• Job Description

  Req#: C9229-23-1065?language=en&page=182&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Podiatrists are registered healthcare professionals specialising in the lower limb (feet, ankles, legs), providing high quality clinical care to people of all ages. A Podiatrist's job is to work to protect people's feet, providing preventative advice, care, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a range of problems affecting the lower limb.

  The apprenticeship is a three year programme of work based learning that is directly related to the apprenticeship standard. In addition, the apprenticeship has a mandatory 20% off-the-job learning. The University-based Honours degree study is also linked to the Apprenticeship Standard. It is scheduled to commence in September 2024 with interviews to take place in January 2024

  You will be able to demonstrate how you will be able to use the experiences you are bringing to become a Podiatrist. Understanding of the scope of the role of the Podiatrist and Podiatry assistant in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.

  On completion of the course the applicant will be a qualified Podiatrist and able to apply for permanent Podiatry positions.

  Main duties of the job

  You will develop and maintain knowledge, skills and competencies related to the role of a Podiatrist through your apprenticeship within the service as well as through completion of the Podiatry Apprenticeship training programme. This includes working in clinic and community care settings, and delivery of direct person-centred care. Whilst undertaking this training you will work within the service as a Podiatry Apprentice, where your role will reflect your learning.

  • To provide foot care to patients within agreed competencies and training as delegated by the Podiatrist
  • To carry out treatments using equipment for which adequate training has been given
  • To be actively involved in the provision of Foot health education advice to patients, relatives and carers
  • To assist in minor surgery sessions within the scope of instructions laid down by the Podiatrist.
  • To understand the implications of medication and medical conditions on care and treatment planning and relate this to the patient, family or carer as appropriate.
  • To monitor the changing needs of the patient and where necessary refer the patient back to the Podiatrist if their podiatric or medical condition needs to be reviewed.
  • Recognise signs of infection in wounds and post operatively, understand the implications, advise accordingly and use appropriate dressings.
  • To prioritise clinical time to best manage clinical caseload, ensuring clinics are appropriately booked in order to maximise delivery .

  About us

  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

  Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

  Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

  We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

  More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

  We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

  Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

  Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

  Date posted

  29 December 2023

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  Depending on experience

  Contract

  Apprenticeship

  Duration

  36 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  229-IC-5932644

  Job locations

  Sarum House

  St Ethelbert Street

  Hereford

  HR1 2NS

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

  Person Specification

  Education and Qualification

  Essential

  • Five GCSE's to include Maths, English and Science. Functional skills level 2 Maths and English will be considered.
  • 104 UCAS points (equivalent to A levels at BCC including a biological subject

  Skills,Knowledge and Abilities

  Essential

  • Applicants are expected to demonstrate evidence of recent academic achievement (within last 5 years) such that they may be deemed capable of study at degree level
  • Able to convey tasks and actions to colleagues and service users
  • Ability to assist patients to achieve safe working environments for treatments to be carried out
  • Ability to perform treatments in a variety of settings such as clinics, patients own homes and hospital sites
  • Fine motor dexterity which will become more advanced throughout the apprenticeship to enable use of fine instruments in podiatry treatment - Demonstrate the ability to use vascular and sensory diagnostic equipment
  • Ability to use patient information systems to input data and clinical treatment

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of Professional Code of Conduct for Podiatry

  Experience

  Essential

  • Applicants are expected to demonstrate evidence of recent academic achievement (within last 5 years) such that they may be deemed capable of study at degree level

  Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Be able to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to assimilate new concepts and approaches to care
  • Ability to hear distressing news from patients when discussing treatment plans and during consultations when patients share their life experiences
  • Ability to engage positively with service users
  • Use of computer and VDU equipment

  Desirable

  • PrWorking knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlookevious experience of working in a healthcare setting

  Other Factors

  Essential

  • Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

  Person Specification

  Education and Qualification

  Essential

  • Five GCSE's to include Maths, English and Science. Functional skills level 2 Maths and English will be considered.
  • 104 UCAS points (equivalent to A levels at BCC including a biological subject

  Skills,Knowledge and Abilities

  Essential

  • Applicants are expected to demonstrate evidence of recent academic achievement (within last 5 years) such that they may be deemed capable of study at degree level
  • Able to convey tasks and actions to colleagues and service users
  • Ability to assist patients to achieve safe working environments for treatments to be carried out
  • Ability to perform treatments in a variety of settings such as clinics, patients own homes and hospital sites
  • Fine motor dexterity which will become more advanced throughout the apprenticeship to enable use of fine instruments in podiatry treatment - Demonstrate the ability to use vascular and sensory diagnostic equipment
  • Ability to use patient information systems to input data and clinical treatment

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of Professional Code of Conduct for Podiatry

  Experience

  Essential

  • Applicants are expected to demonstrate evidence of recent academic achievement (within last 5 years) such that they may be deemed capable of study at degree level

  Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare setting
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Be able to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to assimilate new concepts and approaches to care
  • Ability to hear distressing news from patients when discussing treatment plans and during consultations when patients share their life experiences
  • Ability to engage positively with service users
  • Use of computer and VDU equipment

  Desirable

  • PrWorking knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlookevious experience of working in a healthcare setting

  Other Factors

  Essential

  • Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  Sarum House

  St Ethelbert Street

  Hereford

  HR1 2NS

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  Sarum House

  St Ethelbert Street

  Hereford

  HR1 2NS

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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