First Contact Podiatrist role at Promni Health, serving GP practices within a primary care network. The post is split across three local sites, one day a week at each, for 22.5 hours in total. Practitioners see patients with foot and ankle conditions directly, without a GP referral, and can discharge them where appropriate. Candidates need HCPC and CoP registration and at least five years' post-graduate podiatry experience.
What the job involves
- Assess, diagnose and manage lower limb and foot conditions, including undifferentiated presentations
- Discharge patients without a medical referral where appropriate
- Manage a complex caseload, requesting investigations and making referrals when trained
- Deliver supported self-management programmes to improve mobility and reduce reliance on medication
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a patient-facing role across the PCN
- Support patients with psychosocial and mental health needs, referring to social prescribing where appropriate
- Lead and contribute to service delivery and clinical governance, including audit, supervision and training
- Support research and audit to evaluate and improve the FCP service
- Give feedback to PCN clinical team members on referral criteria
- Use independent prescribing, injection therapy and investigations when trained
- Communicate complex and sensitive information to patients and carers
- Streamline pathways to ensure timely access to care
What’s required
Qualifications
- Up-to-date CPD portfolio showing knowledge of the MSK core capabilities framework for first point of contact practitioners and the four pillars of advanced practice
- Identified developmental needs against those frameworks
Registration & licences
- Fully HCPC registered practising podiatrist
- CoP registration
Experience
- Minimum 5 years post-graduate podiatry experience
Skills & knowledge
- Strong clinical problem solving and analytical skills, including recognising when to refer for diagnostics or to other services
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, working cohesively within a wider team
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Competence with IT systems, databases and digital ways of working
Other
- Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies and codes of conduct
- Ability to critically reflect on professional development needs and motivation to progress clinically, with support
Nice to have
- Qualified injection therapist and/or independent prescriber
- Completion of some level 7 MSc learning
- Previous first contact triage clinical experience, including in the private sector
- Previous experience of working in a GP practice
- Previous experience using EMIS or SystmOne
What’s offered
- 12.5+ days of protected CPD and supervision time each year
- Funded development opportunities
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First Contact Podiatrist in Barrow in Furness employer: The Methodist Church in Britain
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
