Certificate in local anaesthesia.
Experience
Essential
* Experience of work in the NHS.
* Experience of treating Biomechanical/MSK related foot Conditions.
* Experience of treating a varied caseload of podiatry patients, including those with high-risk conditions.
Desirable
* Experience of foot orthotic manufacture.
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge of the effect of lower limb biomechanics in Orthopaedic/MSK conditions.
* Knowledge of HCPC code of conduct.
* Knowledge of patient confidentiality and Governance.
* Awareness of Equality and diversity in practice.
* Knowledge of current evidence-based/best practices.
* Evidence of treatment planning/patient management.
* Skills to carry out a biomechanical assessment and orthopaedic examination of gait, lower limb joints, and muscle.
* To demonstrate clinical reasoning and decision-making skills in the management of biomechanics/MSK Conditions and other podiatric conditions.
* To have an understanding of foot orthoses and their applications and manufacture.
* To be able to use appliance laboratory equipment - Grinding machines.
* Skills in assessment, diagnoses, and treatment of a full range of podiatry clinical skills such as wound care, vascular and neurological assessment, and nail surgery.
* The ability to 'risk categorize' patients.
* Knowledge of patient confidentiality and Governance.
* Ability and experience of foot health education/promotion.
* Ability to undertake nail surgery assessments, procedures, and post-operative care.
* Ability to work with a diverse population.
* Knowledge of health and Safety at work.
* Knowledge of safeguarding.
Desirable
* To have an understanding of advanced modalities of treatments relevant to biomechanics.
Personal attributes
Essential
* Demonstrate a willingness to learn.
* Effective communication skills.
* Ability to cope with a varied and demanding high turnover workload.
* Organisational and planning skills to manage your own work time.
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bletchley Therapy Unit
Whalley Drive
Bletchley, Milton Keynes
MK3 6EN
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