Podiatry Assistant Practitioner

Please note that this job does not meet the salary requirements for work visa sponsorship and as such we will be unable to progress your application if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

Applicants are invited to apply for the post of Podiatry Assistant Practitioner in the Podiatry and Foot Health Service. Part time hours comprising of 3 days per week are available.

This role will encompass face to face assessment and management of patient's within the patient's home and clinics.

You will provide diabetes foot screening and management of simple foot conditions as well as assisting in our nail surgery and ulcer clinics. The post holder will also be involved in operational administration of the podiatry service alongside ensuring our clinics and service adheres to Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures by carrying out IPC audits of clinics and management of stock control.

• You will be responsible for providing footcare and advice to patients across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Health community in a clinical and domiciliary setting.
• You will work under the guidance of qualified podiatrists in a variety of locations performing health assessments and delivering individualised treatment programmes. This includes scalpel work, supporting the podiatrists in nail surgery clinics and providing a high standard of administrative and operational support. Ensuring effective stock control, monitoring compliance with Infection Prevention control policies and providing assistance for the clinical teams across various locations.
• You will be a member of a dedicated team but equally you must be able to work alone most of the time with remote podiatrist support.
• You must possess excellent administrative and time management skills, be a self starter, computer literate and be able to deal with complex information, complaints and at times, contentious patients.
• Willingness to undertake Foot Health Practitioner Training is essential, also training on how to carry out this role will be provided. Previous experience within a podiatry team is essential.
• You must also be able to meet the travel commitments for this post and access to a vehicle is essential due to the need to travel to clinical locations or patient's homes.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

• Foundation degree Health and Social Care or equivalent level 5 qualification i.e. Diploma in Foot Health plus A-levels and GCSEs or equivalent(s) (level
  2). To include Level 2 Maths & English or the ability to complete before end stage assessment of
  
  B.Sc. Hons Plus Level 2 science or equivalent
• Or The qualifications and ability to commence a level 5 apprenticeship, such as the Assistant Practitioner apprenticeship, or
  
  B.Sc. (Hons) Podiatry Apprenticeship within 6 months of recruitment

• Significant experience in patient or person facing role
• Ability to communicate technical clinical information relating to client requirements
• Ability to use computer systems effectively
• Core knowledge of clinical responsibilities and risk assessment
• Experience in health and care settings

• Able to exercise initiative in facilitating effective management of day to day workload to show a measure of unsupervised judgement
• Good organisational skills; self-starter and able to use initiative appropriately with only little supervision
• Ability to work on own and as part of a team
• Previous experience of risk assessing clinical situations and ability to escalate along appropriate pathway
• You must be…