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Advanced Podiatrist | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 September 2024 |
| Location: | Peterborough, PE3 6DB |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6567149/310-MOPAC-6313931-A |
Summary
The Podiatry Department are looking to recruit a highly experienced and autonomous Band 7 Advanced Podiatrist to help develop the high risk and diabetes provision in Cambridgeshire, working across the county within our APS team.
The successful candidate will be based in Peterborough or Huntingdon, and will work with the adjacent trusts to establish excellent streamlined transfer of care across the acute and community services. The APS is a specialist team within the CPFT podiatry service and are responsible for managing our highest risk caseload of active foot disease in both the acute (Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Peterborough City Hospital) and community setting.
The successful candidate will be a clinical expert in their field, and should be educated to master’s degree level, or be able to demonstrate an equal level of ability in line with the Competency Skills Framework for a Band 7 Podiatrist. It is a requirement of this role for the successful candidate to undertake a qualification in non-medical prescribing if this has already not been achieved.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
The successful candidate will apply advanced clinical practice skills to ensure patients with active foot disease received rapid diagnosis, optimisation and treatment. The right candidate will work to develop and establish improved MDT across the county and to establish streamlined transfer of care across acutes sites, to ensure patients can be treated and managed effectively within community. The Band 7 podiatrist will operate appropriate clinics across the county and oversee the management of the most complex foot cases.
The successful candidate will supervise Band 6 podiatrists to facilitate smooth step-up and step-down processes and oversee the signing off and reviewing of competencies. The right candidate will be proficient in the ability to work at advanced practice level and have a working knowledge in x-ray and blood interpretation to optimise patient care. There is an expectation to provide and lead on total contact casting and prescribing also.
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To be responsible foradvanced assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning,implementationand evaluation of Podiatric care to a variety of new and existing patients with a wide range of clinical needs.
To use decision making processes to identifypatients who require the intervention of other professionals and/or departmental specialist areas, following agreed departmental referral processese.g.Consultant Diabetologist, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, ConsultantOrthopaedicSurgeon, Biomechanics and Orthotics Departments.
To provide emergency access during working hours for both inpatients and outpatients and to identifythose whorequiremedical or surgical intervention or admission to hospital.
To make direct referrals to diagnostic services, using results to identifywhen patients require the intervention of other professionals and/or departmental specialists, following agreed referral pathways e.g. acute wound-care, biomechanicalevaluationor surgical intervention.
To participatein the departmental rotafor wardrounds and the community step up/down clinical sessions.
To receive and provide complex, sensitive information and communicate effectively with patients and carers togain informed consent.
To follow departmental clinical guidelines but have the discretion to interpret and make own clinical diagnosis and decisions within professional boundaries and using evidence-based practice.
To support implementation and organisation of foot health education programmes for patients, relativesand carers.
To provide foot health training where appropriate forPrimary Care, Secondary and Social Services Staff.
To be flexible and provide cover for other Podiatrists at short notice or during periods of absence.
To communicate and work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
To support junior staff where necessary to ensure service and professional standards are met.
To assess, treat and review patients identified asappropriate forcasting in the community according to department guidelines.
Tomaintainaccuraterecords of all patient consultations and related work carried out at each clinical session, including computerised data collection.
To ensure that all information relating to clients and staff gained through employment with the Trust is kept confidential.
To ensure effective and timelycommunication with other professionals in the delivery of all aspects of patient care.
It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with the HCPCand it is your responsibility tomaintainyour professional registration.
To work within the HCPC code of conduct, Trust policies and procedural guidelines, including the departments clinical guidelines and standards. The be willing and committed to work county wide, often at short notice.
To provide comprehensive care package for active foot disease patients for housebound patients.
The be willing and committed to work county wide, often at short notice.
This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Aug 2024