About this role
Job summary
This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week.
Would you like to join a progressive and busy podiatry service, working in the beautiful county of Gloucestershire? Then this job is for you!
Due to the continual development and progression within our highly skilled podiatry department, we are excited to offer an amazing opportunity for a Band 5 podiatrist to join our friendly and dynamic team. This is a perfect role for a newly qualified podiatrist who would like to start their career in a busy, community-based podiatry service.
Our service provides the highest quality of care to our caseload of complex patients. You will be responsible for the assessment and planning of individual patient treatment plans, working independently and being part of our dedicated team.
You will be mentored and continually supported by colleagues within the team to develop your skills, enabling you to deliver and promote the best care possible to our service users. We aim to develop you in all areas of podiatry including wound care, musculoskeletal (MSK), nail surgery, and domiciliary care. All newly qualified staff are supported in their first year with a Countywide preceptorship programme.
If you are a highly motivated individual, we would love to invite you to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and well-organised individual to start their career with us here in Gloucestershire.
Apply today; we can't wait to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
As a Community Podiatrist within Gloucestershire Podiatry Service, you will be expected to work with the Specialist Community Podiatrist Team providing high quality podiatric care. You will be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating podiatry care to patients with a variety of clinical needs. Within this post you will be expected to develop your clinical skills to become an autonomous independent practitioner.
As a Community Podiatrist you will have a basic level of knowledge and skills that are gained through your Professional Degree; your knowledge and skills will be further developed within variety of clinical settings. This will be complemented with both practical and theoretical knowledge.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question. 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description Job responsibilities
This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For moreinformationplease visithttps://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
The main responsibilities of the role are:
Good communication skills (written and verbal) Ability to work effectively as a team member Be able to prioritise tasks and manage timeeffectively Acting in the best interests of service users Evidence of ongoing CPD and a commitment tolife-long learning Demonstrates a model of reflective practice Ability to travel around the locality as requested,independently and efficiently For further details please refer to the detailed job description and person specifications
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Recognised Diploma/Degree in Podiatric Medicine Certificate in Local analgesia
Professional Registration Essential
HCPC Registered Podiatrist
Experience Essential
Evidence of ongoing CPD and a commitment to life-long learning. Demonstrates a model of reflective practice Understanding of Clinical Governance
Desirable
Experience of NHS placements
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Southgate Moorings
Kimbrose Way
Gloucester
GL1 2DB
Employer's website https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)