Diabetes Podiatrist

Job overview

Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust (NHCT) Diabetes Podiatry Services are looking for a highly motivated, proactive and focused qualified Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) registered Podiatrist to join their department.

This job is based in the North Tyneside Diabetes Podiatry Team for 30 hours per week.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received

Main duties of the job

As a team member your duties will include delivering evidence based podiatry treatments within clinics, GP surgeries, hospitals, patient's homes and residential homes. Personal qualities required include excellent organisational skills, personal time management and flexibility within your working practice to support the podiatry team.

Due to the nature of team working and patient interaction you should demonstrate clear communication alongside efficient and effective problem solving. To be a strong candidate we are looking for a podiatrist who is able to integrate and deliver education into the multidisciplinary team, function within a supportive peer group and display the strength of character to work autonomously.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post holder will provide professional, quality planned programmes of podiatry care to patients based on their clinical needs.  • They will provide specialist care to patients in order to maintain mobility, independence, tissue viability and to relieve discomfort especially for those patients with diabetes, circulatory disorders, neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis and biomechanical pathologies.  • They must be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, acting as a source of professional advice to patients, carers, GPs and other healthcare professionals.  • They will be expected to contribute to the development of the Podiatry Department and to adhere to Trust and Departmental policies, procedures and objectives.  • To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.