Senior Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist
| Posting date: | 16 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 June 2025 |
| Location: | Brighton, BN2 4SE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9150-25-0387 |
Summary
To ensure the provision of a robust, integrated arrangement of care for diabetic feet within the community diabetes service and across the interface between Tier 3 and Tier 4 patients, providing a consistent high quality and a systematic approach to patient care. The post holder will carry a high risk diabetic clinical caseload, using their highly developed specialist skills to ensure that patients receive the best evidence based care package. The clinician will be required to participate in regular Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings within the service in order to input into this forum of patient care. This role will require the triage of incoming referrals ensuring that they are allocated to the right level of speciality within the service, or referring on to other specialities, services or agencies as appropriate. To clinically supervise Band 5 and 6 members of the podiatry team, acting as a clinical mentor, this role extends to students placed within the service and clinicians on rotation from the podiatry service. The post holder will be accountable, with the Lead Podiatrist, for the delivery of safe effective Podiatric care within the pathway. To participate in team meetings and to regularly update the staff on developments within the field of diabetes. To attend regional and local expert reference groups.