Band 6 Senior Podiatrist

Job summary

The Podiatry team at Solihull Community Services are looking for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Podiatrist with excellent clinical skills. You will have experience and knowledge of a broad range of Podiatric practice together with a desire to learn and develop your skills further.

The successful candidate will assess patients' Podiatric needs and deliver quality care across the Borough of Solihull. We operate out of 6 community clinics and in domiciliary settings. There are opportunities to work alongside our diabetes team lead and specialist vascular podiatrist, undertake wound care clinics and participate in nail surgery. We also work in association with our community based team of podiatric surgeons.

Part time/job share applications are welcome.

We are a small, friendly and supportive team, so if this job appeals and you would like an informal conversation before applying please contact:

Annette Cooke, Clinical Team Lead 07919211057 or 0121 329-0076 annette.cooke@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The successful applicant will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of Podiatric care across a variety of clinical settings. You will possess excellent communication skills along with the ability to demonstrate empathy and compassion. To operate autonomously in the delivery of high quality podiatric care as part of a team and as a lone worker in patients' homes, with an appreciation that our patients are often complex with a variety of needs.

The ability to travel across the borough of Solihull is essential for this role.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council
5 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English
BSc/Diploma in Podiatry
Local Anaesthesia certificate
POM A and POM S certificates 

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of working in an NHS setting with a variety of patient risk groups.

Demonstrate knowledge of the importance of accurate assessment, appropriate and timely management of podiatry patients across a variety risk categories, including high risk patients with complex needs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Annette Cooke 

annette.cooke@uhb.nhs.uk 

07919211057