Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Diabetes Specialist Podiatry team.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and committed Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist with a passion for improving the experience and clinical outcomes of our patients, and who inspires others to provide excellent patient care.

We are looking for a Podiatrist who has experience of working autonomously, supporting patients with a variety of diabetes treatments,  and playing a key role in education of other healthcare professionals. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Diabetic Foot Ulcer Service Lead, Consultant Podiatrist and Diabetic Foot Podiatry Technician Band 4 in providing and developing the delivery of a high-quality specialist Diabetic Foot Ulcer service for patients with Diabetic foot complications as part of the multi-disciplinary Diabetes Team at Salisbury Foundation Trust (SFT) for in patient and out-Patients.

 The successful candidate will work autonomously in a Vascular and Diabetes outpatient setting and will work in the same unit as other Specialist staff such as Vascular Nurses, sonographers and Vascular Surgeons. You will report to and be supported by a Band 8 Consultant Podiatrist. You will be expected to provide face to face consultations, assessment, and treatment to patients with a range of Diabetic foot ulcerations, infections, and Charcot foot problems within the Vascular and Diabetes unit and on wards across the hospital site. Using advanced decision-making skills and working with the Band 8 Consultant Podiatrist and Diabetes medical team, the post holder will undertake advanced assessment of the Diabetic foot including vascular assessment, pathology testing and radiology testing as required. They will produce management plans for the Foot problem and work closely with other agencies such as Community Nursing and Community Podiatry teams, Practice Nursing team and ward based medical and Nursing teams. There will be a close working relationship with Hospital based Orthotics service also.

They will also then review the effectiveness of those management plans and escalate up to the Band 8 Consultant Podiatrist or Consultant Diabetologist as needed.

This role will also play a key part in delivering education to other health care professionals focussing on all aspects of assessing and managing Diabetic Foot complications. This will include staff groups across the hospital such as Ward Nurses, Doctors and others.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

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We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk