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Trosolwg o'r swydd

We have the opportunity for a Specialist Podiatrist to join our South East Team in Northumberland.  Based at the Thomas Knight Unit, Blyth Community Hospital they will provide care to moderate and high-risk patients in a variety of settings.  We are looking for someone who can work effectively as part of a team as well as independently and liaise with the wider multidisciplinary team both in the community and hospital settings.  

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Providing efficient, effective, and high-quality treatment to the patient in a range of different settings.

To provide treatment plans for high risk and moderate level patients with podiatric problems. The care plans include a course of treatment, foot health education, advice and discharge as appropriate.

To assess, diagnose, develop, implement, and review individual care plans for patients with a wide range of clinical needs.

To manage an individual caseload that will provide specialist care. To commit to the philosophy of care with emphasis on patient empowerment and independence by providing education to help patients manage their own foot needs.

To provide services at a wide variety of sites including a patient’s home, clinics, GP practices, community hospitals and in challenging conditions, often working in isolation.

Should you be successful, you will be required to carry a clinical caseload of patients with a wide variety of conditions, ensuring that patients benefit from high quality, evidence-based interventions, which you will deliver and record according to professional standards and legal requirements.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.