- To assist the provision of a high standard of therapy services to patients within GSTT and to undertake duties to support the smooth functioning of the department and service
- To treat own delegated workload of patients and maintain associated patient records
- To carry out and prioritise own caseload of patients with simple predictable conditions as delegated by the podiatrist
- To provide competent treatment to patients within set clinical protocols as appropriate
- Ability to work with minimal or no immediate supervision – using initiative
- To use own clinical judgement and knowledge in regards to progressing and/or adapting treatment programmes within agreed clinical protocols and parameters
- To assist with the care of patients as appropriate
- To assist the therapist with individual and group treatments / exercise and/or clinics
- To be able to recognise change in the condition or reaction of a patient with guidance from therapists and to watch the patient response to any treatment undertaken
- To demonstrate an awareness and an ability to manage clinical risk
- To comply with the Health and Safety Regulations
- To be able to cope with occasional, potentially stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner
- To attend mandatory training
Foot Health provides clinical services at the acute hospital sites as well as the community in Lambeth and Southwark boroughs. The services provide a full range of podiatry services available within the scope of an HCP registered Podiatrist, which include outpatient and domiciliary visits. The department provides specialist and generalist podiatric care across a multitude of sites including 2 acute units, 12 health centres, 12 general practices and countless residential and nursing homes, homeless shelters, patients homes and Brixton prison
.
The team comprises of approximately 40 clinical staff and a team of 8 administrators.
As well as covering podiatry, the Foot Health service also manages Podiatric Surgery in a day case unit for Lambeth and Southwark.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alpa Lakhani Job title: Clinical Lead Podiatrist Email address: Telephone number: 02
Tejal Patel