Band 6 Experienced Podiatrist

Job overview

Experienced Band 6 Podiatrist - 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract

Job Overview

Are you an experienced and motivated Registered Podiatrist looking for your next career opportunity?

Would you like to work in an organisation that values the wellbeing, development and work-life balance of its staff as much as the care it provides to its patients?

At Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to delivering excellent care at the heart of the community while supporting our staff to thrive. We are seeking an experienced Band 6 Registered Podiatrist to join our North Podiatry Service on a 12-month fixed-term contract and it is for 21 hours and 45 mins a week, helping us provide high-quality podiatric care to patients across West Sussex.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team, where you will be empowered to develop your expertise, contribute to service improvement, and make a real difference to the lives of patients within the community.

Main duties of the job

As part of one of the Trust's largest and most established clinical teams, you will play a key role in delivering specialist podiatric care to patients with complex needs. The North Podiatry Service operates across West Sussex, providing a broad range of opportunities to utilise and further enhance your clinical skills and experience.

You will:

• Deliver expert podiatric assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients at moderate and high risk of foot complications.
• Manage patients with active ulceration and complex clinical needs.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support holistic patient care.
• Help patients remain independent, mobile and active within their communities.
• Contribute to preventing avoidable hospital admissions and supporting timely discharge from acute settings.
• Participate in service development and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

We also offer opportunities to work within our Staff Bank.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Our Podiatry Service provides specialist care for patients who are at moderate or high risk of developing foot complications, as well as those experiencing active ulceration. These patients often present with complex clinical conditions, requiring advanced assessment, treatment and ongoing management.

In this role, your clinical expertise will have a direct impact on patient outcomes by enabling individuals to remain safely in their own homes, reducing the need for emergency or acute hospital admissions, and supporting them to maintain mobility, independence and quality of life.

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our Trust values:

Compassionate Care | Working Together | Achieving Ambitions | Delivering Excellence

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ candidates. Reasonable adjustments will be supported throughout the recruitment process.

Please note: This vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received. Early application is therefore encouraged.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.