Bank - Community Podiatrist, Band 5, 6 & 7 inLiverpool inLiverpool PUBLISHED TUE 19 NOV 2024

These adverts are for Band 5, 6 and 7

Are you passionate about improving foot health and enhancing quality of life? Join our podiatry team and make a real difference to the lives of patients every day!

As a Community Podiatrist, you will assess and provide clearly planned podiatric care packages to patients with a variety of care needs, with the aim of maintaining independence and mobility. You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating with other healthcare professionals to deliver high quality, patient centred care.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive and forward thinking environment.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, they are:

• Continuous improvement
• Accountability
• Respect
• Enthusiasm
• Support

If you share our values and want to be part of a team that makes a real difference, we want to hear from you.

Band 5 advert

This post requires a Podiatrist who will work as part of a highly motivated team providing a high standard of clinical care in a variety of community settings across Sefton place, ensuring the provision of seamless care between primary and secondary care.

This post is suitable for a newly qualified podiatrist to gain experience in specialist areas of podiatry whilstcompleting the North West Podiatry Mentorship scheme and working under the mentorship of higher grade podiatrists

Band 6 advert

We are offering this excellent opportunity for a motivated HCPC registered Band 6 Podiatrist to join our Community Teams on a Bank basis, to work with our Neighbourhood Partners in the delivery of a high standard of patient centred care.

We deliver podiatry in clinic settings and patients' own homes, including nursing and residential homes.

We would require demonstrable post registration/qualification experience.

You will be involved in the assessment and treatment planning for patients with a variety of complex needs, so excellent diagnostic and communication skills are essential, as are excellent clinical skills and experience of treating patients with a variety of long term conditions, with an emphasis on wound management.

You will be expected to work flexibly and will be expected to travel to different settings across the Trust's geographical footprint during the course of the working day.

Band 7 advert

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and committed person to work within our Community settings.

You will manage an acute clinical caseload and experience of working in an acute Diabetes setting as part of a multidisciplinary team is preferable.

The role will involve regular travel across multiple sites, Therefore, the post holder must be able to meet the travel requirements of this post. Please indicate on your application how you meet this requirement.

About us

Clinical:

• Delivery of podiatry in clinical, domiciliary and residential home settings, usually working in isolation, always as an autonomous practitioner.
• Assessment and treatment of existing patients in line with departmental protocols using judgements involving complex facts about the patients medical conditions, current medication and podiatric needs.
• Develop treatment plans with expected outcomes and agree with patient how these outcomes may be best achieved. Provide advice to patients on foot health matters.
• Employ stringent control of cross infection and decontamination measures during daily exposure to infectious material i.e., wound/ulcer dressings, blood, pus or body fluid, unkempt dirty feet, and body and when working in less than hygienic conditions in domiciliary situations.
• Follow standard operating procedures for podiatry instrument use
• Assess for nail surgery and undertake nail surgery, supervised by a senior podiatrist. Be responsible for the administration of local analgesia, observation of the patient for adverse reaction and the administration of adrenalin in the event of the patient suffering anaphylactic shock.
• Assess for orthotics, make and provide chair-side devices, prescribe bespoke orthotics and liaise with appropriate specialist.
• Have the capability to move and handle patients who may be immobile, wheelchair or bed bound.
• Work in patients homes/residential homes in confined spaces, with poor lighting, inadequate seating, sitting in a restricted position/ over patient's bed working from a domiciliary bag. Treatment position may be restricted by non-compliance from the patients due to physical, mental or emotional debility.
• Provide health education advice including one to one advice and education to groups of peers, professionals and patients.
• Delegate appropriate patients to the care of podiatry assistants.

Leadership:

• Assist in the supervision of students, podiatry assistants and new members of staff.
• Delegate suitable patients to podiatry assistants.