Foot Care Assistant

Footcare assistants are an essential part of the foot health team, working both independently and alongside the podiatrists. Independently, assistants manage an identified risk assessed caseload of patients, offering basic foot care and foot care advice. This will be in clinical settings across Sandwell, in patients homes and residential/care homes. Assistants will work alongside Podiatrists in dual clinics, specialist clinics as well as in our on site ortotics lab.

We would welcome applicants from those without a level 2 healthcare qualification, however, these candidates will be required to undertake this qualification as part of their employment., The main duties of the role are to support the Podiatrist as well as managing a risk assessed caseload of patients. The role will require you to monitor and assess these patients and offer routine footcare treatment and advice for them in a variety of settings including clinical health centers, patients homes and care homes across the Sandwell borough. You will be asked to participate in quality, audit and risk management activities, ensure efficient stock control and keep up tp date accurate record keeping using SystmOne. There will be scope to support the podiatry team in specialist clinical environments such as in nail surgery, vascular/PAD clinic and in our lab where we manufacturer semi-bespoke orthotics.

We are continually looking to develop and support our clinicians with new skills and training via PDR, individual training budgets and core training needs opportunities and competencies to enhance our available interventions and services and to meet the changing needs of the diabetic foot.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve life