Podiatrist | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | St. Helens, WA9 3DA |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6191757/350-CC6191757 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the St. Helens Podiatry Service to work as a Podiatrist with a degree of autonomous decision making across a multidisciplinary setting.
The role will include assessing and diagnosing foot health issues as well as developing and implementing individual care programmes for new and existing patients with a wide variety of clinical needs. These include, long term conditions, vascular problems, neurological conditions, wound management, sharp debridement, gait analysis/manufacture of orthoses and nail surgery.
The post holder will be expected to plan, prioritise and manage a podiatry caseload within clinics, care homes and the domiciliary setting, including maintaining adequate levels of stock at clinical sites.
The post holder will demonstrate own activities and supervise less experienced staff and students, providing training as required.
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their carers.
The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation. These principles will recognise the need to:
Promote safe practices
Value the aims of service users
Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
1.Work with individuals, families, carers, communities, Primary Healthcare Teams and other agencies to undertake a comprehensive assessment of
patients/service users in order to inform a personalised plan of care /
intervention.
2. Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme using holistic
assessment, reasoning and treatment skills based on a sound knowledge of
evidence based practice and a range of treatment options.
3. Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes using an accepted/ appropriate range of techniques as required and utilising regular support and advice from senior clinicians.
4. To demonstrate the promotion of healthy lifestyle practices to the general public by the utilisation of teaching skills.
5. Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
6. To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients / service users in your care.
7. To be responsible for a designated area of work, as directed by a senior clinician.
8. Plan and organise efficiently and effectively own clinical caseload.
9. To undertake self-directed / lone working in a variety of locations.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Work with individuals, families, carers, communities, Primary Healthcare Teams
and other agencies to undertake a comprehensive assessment of
patients/service users in order to inform a personalised plan of care /
intervention.
2. Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme using holistic
assessment, reasoning and treatment skills based on a sound knowledge of
evidence based practice and a range of treatment options.
3. Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes using an
accepted/ appropriate range of techniques as required and utilising regular
support and advice from senior clinicians.
4. To demonstrate the promotion of healthy lifestyle practices to the general public
by the utilisation of teaching skills.
5. Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in
complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective
emergency care.
6. To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of
your own work including the management of patients / service users in your care.
7. To be responsible for a designated area of work, as directed by a senior clinician.
8. Plan and organise efficiently and effectively own clinical caseload.
9. To undertake self-directed / lone working in a variety of locations
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Apr 2024