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Are you a motivated, qualified, and HCPC registered Podiatrist? Do you have excellent clinical and communication skills? If so, we would like you to join our Community Team!
The Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Podiatry Service is composed of three Teams: Empowerment (Triage and First Contact), Community Podiatry (Foot Protection Service, At-Risk Foot Team, Nail Surgery Team, Rheumatology Podiatry) and the Acute Team (Diabetic Foot Multidisciplinary Team, Vascular Podiatry, Renal Podiatry, F-Scan and Offloading Clinics). You will get the opportunity to continually develop your skills and rotate through these specialist services.
We have an exciting opportunity to work with MSK Foot and Ankle Department (1 day a week pro rata) should MSK be an interest for you.
You will support the Podiatry Service to maintain its Customer Service Excellence award which the Service has held for 29-years and actively promote the Trust PROUD values.
You Will Provide Evidence-based, High-quality Care And Treatment To An Increasingly Interesting And Complex Caseload Who Suffer From Metabolic, Vascular, And Neurological Disorders And Will Include
- High Risk and At-Risk routine care,
- Wound and ulceration management including sharp debridement, offloading, neurological and vascular assessment.
- Nail Surgery.
As a Specialist Podiatrist You Will
- Assess, diagnose, plan, and develop specialist podiatric treatment plans for persons with a wide variety of health conditions in a community setting, both in clinics and patient’s homes.
- Manage a caseload of community-based patients with complex needs using specialist skills and evidence-based, patient-centred principles.
- Use Patient Group Directives and your Prescription Only Medicine qualification (if attained).
- Refer, and follow-up, further investigations and treatments including imaging, vascular assessments, antibiotics, and laboratory investigations.
- Supervise and train inexperienced Podiatrists/Assistants/Students/Apprentices working within the Podiatry Service.
- Support service development, audit, and clinical research.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Please note this advertisement is for both full time and part time opportunities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Carolyn Woodhead Job title: Operational Lead Podiatry Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0114 3078182
