Specialist Podiatrist - MSK inCanterbury inCanterbury PUBLISHED 12 DEC 2023
Age UK Canterbury r5NeLmsZ
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Job Description Specialist Podiatrist - MSK
Age UK Canterbury is committed to providing a high standard of services to older people. Our staff and volunteers make an important contribution to that standard.
Responsible to:
The Director of Podiatry Services
Job Purpose
: To provide a Specialist MSK leadership role together with Podiatric Care in both the Age UK Canterbury clinic settings together with the home visiting service in the community covering Canterbury and surrounding areas.
To support the Director of Podiatry Services in the leadership and development of both the MSK/Biomechanics Service and Foot Health Service. To support clinical education in the workplace for both the Apprentice Podiatrists and the Royal College of Podiatry Assistant Practitioners.
Age UK Canterbury Podiatry Service is an accredited NHS AQP Provider for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust and the postholder will support this contract as and when required.
Responsibilities:
To treat and manage the care of podiatric patients, utilising the full range of podiatric skills and knowledge and evidence-based practice to achieve satisfactory outcomes for service users based upon their individual needs.
To support the Director of Podiatry in the development and management of the Foot Health Service.
To support the Director of Podiatry in the training, development and supervision of the Apprentice Podiatrists, Assistant Practitioners/Trainee Assistant Practitioners in line with the Royal College of Podiatry guidelines and best practice programmes.
To work alongside the Director of Podiatry in assuring that the right continuous development programmes are both implemented and planned for the Apprentice Podiatrists, Assistant Practitioners or any Trainee Assistant Practitioners within the service.
To provide treatment of patients to maintain mobility, independence, viability and to relieve discomfort.
To be an ambassador for the Age UK Canterbury Foot Health Service in extending multi-disciplinary team work in both primary and secondary care.
To communicate effectively with a wide variety of patients and carers to ensure understanding of their condition, utilizing skills such as gaining informed consent together with full explanation of treatment plans required.
To be fully compliant with the policies and procedures of Age UK Canterbury.
To be fully compliant with all GDPR, confidentiality and consent procedures at all times.
Training:
You will be expected to attend specific courses as and when required. The list below is and example of these training elements:
Basic and Emergency First Aid
Moving and Handling
Dementia Training
Adult Protection
Specifically, the Podiatrist will be supported to attend ongoing Royal College of Podiatry CPD events e.g. The Annual Conference. As part of the individual appraisal process the Podiatrist will be fully supported to ensure that they are fully aware of the latest developments and procedures within the Podiatry Service.
Regular in house CPD is undertaken alongside external CPD as required.
This Job Description will be revised and amended as required to keep pace with the changes within the internal and external environment.
Age UK Canterbury has an exciting new opportunity for a specialist Podiatrist in MSK and Biomechanics to join our progressive team of Podiatrists and Royal College of Podiatry Assistant Practitioners.
Our service comprises of seven fully equipped clinics together with lower limb vascular assessment facilities and MSK biomechanics laboratory, together with gait analysis equipment (Optogait and WinTrack). We also have a well-established home visiting service.
Age UK Canterbury works alongside the University of Plymouth as a training workplace for Apprentice Podiatrists. All Podiatrists carry out the role of Clinical Educator for our apprentices for both the MSc and BSc degrees.
In addition, Age UK Canterbury Podiatry Service is an accredited NHS AQP provider for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.
The successful candidate will hold a degree in Podiatry, be registered with HCPC, you will be expected to maintain a portfolio of development as all colleagues undertake regular CPD in house and also have regular attendance at the Royal College of Podiatry annual conference.
The postholder will need to be a car driver/owner since the role does include a key element of home visiting.
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Podiatrist with a specialist interest in MSK and Biomechanics to join and lead the introduction and development of our newly implemented MSK Service. The successful candidate will work alongside existing Podiatrists and The Royal College of Podiatry Assistant Practitioners to develop this very important service area. We have recently introduced a biomechanics laboratory with a range of the latest gait analysis equipment to support this development. The postholder will be fully supported in ongoing CPD.
