Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arise to come and join our podiatry team at the Countess of Chester, the exciting role is a full time post (we can consider part time working as well) work over a 7 day service covering both the inpatient and outpatient settings, the inpatient work will be to cover our cohort of patients with diabetes and patients on our vascular wards.

Our outpatient work is to help cover our diabetes foot clinics and general podiatry care., and to work along side our MDT to improve the foot care for our patients.

Main duties of the job

As specialistpodiatrist you will play a proactive part in developing care pathways and new ways of working whilst utilising a full range of routine and specialist podiatric techniques.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will provide specialist podiatry treatment to patients with diabetes and complex vascular wounds within an acute secondary care setting.

You will provide comprehensive specialist assessment, diagnosis, planning, treatment and implementation of podiatric care, including wound management and pressure offloading to maintain patients' mobility and independence.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is �23 (standard) or �43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of �13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc (Hons) Podiatric Medicine or equivalent
• HCPC registration and evidence of continued CPD

Desirable

• IRMER certificate
• Prescribing qualification
• Involvement with relevant specialist interest groups

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Evidence of postgraduate professional training.
• Evidence of post graduate experience in high risk wound management.

Desirable

• Experience in advanced wound management techniques and pressure relieving devices.
• Knowledge of national and local priorities and changing trends in a specialist area

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Experience in wound management, ABPI / TBPI, and wound offloading.
• The ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients and carers of varying levels of understanding.
• Ability to present written information in a logical manner.
• Ability to self-motivate and manage own workload in a busy clinic setting.
• Able to respond to unexpected changes and adopt a flexible approach.
• Ability to work successfully within a team.

Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countess of Chester Hospital

Liverpool road

Chester

CH2 1UL

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210-2024-594-A