Job summary
Can you demonstrate our values of Trust, Respect, Integrity, and Compassion? Do you share in our ambition to create high quality, compassionate care, and wellbeing for all?
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1m people living in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.
This post will suit a newly or recently qualified podiatrist or one who already has experience, who is enthusiastic, motivated, and ready to join our friendly team. Would you love to continue developing your skills in all areas of podiatry including routine treatments, high risk and ulcer care, biomechanics, nail surgery and more? This is a great opportunity to develop your post graduate skills and to build on your current skills.
You will be given the opportunity to work through a competency programme during a preceptorship period of one year. As well as a full induction programme we will also offer regular supervision sessions. Our aim is that you will become one of our band 6 podiatrists.
You will be providing care within health centres, community hospitals, patients homes, and care homes along with the opportunity to experience working within the acute hospital setting on wards and the MDT diabetic foot clinic.
The NHS is the place to develop your skills!
Main duties of the job
Band 5
You will assess, diagnose, treat, manage and maintain defined caseload using your professional autonomy, applying sound reasoning and judgemental skills whilst ensuring practice is evidence based whenever possible. Our clinics and home visits are a mixture of routine, biomechanics and high risk patients. The clinic rota will also include telephone and video call appointments.
Nail surgery is done on a rota but often there is a need for extra sessions to meet the demand. Nail surgery is also provided for the housebound in their homes.
We have rotational placements working within the diabetic foot clinic at Leicester General Hospital and also treating patients the acute wards at one of the three main hospitals in Leicester.
You will liaise with professional colleagues to ensure safe and effective outcomes of interventions particularly the community nursing service and the wider MDTs.
You will have a base of work but will need to work at other clinics too which is great to meet other staff.
We encourage all podiatrists to have roles of interest eg getting involved in projects, audits, research, being a student placement instructor, line managing etc.
We 'treat to discharge' expect for the high risk patients. This requires excellent treatment planning and communication skills with patients and their families/carers to manage their expectations. We promote self care and independence.
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Date posted
21 December 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9313-23-1349
Job locations
The Jubilee Medical Centre
1330 Melton Road
Syston
Leicester
LE7 2EQ
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Malabar Road
Leicester
LE1 2NZ
Loughborough Hospital
Hospital Way
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 5JY
Job responsibilities
The job description is attached. Please feel free to contact the booking office on 0116 2255118 and a member of staff will get back to you to answer any questions that you may have.
Person Specification
Qualifications – Essential
* Degree / diploma in Podiatry
* Holds Certificate in Local Analgesia
* Current HPC registration
Qualifications – Desirable
* Evidence of further post qualification training e.g. relevant short courses
Experience – Essential
* Demonstrate an up-to-date knowledge of current Podiatry issues and practice
* Demonstrable aptitude and experience in IT / electronic communication
* Demonstrate a working knowledge of issues relating to clinical governance
* Demonstrates ability to problem solve
* Demonstrate effective planning and organisational skills
* Able to communicate effectively, with patients, within the professional team and on a multi‑disciplinary level
* Evidence of being able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
* Highly motivated and able to motivate others
* Adaptable / flexible and able to manage change effectively to meet needs of the Service
* Ability to work in a complex changing environment
Experience – Desirable
* Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development / an up‑to‑date professional profile e.g. via professional portfolio
* Shows evidence of contribution to PDR programme
* Evidence of participation in evidence based practice
* Participation in clinical audit and/or research
* Evidence of participation in clinical supervision
* Ability to teach and present
* Ability to work on several tasks simultaneously and respond to interruptions
* Ability to motivate others through change
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer Details
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
The Jubilee Medical Centre
1330 Melton Road
Syston
Leicester
LE7 2EQ
Employer's website
https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)
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