Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist

Job overview

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Band 7 Senior Diabetes Specialist Podiatrists to work within our Podiatry team.

The Senior Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist will work in partnership with patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes with moderate, high risk and active foot problems in a community setting, aiming to improve outcomes for patients. This includes the development of clinic-based care, home visits, along with healthcare professional and patient education programmes for diabetes management.

Diabetes Care for You is a multidisciplinary community diabetes service covering Brighton, Hove, High Weald and the Havens in East Sussex. The service comprises of consultants, nurses, dietitians, podiatrists, psychologists and support staff, that all contribute to the development of this innovative service.

The podiatrists also support with the Multi-Disciplinary Foot Team down at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and at times may be required to support other podiatry teams located in Brighton & Hove within the same directorate.

There will also be opportunities to work as part of our new innovative partnership with The University of Brighton at Falmer and the provision of clinical supervision for students studying for BSc and Master's degrees in Podiatry.

Main duties of the job

Main Responsibilities

• Specialist knowledge of diabetic foot assessment and management.
• Managing complex and high-risk diabetic foot conditions.
• Ability to work autonomously and within multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication and patient education skills.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement.
• Leadership, mentoring, and supervision.
• At times may be required to support other podiatry teams located within the same directorate.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice and continuous professional development including attendance regional and local expert reference groups.
• Participate in team meetings and to regularly update the staff on developments within the field of diabetes.

There will be a requirement to travel across Brighton & Hove and East Sussex. Therefore, a full driving license and access to a suitable vehicle is a key requirement for this role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To ensure the provision of a robust, integrated arrangement of care for diabetic feet within the community diabetes service and across the interface between Tier 3 and Tier 4 patients, providing a consistent high quality and a systematic approach to patient care.

The post holder will carry a high-risk diabetic clinical caseload, using their highly developed specialist skills to ensure that patients receive the best evidence based care package.

The clinician will be required to participate in regular Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings within the service in order to input into this forum of patient care.

This role will require the triage of incoming referrals ensuring that they are allocated to the right level of speciality within the service, or referring on to other specialities, services or agencies as appropriate.

To clinically supervise Band 6 members of the podiatry team, acting as a clinical mentor, this role extends to students placed within the service and clinicians on rotation from the podiatry service. The post holder will be accountable, with the Lead Podiatrist, for the delivery of safe effective Podiatric care within the pathway.

To participate in team meetings and to regularly update the staff on developments within the field of diabetes.

To attend regional and local expert reference groups.

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.