Care is delivered in various settings including community clinics, out-patient clinics and patients’ homes, so a car owner driver is essential. The post holder will contribute to ongoing audit, service improvement and research projects.
Main duties of the job
To work in the acute sector (in-patient and out-patient) and on occasion community clinics, residential and nursing homes, day centres or in the patient’s own home.
To actively manage patient treatment programmes in line with care planning and discharge guidelines.
To use the decision-making process to identify when patients require the intervention of other professionals and/or departmental specialist areas by following agreed referral pathways.
To assist in nail surgery and undertake a minimum of 20 procedures under supervision if not already proficient in this procedure.
To participate in the specialist rotation placements in areas such as diabetes, patho-mechanics, vascular, etc.
To arrange for the provision of podiatry orthoses, pressure relieving insoles and shoe inserts where appropriate.
To be responsible for the day-to-day planning of personal workloads for clinics, for the completion of home visits and for visits to residential and nursing homes.
To be flexible and provide cover for other podiatrists at short notice or during periods of absence.
Complete all necessary administrative duties associated with the post.
Any other duties as required by the department.
Comply with all Trust Policies, guidelines and procedures.
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