Community Specialist Podiatrist
Working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team to confidently deliver sustained, quality care. Responsible for acting as a source of specialist advice, support and education on lower limb complications, to all professions, patients and carers to promote health and social wellbeing.
To assist the Professional Lead Podiatrist in planning, developing and implementation podiatry care strategies in line with national and local targets and guidelines. To formulate and implement policies within the Podiatry Department pertinent to clinical, non-clinical and locally based issues.
KEY RESULT AREAS: To be responsible for the supervision of basic grade podiatrists working within their locality Provide Professional support to podiatry Assistants and Technical instructors Provide professional support and supervision to podiatry students Responsible for the management of their own and junior staff clinical and domiciliary caseloads.
Responsible for the rotation, monitoring and ordering of stock levels at the post holders designated clinic(s) and or for the post holders and juniors staffs caseloads. To provide a professional, quality podiatry service, meeting the needs of the patients deemed high risk or with musculoskeletal pathologies in the community.
Working in a variety of settings and conditions, including domiciliary visits. To plan, organise, co-ordinate and undertake individual work and caseloads according to priority and demand, both clinically and non-clinically. To plan and organise basic grade caseloads according to priority and demand.
To assess, analyse, investigate and manage clinical conditions of the at-risk lower limb with systemic complications such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and peripheral vascular disease. To assess and carry out treatment, using local anaesthesia, on patients in need of elective nail surgery.
To autonomously interpret information gained from clinical and social findings to plan, develop care plans and provide packages of care for patients, carers and other health professionals, that incorporate risk assessment and discharge. To work within a primary care podiatric team to give podiatric advice on diagnosis, treatment, packages of care of high risk patients, for other health care professionals to consult and or influence onward referral and care.
To provide an immediate duty of care to patients in need of emergency podiatry care. To cover for staff absence, annual leave and vacancies at short notice outside normal working hours. To refer patients with a treatment plan to foot-care providers where appropriate and provide supervision, of those staff where required.
To participate in the organization of clinical and observational placements for student podiatrists and other health care professionals and to mentor podiatry students and other health professionals. To clinically assess students on placement in order to determine their success or failure of this part of the module which will go towards their final examinations.
To work as a multidisciplinary team member, which would involve both primary and secondary care providers. To provide support and leadership to peers in the Trust in the care of high risk patients and those with musculo-skeletal pathologies. To advise upon, participate in and audit the development and implementation of standards, guidelines, policies and protocols for the podiatry department.
To participate in regular surveys and occasional clinical trials and in the development of outcomes and re-audit, including modernisation and different ways of working. To represent the department in local meetings, within the Trust and to regularly update the Podiatry Manager / Professional lead on all aspects of care provision to their designated primary care population.
When requested provide the Podiatry Manager/ Professional lead with detailed information, within their specified locality, on any aspects of planning, development or modernisation of service specific to that locality. To ensure personal, continuous professional development is Maintained in the field of high risk podiatric care, and or regarding patents highlighted in the national service frameworks.
To develop and participate in post graduate in-service training for all professional staff working in the department to Health Care Profession Council (HCPC) requirements To observe and adhere to Trust standards, policies and procedures, health and safety regulations (including COSHH), sterile procedures and data protection act 1984.
COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS: Professional Lead Podiatrist Podiatry Team Lead Podiatry Biomechanics and Diabetes leads All podiatry staff Private podiatric practitioners Allied health professionals GPs Consultants Nurses and specialist nurses both in primary and secondary care.
Specailist care teams in both primary and secondary care e.g. diabetes care team Patients Carers Students University of Podiatric Medicine assessors, facilitators, mentors, tutors and examiners. Trust Values: The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time.
The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values: Honest, open, transparent Respectful Person first and in the centre Improve and be outstanding Relevant today, ready for tomorrow Families and carers matter Safeguarding: Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.
Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training. Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy: All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to: ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns; maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct; understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and Trust Data Protection policy; Comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol.
Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually; receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed; understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy; Recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public.
Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity; ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participatingin relevanttraining; comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision); demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement; abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached; Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards.
adhere to the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds; being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact; Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly; In addition to the Trusts own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care.
This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.