Podiatrist - Band 6

We are looking for a number of full time and part time Band 6 podiatrists and one six month full time Band 6 podiatrist in Guy's and St Thomas's Community Foot Health team. We also have a full time fixed term Band 6 opportunity We are a large community team of almost thirty podiatrists who work across the central London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
There will be opportunities to work across a broad scope of podiatry practice with supervision and mentoring from senior colleagues. We will provide you with training opportunities such as MSK, nail surgery and hospital rotations.
Patient care also takes place in patients' own homes and the role will include two days of home visits a week. We provide all our clinical staff with a laptop for accessing our IT infrastructure from anywhere and you will have access to our fleet of pool cars for undertaking home visits so you will not be expected to use your own car.
The suitable candidate should be self-motivated and have a broad range of post-graduate clinical experience or equivalent.
This role is both challenging and rewarding in equal measure so If you think you have what it takes to join us and would like to be part of one of the largest and most exciting hospital trusts in the UK with all the support and opportunities that this provides, then make sure you apply.
Good luck and we look forward to hearing from you., To work as part of an autonomous and innovative team specialising in foot
and lower limb pathologies.
To assess, diagnose, implement and develop individualised assessment and
treatment programmes for patients with an emphasis on medical need. This
will involve general and specialist care within a range of locations, including
clinical, domiciliary, hospital, and other external settings with a holistic and
multidisciplinary approach.
To commit to a philosophy of care with emphasis on client empowerment and self-care.
To work as a highly motivated team member within the podiatry and
multidisciplinary team setting and with external organisations and settings to achieve the best patient outcome.

Working for our organisation
We are a large community based service comprised of thirty podiatrists and two podiatry assistants who work across the central London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. We have a fantastic, diverse and friendly team and we work closely with those in the hospital based teams at Guy's and St Thomas'. The hospital sites offer multidisciplinary team wound care and review, musculoskeletal services and podiatric surgery.
We schedule regular education sessions where we can all come together to enhance our knowledge as a team and have quarterly team meetings alongside the hospital based team., To be responsible and accountable for the complex assessment, diagnosis
and treatment of new and existing patients with a wide variety of Podiatric
complaints.
This includes diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, musculoskeletal disorders,
vascular and neurological disorders, systemic diseases, chronic pathologies,
emergency treatments, wound management, paediatrics, deformities, and nail and skin pathologies.
You will be expected to treat a wide variety of patient groups including those with special needs, the housebound, children, the elderly adults, vulnerable groups and those from different cultural backgrounds with the possibility of communication barriers,
To demonstrate sound clinical expertise and knowledge in the management of serious and high-risk pathologies, whilst keeping fully informed of current best practice and becoming involved with the development, updating and implementation of evidence based practice guidelines.
The provision, organisation and evaluation of highly specialised Podiatric care plans tailored to patients' medical needs with regular review and the ability to identify and co-ordinate further interventions.
Make referrals to other specialists from within the department and outside,
facilitating safe and appropriate discharge where indicated.
To be aware and recognise the contribution of our assessment within the
whole health care package/profile
To undertake specialist diabetes and high-risk sessions for the assessment
and treatment of patients where duties will include:
Undertaking Diabetic foot assessments and diabetic foot management and
education.
Working with challenging groups including those with mental health
problems
Management of foot ulcers
To identify risk factors and to prioritise patients into risk categories
To arrange emergency admission into hospital when indicated
Providing emergency clinical and domiciliary care
To participate in department rotations through areas of clinical speciality, for example, Nail surgery, MSK and Acute rotations at our hospital sites.
To provide care in a variety of settings often involving the ability to work alone and independently, and also with the Podiatry team. Such settings will include (but is not limited to):
Community Health Centres, Residential and Nursing Homes, Patients Homes
To be able and willing to work in some areas with high levels of social
deprivation.
To have highly developed physical skills, precision hand/eye coordination
requiring frequent concentration for prolonged periods, and a comprehensive knowledge base, for example, highly skilled debridement techniques for acute/chronic, neuropathic and ischaemic wounds.
To conduct local anaesthetic techniques and minor surgery procedures
without assistance, with the ability to manage anaphylactic shock if required.
To be responsible for the professional day-to-day coordination and
management of patients caseloads and clinics. This will involve good
communication with other podiatrists and administrative staff to maintain good working relationships and communication.
To ensure Trust standards and policies are adhered to.
To be responsible for maintaining professional, accurate and comprehensive patient records using the S.O.A.P format, managing appointment systems and maintaining, monitoring and securing equipment, instruments, pharmacy and stock levels.
To contribute to the strategic development and improvement of existing
services and facilitate the instigation of new service development by working as part of an innovative team.
Participate in audit and service evaluation.
To be safely involved in the provision of Foot Health education and
appropriate specialist advice sensitively to patients, relatives and careers, and to organise and participate in health promotion activities and training events to groups, colleagues, professionals and individuals.
To frequently prescribe and apply the application of technology for
measurement, monitoring and treatment using specialist complex equipment such as Gait analysis systems and Doppler ultrasound.
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.