Specialist Podiatrist - Wound Care & Tissue Viability

You will be working collaboratively with our Multidisciplinary Diabetes Footcare and Community Podiatry teams. The role will encompass community team development, staff recruitment, offering clinical leadership whilst providing a high level of clinical care in the specialist area of wound care and tissue viability., Within the post you will provide clinical leadership across two of the community podiatry teams within Worcester City and Kidderminster area with support of other TV podiatry leads within those teams . This is a full time post and as part of the role and participate in an on-call rota to cover urgent referrals received at the weekend into the Multidisciplinary Diabetes Footcare Team. This equates to 6-8 sessions per annum.

• Provide specialist podiatric care to patients with active foot conditions related to wounds and tissue viability in clinic and in their homes.
• Assess and formulate treatment plans.
• Review patient care plans.
• Manage referrals effectively through triage and provide clinical advice to other health care professionals.
• Work with Band 5 and 6 to develop competencies and confidence.
• Provide support to students.
• Conduct ABPIs
• Work closely with consultants from vascular, orthopaedics and diabetes , MDFT, nurses and GPs
• Conduct nail surgery as per team rota.
• Empower patients and support staff.
• Liaise with Team leads and county wide TV leads.
• Participate in a consultant led clinics within the acute alongside the vascular team.
  
  We are looking for an experienced Podiatrist with a passion for clinical excellence and with evidence of previous positive outcomes, to work with patients under the care of the Community Podiatry Team. The successful candidate will need to be an autonomous practitioner, with experience of working with complex foot care needs as well as diabetes experience.
You should be an effective communicator with the drive and enthusiasm to work with your team members to expand their roles. You should be able to negotiate and collaborate effectively with senior clinicians and medical colleagues and facilitate the delivery of excellent care. You should be able to manage a caseload, using evidence based/ patient centred principles to assess, plan and deliver individualised treatment programmes to highly complex patients and delegate responsibility as appropriate within the team and to wider Community services. You will also need to be able to manage information to inform service development and to demonstrate achievement of target.

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours Flexible and agile working opportunities Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage) Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes Health and wellbeing opportunities