High Risk Foot Team Podiatrist

High Risk Foot Team Podiatrist Band 7 Permanent, Part Time

Do you want to be a part of a progressive and dynamic High-Risk Foot Team?

Are you longing to be that clinician who can provide holistic vascular and wound assessment and a range of advanced wound therapies and bespoke offloading?

Do you want to be a Non-Medical Prescriber and request x-rays?

Join us and be part of our MDT and work closely with Diabetes, Vascular and Orthopaedic Consultants. Work across acute and community sites ensuring continuity of care for your patients., o Provide daily triage of referrals to the HRFT, assessing clinical urgency/ severity of referrals and appointing or advising referrer appropriately

o Provide skills in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of complex foot ulcerations and peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes and with other complex co-morbidities, both in consultant led and HRFT led clinics

o To be involved in the assessment and treatment of complex nail surgery cases

o Provide clinical leadership within a specified area of work within the High Risk Foot Team.

o Act as a source of expertise in the management and prevention of foot ulcerations, peripheral arterial disease and issues related to the high risk foot for clients/carers/ colleagues and other health care professionals

o Participate in service development for this group of patients

o Provide support and training of nursing and residential homes across the trust in management of high risk patients.

o Provide support and supervision to student podiatrists

o Deliver training to other health care professionals within the trust

o Prescribe appropriate products and medication from the BNF, as documented in personal formulary, during patient treatment. (where appropriate training has been received)

o Act as an authorised non-medical referrer for X-ray imaging of foot and ankle for suspected osteomyelitis and Charcot neuroarthropathy

If you do not yet have these skills but are a podiatrist with significant and relevant experience in wound care, who is highly motivated and enthusiastic - we will provide a tailored training package to assist you. Come and upskill in a supportive learning environment!

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.