NHS
Specialist Podiatrist - Wound Care
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Job Description
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- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
- Wide range of supportive staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Flexible approach to duties
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
- A degree or equivalent qualification in Podiatry
- A certificate in administration of local anaesthetics
- Masters level courses for relevant speciality / relevant experience or working towards.
- State Registration with the Health Professions Council
- 5 years experience showing good evidence of post qualification experience treating high risk patients within podiatry .
- Experience of carrying out expert foot assessment and examination.
- Experience of carrying out expert diabetic assessment and examination.
- Post graduate training to masters level in relevant speciality
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Expert clinical knowledge of the management of a variety of pathologies including diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, renal and rheumatological conditions.
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance
- Flexible approach to duties
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
- A degree or equivalent qualification in Podiatry
- A certificate in administration of local anaesthetics
- Masters level courses for relevant speciality / relevant experience or working towards.
- State Registration with the Health Professions Council
- 5 years experience showing good evidence of post qualification experience treating high risk patients within podiatry .
- Experience of carrying out expert foot assessment and examination.
- Experience of carrying out expert diabetic assessment and examination.
- Post graduate training to masters level in relevant speciality
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Expert clinical knowledge of the management of a variety of pathologies including diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, renal and rheumatological conditions.
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance
Job summary
You will be working collaboratively with our Multidisciplinary Diabetes Footcare and Community Podiatry teams. The role will encompass community team development, staff recruitment, offering clinical leadership whilst providing a high level of clinical care in the specialist area of wound care and tissue viability.
We are looking for two part time (18.75 hours per week) experienced Podiatrists with a passion for clinical excellence and with evidence of previous positive outcomes, to work with patients under the care of the Community Podiatry team. The successful candidate will need to be an autonomous practitioner, with experience of working with complex foot care needs as well as diabetes experience.
You should be an effective communicator with the drive and enthusiasm to work with your team members to expand their roles. You should be able to negotiate and collaborate effectively with senior clinicians and medical colleagues and facilitate the delivery of excellent care.
You should be able to manage a caseload, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan and deliver individualised treatment programmes to highly complex patients and delegate responsibility as appropriate within the team and to wider Community services. You will also need to be able to manage information to inform service development and to demonstrate achievement of target.
Main duties of the job
Within the post you will provide clinical leadership across one of the community podiatry teams either within Worcester City or Kidderminster area with support of other TV podiatry leads within those teams . There are two part time posts available. As part of the role you would participate in an on-call rota to cover urgent referrals received at the weekend into the Multidisciplinary Diabetes Footcare Team. This equates to 4-5 sessions per annum for 3 hours on a Saturday and/ or Bank Holidays . You would be paid for these additional hours plus enhancement pay.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
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Details
Date posted
07 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata for part time
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
C9798-1395
Job locations
John Anthony Centre
Newtown Road
Worcester
WR5 1JG
Kidderminster Health Centre Practice
Bromsgrove Street
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY10 1PG
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Additional informationDisclosure 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.
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Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
John Anthony Centre
Newtown Road
Worcester
WR5 1JG
Employer's website
https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
John Anthony Centre
Newtown Road
Worcester
WR5 1JG
Employer's website
https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (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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