Highly Specialist Musculoskeletal Podiatrist

This post is a specialist clinical podiatry post within the Greenwich MSK team. This role works alongside Physiotherapists to provide seamless musculoskeletal treatment plans across primary & secondary care. The post holder will assess and treat patients referred with complaints of the lower limb within specialist community clinics. The service has access to a host of opportunities and treatment modalities including shockwave therapy, injection therapy, sonography, 3D scanning for custom orthotics, manual therapy, gait analysis and in show pressure analysis Key Task and Responsibilities - To provide specialist MSK podiatry treatment to clients within the Greenwich community, through application of research & evidence-based care. - To provide a Podiatry within the Adults MSK service to clients within the Greenwich community, through application of a curative Philosophy of Care. This post does involve Saturday working as part of the team weekend rota. This is currently about 1 in 6 Saturdays for which time in lieu in the week is given.Main duties of the job Key Task and Responsibilities To provide specialist MSK podiatry treatment to clients within the Greenwich community, through application of research & evidence-based care. This will be delivered in specialist clinics throughout the borough. Assessment and treatment of patients referred for lower limb complaints, primarily of the foot and ankle. This will from time to time involve referral for imaging or other diagnostics. The post holder will also be involved in student and junior staff education as part of the rotational scheme within the trust . Training in shockwave, manual therapy, provision of custom orthotics and use of the technology required. Education provision to the physio MDT regarding podiatry issues There is a requirement to contribute to the team training rota.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. last year we won HSJ employer of the year and our staff rate the trust as an outstanding employer. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care