Foot Care Assistant inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 27 JUN 2024

To treat own delegated workload of patients and maintain associated patient records.
  • 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
  • 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


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