Specialist Diabetes Podiatrist

Job overview

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an Outstanding Hospital according to CQC. The staff think so too with Kingston Hospital scoring in the top 20% of all acute Trusts in the country for 16 key areas and the third best score in London for overall staff engagement.

So would you like to be part of this workforce in leafy suburbia?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive innovative Diabetes and Endocrinology team.

We are looking for a dynamic, industrious and flexible individual to join a progressive and forward-thinking team that shares a great passion and vision in improving care for patient with diabetes in Kingston. The successful applicant will be linked with the South West London Multidisciplinary Diabetes Foot Team as part of our Hub and spoke Model.

Post holders will be based within the Diabetes unit at Kingston hospital and will provide both inpatient and outpatient services including the MDfT service.

We want to hear from you if you are a Band 6 or Band 7 level podiatrist, who is keen to provide highly specialist podiatry treatment to people with active foot disease within the hospital setting.​

The successful individuals will be joining a progressive and forward thinking team who share a great passion and vision in improving patient care for patients with limb threatening conditions within the Kingston Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The role will include excellent opportunities to work autonomously as well as across teams and disciplines to provide a high impact into the outcomes of the Limb threatened foot.  Individuals will have the opportunity to develop sub-speciality interests including renal dialysis, inpatient care, education, research, and training.

To provide specialist foot care for patient with complex high risk foot problems. This includes diabetes patients with acute and chronic foot wounds, patients with neuropathic and vascular complications, patient with foot complications who are immunosuppressed and patients who have poor tissue viability.

The post holder will be clinically responsible for treatment of the high risk caseload working autonomously as well as work as part of the multidisciplinary team. The post requires accepting emergency referrals from GPs, community podiatrists, and other health professionals and will provide responsive specialist care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicants will form a Multidisciplinary Foot team and be part of the South West London Transformation program for the Diabetic Foot. The MDfT will be part of the SW London Diabetes Foot Network which brings together both multidisciplinary foot teams across SW London to share learning and promote best practice in the management of the threatened Limb.

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