Specialist Podiatrist | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2025 |
| Location: | 317 Trustwide, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6949447/317-2025-03-029 |
Summary
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Podiatry department is inviting applicants for a permanent Band 6 Specialist Podiatrist. Full or part time hours will be considered. Either 3, 4, or 5 days to work across community sites in Newcastle, including home visits and care homes.
This exciting opportunity will appeal to someone who would like to consolidate their skills in delivering a wide range of community podiatry services including nail surgery and will include rotations into Musculoskeletal, Diabetes, and In- patient podiatry.
The successful applicant will have the skills and ability to work within specialist teams and demonstrate previous NHS experience in managing patients with complex clinical pathologies.
The candidate will be able to demonstrate the principles of managing foot ulceration, following departmental Standard Operating Procedures, Clinical pathways and Trust clinical guidelines. Applicants must show a willingness to complete and document B6 competencies in each of the specialist areas.
A key attribute to this role is a commitment to staff development, including our support workforce, students, apprentices and your own personal development. The applicant must be committed to the delivery of an efficient high quality podiatry service. Working to professional and national guidelines and be up to date with current evidence-based practice.
As a Band 6 podiatrist you will be expected to participate in relevant clinical audit and quality improvement to support progression within the servicebased around the pillars of practice.
The knowledge and experience gained from working within a truly integrated department and with the wider NUTH team will give you the skills and attributes to further develop your clinical, communication and organization skills, and a conscientious approach to delivering the highest quality patient care.
• Interview Date: Thursday 20 February 2025
• 22.5, 30 or 37.5 hours/week available
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle HospitalsandNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The successful applicant will adopt a flexible approach to meet the evolving needs of the service, and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of best practice podiatry care. This will include:
• Working as part of a skill mixed locality team, you will be expected to triage referrals into the service, assess patients in line with Newcastle podiatry risk assessment tool, and discharge patients from the service when appropriate.
• The role requires you to carry out Podiatry interventions at clinical locations, care homes and patients own homes, with some rotations on hospital sites.
• Team- working is essential to this role , as you will be expected to work with junior or support staff, and when doing rotations or more specialist work you may also be working with more senior colleagues
• Liaising with various MDT colleagues when managing more complex patients and sharing decision making.
• Excellent communication skills are required to complete accurate clinical records, and to liaise with the wider MDT
• Promoting foot health through support, advice and education to patient’s, family members and other health care professionals.
If you are interested in this opportunity please do not hesitate to contact the department to discuss with any member of the team or arrange a visit.
· To work as part of a highly motivated team, with at least two years NHS post-registration experience and having completed a Specialist Podiatrist competency based programme.
· The job entails autonomous working without supervision across community and acute settings providing a high standard of quality clinical care.
· To assess, diagnose, develop and implement individualised care programmes for a variety of patient groups with specialised care needs, including patients with chronic diseases, problems of the vascular and nervous system, tissue viability problems and patients requiring wound management.
· The post holder is expected to develop professionally in order to assess and treat patients with specialised care needs e.g. diabetes, rheumatology, biomechanics and wound care, and only refer on highly complex cases.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Feb 2025
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