Senior Podiatrist

Are you a Podiatrist ready for a new challenge? Do you want to live in the thriving multi-cultural Southwest with easy access to the countryside, city, and sea? If so, we are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Podiatrist to come and join our team. This post may be eligible for an up to £8k relocation package! Please check with us if you'd like to discuss the T&Cs.

You will be joining a motivated, supportive, and friendly team who work across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, with a proven track record of internal career promotion to senior roles. The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic and the ability to work under pressure as an individual and as part of the wider team.

You will work as an autonomous practitioner using evidence-based practice to formulate and deliver individualised treatment plans for patients in community clinical and secondary outpatient settings as well as in people’s homes. You will apply appropriate clinical reasoning to manage a varied caseload consisting of high risk, diabetes, wound care and biomechanics patients. You will work alongside experienced podiatrists and be encouraged in your professional development, having access to regular 1:1’s and clinical supervision.

You will participate in rotations for nail surgery, specialist diabetes foot care MDT clinics, and biomechanics. To provide a high standard of podiatric care to maintain tissue viability, mobility, and independence for high-risk patients or those who have an acute infection. This will be delivered through assessment, diagnosis, and development of care plans, including specialist care plans for patients with specialist care needs such as acute and chronic neuropathies, vascular, neurological, tissue viability and wound care management, diabetes, musculoskeletal and rheumatological problems.

To be responsible, as a senior practitioner, for prioritising/supervising own workload. To be responsible for supporting/mentoring junior staff/students/apprentices. Organise and forward planning the day to day running of your podiatry clinics, domiciliary sessions, assessing new patients, and being a point of contact for any issues or problems arising with the Podiatry Service (clinical/admin). To be responsible for triaging of referrals and re-directing, where appropriate, following relevant pathways.

To contribute to multi-disciplinary care by discussing own and others input around patient’s needs, ensuring a well-co-ordinated care plan, agreeing shared decision making on individual patient management.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire. Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don’t be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Samantha Draper Job title: Clinical and Operational Lead for Podiatry Email address: samantha.draper@nhs.net