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Clinical Podiatry assistant | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 31 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Depends on experience |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 October 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 9RT |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6594504/196-LIS8869 |
Summary
Come and join our super team.
Foot Health comprise a small team based across Guys & St. Thomas’ hospital sites.
You will be supporting the team in delivering high quality care to our patients, while simultaneously being supported to achieve your personal best.
The team delivers the full scope of podiatric disciplines, therefore the role will be varied and interesting.
We would love to hear from you if you would like to join us.
• To assist the provision of a high standard of therapy services to patients within GSTT and to undertake duties to support the smooth functioning of the department and service
• To treat own delegated workload of patients and maintain associated patient records
• You will be working within a team but also autonomously
Must have good communications skills
Organises and assists in podiatric clinics
• To carry out and prioritise own caseload of patients with simple predictable conditions as delegated by the podiatrist
• To provide competent treatment to patients within set clinical protocols as appropriate
• Ability to work with minimal or no immediate supervision – using initiative
• To use own clinical judgement and knowledge in regards to progressing and/or adapting treatment programmes within agreed clinical protocols and parameters
• To demonstrate an awareness and an ability to manage clinical risk
• To comply with the Health and Safety Regulations
• To be able to cope with occasional, potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner
• To attend mandatory training
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
The post entails treating patient in both in and out patient settings
See Job description, person specification and function requirement for full details.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Sep 2024