Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Podiatrist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 18.75 hours per week (The post is part-time 18.75 hours per week ideally worked over four mornings a week.)
- Job ref
- 153-SU03636
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RBH
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Podiatrist
Band 6
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a friendly multi-disciplinary team consisting of Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, Prosthetists, Orthotists, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Nurse, Counsellor, and administration staff delivering specialist care to patients with limb loss. This service in Bournemouth is on the South Coast, with easy access to Southampton and London, and surrounded by the Solent, Jurassic Coast and the New Forest for watersports, walking and cycling.
This role requires an active UK HCPC Registration
Base Location: Bournemouth
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and forward thinking podiatrist with experience of working with patients who primarily are diabetic, and/or smokers who have vascular insufficiency. Experience of working with patients with musculoskeletal problems and experience in the prescription of foot orthotics would be a great advantage.
As amputees coming in to our service are at high risk of losing their surviving limb, you will play a key role in assessing and treating their limbs alongside other members of the MDT. These patients will not only need your management of their surviving lower leg, but also input to their amputated residual limb as the new 'end of leg' transferring weight through their prosthesis.
Patients will benefit from your education both individually and in group sessions where appropriate. In addition specific podiatric education sessions to the clinical team within the service and for those treating our amputees in community therapy services will help improve the overall care of this patient group. You will also undertake audits for discussion within the department, as well as benefit from improving your broader knowledge by attending education meetings led by other members of the clinical team.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
There are no plans to move this service at this time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide specialist podiatric clinical input (assessment, diagnosis and treatment), to patients with diabetes; dealing with foot ulceration, infection and other complications of the diabetic foot.
Manage patients presenting with vascular problems and wound management/tissue viability issues.
Provide care for patients presenting with chronic disease e.g. rheumatology conditions, and infectious diseases.
Conditions such as foot ulcers, calluses and corns, skin conditions and infections will be treated in the initial stages but with routine interventions being referred to local providers where possible. Toenail abnormalities will be treated initially, if possible, to aid mobility and referrals then made for more complex foot surgery as appropriate.
Musculoskeletal problems will be identified and treated where possible using bio-mechanical assessment, and gait analysis will be used to further analyse problems to assist with identifying the most appropriate treatment.
Order clinical investigations including X-Rays and undertake the prescription of a range of medications to treat infection.
Provide podiatric care to the patient’s residual limb as the weight bearing end of limb: offering an appropriate range of interventions similar to those undertaken on the contra-lateral foot.
Person specification
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- The aetiology of conditions which can cause amputation and an understanding of the medical conditions encountered owing to the multi pathology often found with patients requiring amputation.
- The application of the core and specialist Podiatry skills in the treatment of patients with lower limb amputation.
- Application of treatment techniques to the contralateral/remaining limb and the residual limb/amputation stumps
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working with patients who have undergone amputation in a ward setting and an out-patient environment, carrying out assessment and treatment.
- Evidence of treating high risk patients and complex foot pathologies
- Experience of treating high risk wounds using advanced debridement skills.
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- The assessment and treatment of patients with complex foot pathology
- Ability to undertake intricate work in using sensitive diagnostic tools and a range of surgical instruments. e.g. in the management and debridement of poor tissue viability wounds
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Degree Podiatry
- HPCP Registration
- Local Anaesthetics Certificate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rosemary Mead
- Job title
- Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 4363
- Additional information
For more information and an informal visit, please contact Rosemary Mead, Clinical Manager, Dorset Prosthetics Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth BH7 7DW. Tel: 0300 019 4363
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