Job Description

Job Title: Extended Scope Practitioner (Podiatrist)

Trust:

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Lawson Street Health Centre, Lawson Street, Stockton-On-Tees, TS18 1HU

Pay Rates: 28.87 per hour exc WTD

Hours: 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday between 08:30 - 17:00 (1 Hour lunch)

Why might this job interest you?

Are you a motivated, qualified, and HCPC registered Podiatrist?

Do you have excellent clinical and communication skills?

If so, you could be a great fit for the Community team!

The Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Podiatry Service is composed of three Teams: Empowerment (Triage and First Contact), Community Podiatry (Foot Protection Service, At-Risk Foot Team, Nail Surgery Team, Rheumatology Podiatry) and the Acute Team (Diabetic Foot Multidisciplinary Team, Vascular Podiatry, Renal Podiatry, F-Scan and Offloading Clinics).

What you can add:

Provide highly specialised and expert advice to MSK, Physiotherapy or Podiatry colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Undertake complex musculoskeletal assessment and specialised treatment on a daily basis. This may require periods of concentration and fine motor skills.

Maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation in line with legal and departmental requirements, and to demonstrate a reduction in the Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons waiting list for patients with a neuro musculoskeletal disorder.

Demonstrate understanding of complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options. Will also undertake analysis and interpretation of results of medical investigations such as MRI where judgements regarding a range of clinical issues and/or highly complex patient conditions will have to be made.

Lead the specialist area in Audit, Research & Development in collaboration with the General Manager and Service lead, Therapy Consultants, Clinical Team Lead, and other members of the Musculoskeletal Team.

Triage referrals using skills beyond the scope of podiatry to aid diagnosis and development of treatment plans.

Provide highly specialised and expert advice to MSK, Physiotherapy or Podiatry colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Listen, empathise, communicate and reassure effectively, using appropriate tools, to fully explore management options with shared decision making, including cases with distressful diagnoses.

What you'll need:

Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Podiatrist.

BSc (Hons) Podiatry or equivalent qualification.

Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.

Relevant NHS Podiatry experience.

Ability to produce clear, accurate, and contemporaneous patient records and timely correspondence.

Considerable, advanced experience of complex biomechanical/musculoskeletal disorders

The benefits we can offer you in return:

Putting People in Places to Care

- be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.

Weekly pay

to give you access to your wages more quickly.

Blue Light Card - NHS Discount Provider

First choice of shifts/placements

at the Trust of your choice over agencies.

Our team is always happy to help -

access our support line any time.

Working options to suit your lifestyle

- being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed term placements.

Training and development opportunities

via the Trust and NHSP's own academy.

Explore different wards

, keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.

Being part of the NHSP Community

means you'll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health, our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed term placements.

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Today

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts or fixed term placements across any of our client Trusts in England.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 3 months

Pay: 28.87 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 81952