Podiatrist

Here at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our community podiatry team as a Band 5 Podiatrist on a permanent contract. We are looking to recruit a motivated, forward thinking, HCPC Registered Podiatrist with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work in a community setting delivering high quality patient centred care.

Working as a community Podiatrist you will be required to use your initiative and provide a range of high quality podiatric interventions in a range of locations including clinical, domiciliary, nursing homes and other external settings throughout the Wakefield district.

Our Podiatry Service prides itself on providing staff with a supportive and stimulating team environment in which to work, along with all the other benefits associated with a modern and forward thinking NHS organisation. Our Podiatry staff are supported with regular appraisals that encourage you to develop your professional skills and knowledge in order to achieve your potential and you will also receive a comprehensive induction package.

If you share our passion for patient centred care we would love to hear from you and welcome you to our warm, friendly team who want to help you to make your career reflect your ambitions.

This is a great opportunity for a new graduate or recently qualified Podiatrist who is looking to develop their clinical skills.

Core working hours are: 9 day fortnight, 8.30-5.30 Monday to Thursday and 8.30-4.00 Friday.

Main duties of the job

To develop and implement clinically effective Podiatry interventions to the population covered by Wakefield District Health and Care Partnership, delivering services from a number of locations dependent upon service need.

The post holder will work in collaboration with the Service Manager to:- Modernise and develop the service, reflecting local needs and practice; and

Contribute to the collation of information for performance management within the service.

To use clinical reasoning, critical thinking, analysis and reflection to support assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning and to develop and implement individualised treatment plans for patients with foot pathology and medical need. This will be delivered to a range of high risk patients including those with diabetes, vascular disease, chronic neuropathy, chronic disease, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, terminally ill patients and other complex medical health care needs in accordance with Professional/Trust policies and guidelines;

To provide general care in a range of locations including clinical, domiciliary, hospital, nursing homes and other external settings

To work as a highly motivated team member to achieve the best patient outcome

To undertake nail surgery assessment and nail surgery

Participation in the placements of students/other healthcare professionals, professional support of undergraduate Podiatrists and trainee Podiatry assistants who deliver care in post holders clinic area

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.