Podiatrist

Are you working in the private Podiatry sector looking for a new challenge? Or are you a newly qualified Podiatrist looking to start your first NHS Podiatry position? Then we want to hear from you! The Solent NHS Podiatry team has an excellent new opportunity and are recruiting for the role of a full time, permanent band 5 community Podiatrist. This post is open to applications from HCPC registered Podiatrists looking to join the NHS, and also to newly qualified Podiatrists. We offer mentorship enabling you to fine tune your clinical skills which will help you to develop into the dynamic Podiatrist you want to be. The successful applicant will join either our Southampton or Portsmouth areas and will be supported to fulfil the Solent NHS Trusts well-established preceptorship programme. You will also have the opportunity to rotate through our specialist service disciplines including biomechanics, nail surgery, 'At risk foot' community clinics and domiciliary visits, and observations within MDT's in the acute hospital setting. Our team meets regularly as a whole and as localities for Podiatry target meetings where we receive training, share ideas and contribute to developments within the service. We pride ourselves on being a nurturing team where we encourage each other and provide peer support to ensure we deliver optimal patient centered and evidence based care.Main duties of the job

• Provide reflective assessment, diagnosis and treatment for conditions of the foot, ankle and related structures to improve mobility, reduce pain and maintain tissue viability.
• Work within a team and develop professional links across care pathways.
• Develop communication skills with a wide range of carers, health and social care professionals to ensure holistic and 'joined up' care. Understand the principles of negotiating care with patients and professionals to achieve the most effective outcomes desired by the patient.
• Provide treatment programmes within the Service Level Agreement as well as provide a high quality fee paying podiatry service for low risk foot health conditions not included within funded SLA's by local NHS Commissioners.
• Work within a specific income generation team and develop professional links across Solent NHS podiatry services across a range of clinical settings.
• Responsible for cash handling and finances within standing financial instructions
  
  Applications from NEW GRADUATES and QUALIFIED PODIATRISTS welcome
Essential Requirements: HCPC Registration as a Podiatrist

We have been working with other local NHS Trusts to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust to be formed by the end of 2024. Project Fusion is the name for the programme to create the new combined NHS Foundation Trust. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be bringing the services into a single organisation will result in more consistent care, more equitable access to services irrespective of postcode, and a more sustainable workforce and services. The new organisation will operate locally to ensure services can best meet the needs of different communities. The new Trust will be comprised of all the services currently provided by Solent NHS Trust and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, the community, mental health and learning disability services provided by Isle of Wight NHS Trust and child and adolescent mental health services delivered in parts of Hampshire by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Colleagues will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) -- known as TUPE on the day the trust is formed. TUPE is a legal process to ensure you transfer out of one organisation and into another, maintaining the terms and conditions of your employment.