Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45,753 - £52,067 Per annum including HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2024 |
| Location: | Slough, SL2 4HL |
| Company: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6336828/151-CG-151-D |
Summary
Dimenson's of job:
The post holder will be part of a well established Multidisciplinary Diabetes Footcare Team (MDFT) providing excellent acute footcare to patients in North Frimley. The Podiatry team is made up of three Diabetes Podiatrists, Podiatry Assistant and has dedicated Admin support. Clinics are held at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough and King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor. An example working week consists of in-patient, out-patient and MDFT clinics with access to Consultant input as required all week. The wider MDFT consists of Diabetologists, Vascular surgeons, Vascular Nurses, Foot & Ankle Orthopaedic surgeons, Interventional Radiologists, a Microbiologist, an Orthotist, the Tissue Viability Team and the Amputee Rehab Team to provide a comprehensive service.
Leadership, education, and clinical supervision to support best practice and facilitate the continuous development of self, and improvement of Podiatry Services, with a healthy training budget is provided.
The post holder will work in conjunction with the Head of Therapies, SLT/Dietetics/Podiatry Manager, Principal Podiatrist, Diabetes Lead Podiatrist and AHP Professional Leads to develop and deliver safe and effective services, in accordance with key national targets, Trust standards, service priorities and performance indicators set by ICB commissioners and the Trust. This will include working collaboratively with Community Podiatry.
There may possibly be potential to extend at the end of maternity cover.
The post holder will coordinate and provide advanced assessment, diagnosis and management of a specialist diabetes caseload.
The post holder will be required to work in close collaboration with relevant consultants, GPs, podiatrists and other members of the MDFT and community Podiatry in order to provide a patient centred, seamless, integrated approach.
• The post holder will have responsibility of maintaining clinical standards and protocols of care in line with acute and service needs
• The Post-holder will provide Podiatric assessment, diagnosis and management of a complex caseload with referrals from Diabetes, ED and General Medicine.
• The Post-holder will provide specialist Podiatric advice to other specialist areas
• The Post-holder will work autonomously as the Diabetes Podiatrist on site during periods of annual leave cover.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Please review job description and person specification attached for further information on this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 30 May 2024