Please contact Christine Tolson if you have any enquiries about the role.
Email:
[email protected]Telephone: 01924 541793
About The Role
Here at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our community podiatry team as a Band 5 Podiatrist on a permanent contract. We are looking to recruit a motivated, forward thinking, HCPC Registered Podiatrist with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work in a community setting delivering high quality patient centred care.
Working as a community Podiatrist you will be required to use your initiative and provide a range of high quality podiatric interventions in a range of locations including clinical, domiciliary, nursing homes and other external settings throughout the Wakefield district.
Our podiatry service prides itself on providing staff with a supportive and stimulating team environment in which to work, along with all the other benefits associated with a modern and forward thinking NHS organisation. Our podiatry staff are supported with regular appraisals that encourage you to develop your professional skills and knowledge in order to achieve your potential and you will also receive a comprehensive induction package.
If you share our passion for patient centred care we would love to hear from you and welcome you to our warm, friendly team who want to help you to make your career reflect your ambitions.
This is a great opportunity for a new graduate or recently qualified Podiatrist who is looking to develop their clinical skills.
Core working hours are: 9 day fortnight, 8.30-5.30 Monday to Thursday and alternate 8.30-4.00 Friday.
Main duties
To develop and implement clinically effective podiatric interventions to the population covered by Wakefield District Health and Care Partnership, delivering services from a number of locations dependent upon service need;
To use clinical reasoning, critical thinking, analysis and reflection to support assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning and to develop and implement individualised treatment plans for patients with foot pathology and medical need. This will be in accordance with Professional/Trust policies and guidelines;
To provide general care in a range of locations including clinical, domiciliary, hospital, nursing homes and other external settings;
To work as a highly motivated team member to achieve the best patient outcome;
To undertake nail surgery assessment and nail surgery;
Participation in the placements of students/other healthcare professionals, professional support of undergraduate Podiatrists and trainee Podiatry assistants who deliver care in the post holders clinical area.
Key Requirements
- Degree in Podiatric Medicine or equivalent and HCPC registered;
- Ability to work both independently and within a team;
- Good communication skills; verbal, non verbal and written;
- Ability to cope under pressure;
- Flexible to change and adaptable to work in a variety of settings;
- Ability to use IT systems to provide accurate and timely information around patient activity on a daily basis to support the podiatry appointments office and performance management requirements of the service;
- Access to a vehicle with the ability to travel independently in line with requirements
- Ability to demonstrate effective time management skills in the day to day management of a patient caseload by ensuring sufficient driving and travel time to arrive at clinics/homes by the agreed appointment time to deliver clinical packages of care to patients.
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application Guidance
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
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