Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Leave Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-6899337-CA-Z
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 Per Annum including inner london HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Podiatrist
Band 8a
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
We are looking for a highly motivated lead podiatrist to provide a high quality & responsive specialist Podiatry service to the diabetic & high risk population served by St Georges NHS Foundation Trust. You will need to be able to lead a team as they provide treatment/advice at a variety of sites within St Georges Hospital NHS Foundation Trust including wards, A&E, Acute Medical Unit, outpatient departments & primarily the diabetes foot unit. Working as part of a MDT and act as a source of advice to patients, doctors, consultants, medical students, nurses, carers, GP’s & other Health Care Professional’s.
The Diabetic Foot team provides specialist diagnostic assessment & treatment, including wound care management of the diabetic and high risk foot on for the population served by St Georges NHS Foundation Trust (Trust) and any SLA’s as directed.
The Diabetic Foot MDT currently consists of: x1 band 3 HCA, x2 band 6 podiatrists, x1 band 7 Inpatient podiatrist, x1 band 7 outpatient podiatrist, diabetes consultant, vascular consultant, microbiology consultant, orthopaedic consultant, Interventional radiologist, Orthotist, MSK radiologist, pharmacist, psychologist, specialist registrars and nurses.
Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract to cover the current postholder's maternity leave
Main duties of the job
To work as an integral lead of the Podiatry team within the Thomas Addison Unit and the multi-disciplinary diabetic team to deliver high quality Podiatric care to patients with a high-risk need.
To commit to the philosophy of care with emphasis on patient empowerment & independence.
Working for our organisation
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
The main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, St Georges Hospital provides a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across south west London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Health promotion and biomechanics
- Effective patient and MDT communication
- Effective organisational skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing conflict
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registered Podiatrist (DPodM or BSc)
- NHS experience with exposure to wound care management.
- Commitment to personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in training & teaching
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experienced in the provision of high risk treatments & diabetic assessments
- Ability to demonstrate team working and team development within the specialist Podiatry field
- Experience of staff Leadership and supervision at all levels
- Broad spectrum of clinical experience
- Willingness to ask for and take advice
- Ability to make decisions, using available evidence where necessary
Desirable criteria
- Experienced in advanced diagnostic & wound management techniques
- Experience of recruitment
- • Awareness of current NHS trends & policies, including clinical governance & NSF’s
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anetta Gobalakrishnan
- Job title
- Assistant service manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087255935
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