Job Description Specialist Podiatrist - MSK
Age UK Canterbury is committed to providing a high standard of services to older people. Our staff and volunteers make an important contribution to that standard.
Responsible to:
The Director of Podiatry Services
Job Purpose
: To provide a Specialist MSK leadership role together with Podiatric Care in both the Age UK Canterbury clinic settings together with the home visiting service in the community covering Canterbury and surrounding areas.
To support the Director of Podiatry Services in the leadership and development of both the MSK/Biomechanics Service and Foot Health Service. To support clinical education in the workplace for both the Apprentice Podiatrists and the Royal College of Podiatry Assistant Practitioners.
Age UK Canterbury Podiatry Service is an accredited NHS AQP Provider for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust and the postholder will support this contract as and when required.
Responsibilities:
To treat and manage the care of podiatric patients, utilising the full range of podiatric skills and knowledge and evidence-based practice to achieve satisfactory outcomes for service users based upon their individual needs.
To support the Director of Podiatry in the development and management of the Foot Health Service.
To support the Director of Podiatry in the training, development and supervision of the Apprentice Podiatrists, Assistant Practitioners/Trainee Assistant Practitioners in line with the Royal College of Podiatry guidelines and best practice programmes.
To work alongside the Director of Podiatry in assuring that the right continuous development programmes are both implemented and planned for the Apprentice Podiatrists, Assistant Practitioners or any Trainee Assistant Practitioners within the service.
To provide treatment of patients to maintain mobility, independence, viability and to relieve discomfort.
To be an ambassador for the Age UK Canterbury Foot Health Service in extending multi-disciplinary team work in both primary and secondary care.
To communicate effectively with a wide variety of patients and carers to ensure understanding of their condition, utilizing skills such as gaining informed consent together with full explanation of treatment plans required.
To be fully compliant with the policies and procedures of Age UK Canterbury.
To be fully compliant with all GDPR, confidentiality and consent procedures at all times.
Training:
You will be expected to attend specific courses as and when required. The list below is and example of these training elements:
Basic and Emergency First Aid
Moving and Handling
Dementia Training
Adult Protection
Specifically, the Podiatrist will be supported to attend ongoing Royal College of Podiatry CPD events e.g. The Annual Conference. As part of the individual appraisal process the Podiatrist will be fully supported to ensure that they are fully aware of the latest developments and procedures within the Podiatry Service.
Regular in house CPD is undertaken alongside external CPD as required.
This Job Description will be revised and amended as required to keep pace with the changes within the internal and external environment.
Age UK Canterbury has an exciting new opportunity for a specialist Podiatrist in MSK and Biomechanics to join our progressive team of Podiatrists and Royal College of Podiatry Assistant Practitioners.
Our service comprises of seven fully equipped clinics together with lower limb vascular assessment facilities and MSK biomechanics laboratory, together with gait analysis equipment (Optogait and WinTrack). We also have a well-established home visiting service.
Age UK Canterbury works alongside the University of Plymouth as a training workplace for Apprentice Podiatrists. All Podiatrists carry out the role of Clinical Educator for our apprentices for both the MSc and BSc degrees.
In addition, Age UK Canterbury Podiatry Service is an accredited NHS AQP provider for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.
The successful candidate will hold a degree in Podiatry, be registered with HCPC, you will be expected to maintain a portfolio of development as all colleagues undertake regular CPD in house and also have regular attendance at the Royal College of Podiatry annual conference.
The postholder will need to be a car driver/owner since the role does include a key element of home visiting.
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Podiatrist with a specialist interest in MSK and Biomechanics to join and lead the introduction and development of our newly implemented MSK Service. The successful candidate will work alongside existing Podiatrists and The Royal College of Podiatry Assistant Practitioners to develop this very important service area. We have recently introduced a biomechanics laboratory with a range of the latest gait analysis equipment to support this development. The postholder will be fully supported in ongoing CPD.
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