Podiatry degree apprentice

Wye Valley NHS Trust Podiatry Service have an exciting opportunity for a podiatry degree apprentice to join our team integrated team and work within Herefordshire.

The podiatry degree apprenticeship programme is a fully funded route towards qualification a HPCP registered Podiatrist. This roles is fixed term for a period for approx. 43 months (depending on start date), from on boarding to completion of the degree.

Podiatrists are registered healthcare professionals specialising in the lower limb providing high quality clinical care to people of all ages.

As a specialist service we have a variety of teams and roles that provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and advice on a range of problems affecting the lower limb.

Adverts will close early where the maximum number of applicants are reached.

The programme includes 60% work-based learning within Wye Valley NHS Trust. The remaining 40% of the week, the course is delivered through blended learning, via Plymouth University.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated person with a commitment to personal development to deliver foot care to patients in a variety of settings, across, community, acute and primary care.

The post holder will be providing care with support available from a dedicated mentor.

Excellent communication and organisational skills and having the ability to use their own initiative and work in a team are essential.

Previous experience working with older people or other vulnerable groups would be an advantage.

• To attend all on line Plymouth University clinical modules as set out in the degree programme
• To complete and pass academic modules and clinical placements to the required standard in order to progress through the programme
• To ensure timely achievement of assignments and assessments in accordance with the academic programme requirements.
• To gain experience during the period of the Apprenticeship in a wide range of clinical areas.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential." /p

Our values
-Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

• Grade C in GCSE English and Maths
• Applicants are expected to demonstrate evidence of recent academic achievement (within the last 5 years) such that they may be deemed capable of study at degree level.
• 104 UCAS points (equivalent to A levels at BCC), including a biological subject
• Qualifications and Credit Framework Level 3 in Care or equivalent in terms of both academic attainment and previous care experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Fine motor dexterity which will become more advanced throughout the apprenticeship to enable use of instruments in podiatry treatment
• Able to convey tasks and actions to colleagues and service users
• Proficient in the use of IT systems/ Working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

• Experience of dealing with the public/ healthcare/ Ability to engage positively with service users
• Ability to hear distressing news from patients when discussing treatment plans and during consultations when patients share their life experiences

• Team Player
• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
• Ability to complete apprenticeship work outside working paid hours/ Understanding of the demands of studying part-time alongside employment
• Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder
• Insight into how to reflect and evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate