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Diabetes Care For You is currently looking for an experienced and highly motivated Specialist Podiatrist for our innovative community diabetes service. You must have experience of delivering high quality care to patients with diabetes, and be committed to supporting the implementation and transformation of the community diabetes service. Our Specialist Podiatrists are instrumental in the implementation, and delivery of the service model, which affords an exciting opportunity to positively impact the health and quality of life for a large cohort of the Sussex population.
Diabetes Care For You is a multidisciplinary team comprising consultants, nursing, podiatrists, dieticians, psychotherapists and support staff, working with patients living with diabetes. We support patients across Brighton and Hove, High Weald, Lewes and the Havens working from various clinical settings and when required providing domiciliary visits, so the ability to travel across the patch will mean you have a varied working week. Our patients are 18+.
We encourage interested podiatrists to contact us to discuss further ahead of applying.
We're looking for an enthusiastic qualified podiatrist with an interest in the diabetic foot who is a team-player with great communication skills. You must be committed to delivering high quality care to patients living with diabetes and a desire to support improvements within our innovative community model.
To assess, diagnose and develop and implement individualised care programmes for patients with a wide variety of clinical needs and a diagnosis of diabetes. The post holder will maintain a diabetic patient caseload and provide support to the community diabetes clinical team with a focus on foot protection. This will include care for people with associated acute or chronic neuropathies, other existing chronic diseases, vascular pathology and wound management, minor ops and musculoskeletal problems.
The post holder will also be expected to plan and manage their own clinical caseload, liaising with relevant professionals as required. You will also support other colleagues and caseloads in the Service as deemed necessary by the Clinical Service Manager in response to local needs at the time.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
* Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
* Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
* Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
* Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
* Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
* Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
* Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
* Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Anna Edleston Job title: Advanced Clinical Podiatrist Email address: anna.edleston@nhs.net Telephone number: 07484 403909
Eleanor Rezazadeh - Deputy Operational Head of Service
eleanor.rezazadeh@nhs.net
07787 277530
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