Main area Podiatry Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday 8.15-16.15) Job ref 828-PROVIDE3690-A Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Springfield Green Clinic Town Chelmsford Salary per annum Closing Today at 23:59 Job Overview The post holder will be part of a highly motivated team working autonomously but with close support and supervision from a Senior Clinician, in a community setting providing a high standard of quality clinical care. The clinician will complete a programme of competences to demonstrate increased clinical skills in all areas. We are a small team of highly skilled clinicians working together across 3 sites to delivered enhanced wound care and prevention. This post is ideal for those qualifying in summer 2024 or someone who would like to explore the chance of Returning to Practice. Main duties of the job He/she will assess, diagnose, develop and implement individualised care programmes for patients with a wide variety of clinical needs, including acute or chronic neuropathies, chronic diseases, vascular problems and wound management. The post holder will also be expected to plan and manage their own caseload, which will include providing specialist care of patients with diabetes and other conditions that put them at high risk of foot ulcers Working for our organisation Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services. We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England. A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times Vision: Transforming Lives Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people. Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT and Ethnic Minority Networks. We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background. Eligible for NHS Pension Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities To be responsible for the assessment diagnosis, planning implementation and evaluation of Podiatric care to a variety of patients with a wide range of clinical needs including:- High Risk Diabetes Chronic Neuropathy Chronic disease e.g. Rheumatoid Arthritis Vascular problems Wound management/tissue viability Neurological disorders Nail Surgery Care will be provided in a range of primary and intermediate care settings, some of which may be in isolation: Community Health Clinics To be responsible for the assessment of new patients with subsequent production of individual care packages and provision of the appropriate footcare education advice. To have the ability to use the decision making process to identify when patients require the intervention of other professional and/or departmental specialist areas by following agreed departmental referral pathways e.g. acute wound care. To be responsible for the production of temporary Orthoses/appliances and writing prescriptions for manufactured insoles. To participate in nail surgery. To perform diabetic assessment review clinics where duties will include: Diabetic Foot assessment using the appropriate equipment, i.e. monofilaments, Doppler, ABPI’s. To identify risk factory and categorise patients into appropriate risk handing. To refer to specialist services as required. To be actively involved in the provision of Foot Health Education advice to patients, relatives and carers and to participate in foot health training where appropriate for Primary Care and Social Services Staff. To be actively involved in the development and implementation of Departmental policies and procedures. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Degree/Diploma in Podiatric Medicine or working towards Local Analgesia Administration Certificate or working towards Knowledge & Experience Essential criteria Evidence of NHS podiatry placements Desirable criteria Experience in working with “at risk” patients Further Information How will we contact you? All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails. As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager. If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert. Checking progress on your application? To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can. Closing Date Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post. Professional UK clinical registration required for the role? If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment. COVID-19 Vaccination Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination. We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families. Anti Fraud Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents. Disability If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net. Work Trials Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager. We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage. Successful Applicant You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators. The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.