Podiatrist Band 6 inCoventry inCoventry PUBLISHED 13 DEC 2023
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The post holder will possess good communication skills and have the ability to work as part of the service team and across professional boundaries to ensure best care for patients with podiatric needs.
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner with developed clinical skills and maintain a level of knowledge and experience whilst treating complex foot problems and provide the highest quality of podiatric care to those patients whose feet are assessed as being at risk (in line with departmental guidelines).
This may require the post holder to use their own judgement to alter the treatment plan to suit individual patients needs. If problems arise beyond the scope of this post the patient must be referred to a more experienced podiatrist.
For further details please see the attached job description.
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and professional HCPC registered podiatrists to join our team and provide high quality podiatric care for patients with pathological foot conditions and those individuals at risk of developing serious foot health complications.
Coventry Community Podiatry Service is based in The City of Coventry Health Centre - a modern, purpose built facility that provides a great working environment for the team - with 3 locality clinics across the city and a home visiting service.
You will be required to have excellent assessment, diagnostic and clinical skills to deliver a range of specialist podiatry clinics in complication management, wound care, nail surgery, and MSK.
The service works closely with district nursing teams, tissue viability nurses, local integrated teams, and acute services.
You should be self-motivated with excellent communication skills and the ability to work both autonomously and within the podiatry team.
Effective organisation and time management skills are essential as management of a domiciliary caseload is required.
Your future development will be supported and developed through a structured annual appraisal process.
We encourage ongoing CPD through clinical supervision, in-house training, and external training sessions where appropriate.
You will have the opportunity to assist with undergraduate students on placement with the service, and to support and train Foot Care Assistants and students - sharing your experience and offering guidance when necessary.
To provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment, advice, care packages for Podiatry patients and discharge when a package of care has been completed or where a patient does not require podiatric intervention or where the patient does not meet the departments' criteria.
To be responsible for care within the service caseload involving the implementation and co-ordination of specialised treatment regimes and patient management programmes.
To have knowledge in the specialist areas of Podiatry and possess a sufficient level of clinical competence and skill to enable the assessment and treatment of anyone with limb / foot deformities affecting their mobility and function; this will include children and people with learning difficulties.
Car owner/driver is essential for this role to undertake home visits.
The post holder will possess good communication skills and have the ability to work as part of the service team and across professional boundaries to ensure best care for patients with podiatric needs.
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner with developed clinical skills and maintain a level of knowledge and experience whilst treating complex foot problems and provide the highest quality of podiatric care to those patients whose feet are assessed as being at risk (in line with departmental guidelines).
This may require the post holder to use their own judgement to alter the treatment plan to suit individual patients needs. If problems arise beyond the scope of this post the patient must be referred to a more experienced podiatrist.
For further details please see the attached job description.
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and professional HCPC registered podiatrists to join our team and provide high quality podiatric care for patients with pathological foot conditions and those individuals at risk of developing serious foot health complications.
Coventry Community Podiatry Service is based in The City of Coventry Health Centre - a modern, purpose built facility that provides a great working environment for the team - with 3 locality clinics across the city and a home visiting service.
You will be required to have excellent assessment, diagnostic and clinical skills to deliver a range of specialist podiatry clinics in complication management, wound care, nail surgery, and MSK.
The service works closely with district nursing teams, tissue viability nurses, local integrated teams, and acute services.
You should be self-motivated with excellent communication skills and the ability to work both autonomously and within the podiatry team.
Effective organisation and time management skills are essential as management of a domiciliary caseload is required.
Your future development will be supported and developed through a structured annual appraisal process.
We encourage ongoing CPD through clinical supervision, in-house training, and external training sessions where appropriate.
You will have the opportunity to assist with undergraduate students on placement with the service, and to support and train Foot Care Assistants and students - sharing your experience and offering guidance when necessary.
To provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment, advice, care packages for Podiatry patients and discharge when a package of care has been completed or where a patient does not require podiatric intervention or where the patient does not meet the departments' criteria.
To be responsible for care within the service caseload involving the implementation and co-ordination of specialised treatment regimes and patient management programmes.
To have knowledge in the specialist areas of Podiatry and possess a sufficient level of clinical competence and skill to enable the assessment and treatment of anyone with limb / foot deformities affecting their mobility and function; this will include children and people with learning difficulties.
Car owner/driver is essential for this role to undertake home visits.
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