Senior Podiatrist - Acute Specialist

We are looking for Band 6 Podiatrists to join our growing dynamic team at Guys & St. Thomas' Hospital. These posts are hospital based within the central London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. The post will involve wound care management and 2 days of MSK rotating quarterly with other staff. The suitable candidate should be self-motivated and have a broad range of post-graduate clinical experience.

Patient care takes place in both out and in-patient settings. You may also be required to occasionally cover our satellite clinic. You will be working within a team and must have good communication skills. There will be supervision and mentoring from colleagues for continual CPD, in addition to regular team meeting updates on Department and Trust positions.

The candidate will be managing a high-risk caseload and working closely within a multi-disciplinary team, using a range of advanced wound techniques in both in-patient and out-patient settings. There will be a 2-day rotational element for treating MSK patients. The candidate must be highly motivated and should be able to cope with clinical emergencies in a pressurised environment.

You will be supervising junior staff and be involved in teaching, taking part in audit/research. The successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate Trust Values, the responsibilities of the job description, and person specification.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with around 12,500 staff; an annual turnover of more than £1 billion; and 1.6 million patient contacts a year. Our hospitals have a long and proud history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. We continue to build on these traditions and have a reputation for clinical, teaching, and research excellence.

We provide a full range of hospital services for our local communities and, from April 2011, have integrated community services in Lambeth and Southwark into the Trust. We also provide specialist services for patients from further afield, including cancer, cardiac, kidney, women’s and orthopaedic services, and we are home to the Evelina Children’s Hospital.

We have a positive approach to corporate social responsibility and are keen to engage our staff in an agenda that ranges from promoting environmental sustainability to the creation of local employment opportunities.

We are part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts. Our AHSC is one of only five in the UK and consists of King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.

For further details/informal visits contact: Name: Alpa Lakhani Job title: Clinical Lead Podiatrist.