Podiatrist | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 July 2025 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JR |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7275207/432-HR362-25 |
Summary
The NEE Podiatry service provide care to patients from our clinics and on home visits. We support patients with a range of pathologies including diabetic, vascular, ingrowing nails, biomechanics and MSK issues.
We are looking for a band 5 podiatrist or a final year student due to register with the HCPC this summer, to work as part of the team to provide podiatric input to patients with the aim of returning them to maximum independent living, within a stimulating environment actively promoting self-management on all activities of daily living.
To provide assessment, differential diagnosis, advice, training appropriate intervention and evaluation of planned care.
Work with colleagues across health, social care, education, mental health and voluntary sector to ensure holistic and joined up delivery of care.
Empower patients to make decisions about their own care and encourage them to exercise their rights and choices, signposting them to relevant community and voluntary services and supporting patients carers and assistants with management of risk.
Work within an integrated team, carrying out single assessments, and contributing to the development and delivery of the integrated care plan.
Develop programmes of intervention and education, weighing options and delegating aspects of care as appropriate
Implement aspects of the care plan, potentially acting as care coordinator and reviewing the plan on behalf of the integrated team.
Support patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence.
Provide support, training and advice to parents, clients and carers. Support the work of assistants, students and volunteers
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of theresponsibilitiesand dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Jun 2025