Specialist Podiatrist - Homelessness Project
East London NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK
Published today
Full Time
Job summary
Band 6 Specialist Homelessness Podiatrist
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and innovative podiatrist to work within our Specialist Podiatry Service in Tower Hamlets.
The Band 6 Homelessness Podiatrist will deliverspecialist podiatry care to individuals that reside in Tower Hamlets as well as individuals experiencing homelessness, targeting a highly vulnerable and hard-to-reach population within Tower Hamlets.
The role focuses on:
You will also be involved daily in our Emergency Clinic at 8:30am Monday-Friday which provides Gold standard active wound care
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Delivery
The successful candidate will be required to state three reasons why they should be shortlisted for this post.
For an informal discussion please contact arthur.okoye@nhs.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zef7pEL8eos
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Skills & Attributes
This role directly contributes to:
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Skills & Attributes
This role directly contributes to:
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
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Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Mile End Hospital
Bancroft Road
LONDON
E1 4DG
Employer's website
Band 6 Specialist Homelessness Podiatrist
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and innovative podiatrist to work within our Specialist Podiatry Service in Tower Hamlets.
The Band 6 Homelessness Podiatrist will deliverspecialist podiatry care to individuals that reside in Tower Hamlets as well as individuals experiencing homelessness, targeting a highly vulnerable and hard-to-reach population within Tower Hamlets.
The role focuses on:
- Early intervention
- Prevention of foot complications
- Management of acute and high-risk foot conditions
- Facilitating access into mainstream podiatry and wider healthcare services
You will also be involved daily in our Emergency Clinic at 8:30am Monday-Friday which provides Gold standard active wound care
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Delivery
- Provide podiatric assessment and treatmentwithin:
- Hostels
- Temporary accommodation
- Outreach/community settings
- Manage:
- High-risk foot conditions
- Soft tissue lesions and infections
- Diabetic foot complications (in line with service scope)
- Identify and escalate:
- Red flag conditions
- Suspected infection, ischaemia, or tissue loss
- Deliver proactive outreach clinicsto improve access for individuals who do not engage with traditional services
- Build relationships with:
- Hostel staff
- Support workers
- Voluntary sector organisations
- Encourage uptake of podiatry and wider health services
- Provide foot health educationtailored to the homelessness population
- Promote:
- Basic foot care
- Footwear advice
- Early help-seeking behaviours
- Support prevention of conditions such as:
- Trench foot
- Infection
- Ulceration
The successful candidate will be required to state three reasons why they should be shortlisted for this post.
For an informal discussion please contact arthur.okoye@nhs.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zef7pEL8eos
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Skills & Attributes
- Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills
- Ability to work autonomously in community/outreach settings
- Experience managing high-risk and complex foot conditions
- Excellent communication and engagement skills, particularly with vulnerable populations
- Understanding of:
- Health inequalities
- Safeguarding
- Trauma-informed care
This role directly contributes to:
- Reducing health inequalities in Tower Hamlets
- Preventing avoidable foot complications and amputations
- Reducing A&E attendances and hospital admissions
- Improving access to healthcare for a marginalised population
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Skills & Attributes
- Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills
- Ability to work autonomously in community/outreach settings
- Experience managing high-risk and complex foot conditions
- Excellent communication and engagement skills, particularly with vulnerable populations
- Understanding of:
- Health inequalities
- Safeguarding
- Trauma-informed care
This role directly contributes to:
- Reducing health inequalities in Tower Hamlets
- Preventing avoidable foot complications and amputations
- Reducing A&E attendances and hospital admissions
- Improving access to healthcare for a marginalised population
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- BSc (Pod) or equivalent
- One year's post graduate work experience
- Current Registration with HCPC
- Post graduate qualification
- Current UK Driving license
Essential
- Appropriate post graduate work experience including high risk patients and diabetics/ willing to work towards it
- Experience of clinics with patients presenting with complex and varied pathologies.
- Creating and following treatment plans including onward referrals and liaise with other professional for health of the patient.
- Experience with managing stock within a set budget.
Essential
- Advanced hands on experience in treatment of high risk patients
- To ensure continued maintenance of equipment and machinery and identify and report any equipment needs.
- To ensure that pharmacy stocks are stored in accordance with COSHH guidelines.
- To manage a week-to-week domiciliary caseload and implement effective administration in accordance to department guidelines on domiciliary caseload management.
- To be responsible for the development, communication and implementation of a specialized individual treatment plan. Obtaining patient consent for surgical intervention and treatment as required. Staff will be required to re-assure; educate and negotiate potentially complex treatment options where denial of pathology or compliance with treatment may be an issue, overcoming communication barriers. appreciating relevant cultural factors and making reference to senior colleagues as necessary
- To work effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team and independently as required in primary and secondary care settings to include; hospital clinics, ward rounds, health center community clinics, GP practice clinics, residential homes for the elderly, patient's homes and Mental Health units. Some of these may be in isolation, requiring autonomous practice guided by dept. policy
Essential
- To support administration and clerical staff on a day-to-day basis by identifying and solving problems
- To participate in the services Clinical Governance initiatives and the development and implementation of standards, guidelines and protocols.
- To be actively involved in the development and implementation of departmental policies and procedures.
- To support the team lead and head of service in managing and implementing change.
- To supervise the work of foot-care assistants and students on clinical placements.
- To help coordinate and support the provision of education and mentoring to junior members of staff including students and other podiatry grades.
Essential
- To attend monthly podiatry team meetings and locality multidisciplinary meetings in order to share information on local needs and initiatives and support the development of the podiatry service
- To continually review patients. progress and Refer as necessary to other health care professionals and podiatry clinical specialist leads to ensure appropriate care is provided.
- Maintain patient notes (electronic and hard copy) in a manner required by the Trust and current legal requirements.
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- BSc (Pod) or equivalent
- One year's post graduate work experience
- Current Registration with HCPC
- Post graduate qualification
- Current UK Driving license
Essential
- Appropriate post graduate work experience including high risk patients and diabetics/ willing to work towards it
- Experience of clinics with patients presenting with complex and varied pathologies.
- Creating and following treatment plans including onward referrals and liaise with other professional for health of the patient.
- Experience with managing stock within a set budget.
Essential
- Advanced hands on experience in treatment of high risk patients
- To ensure continued maintenance of equipment and machinery and identify and report any equipment needs.
- To ensure that pharmacy stocks are stored in accordance with COSHH guidelines.
- To manage a week-to-week domiciliary caseload and implement effective administration in accordance to department guidelines on domiciliary caseload management.
- To be responsible for the development, communication and implementation of a specialized individual treatment plan. Obtaining patient consent for surgical intervention and treatment as required. Staff will be required to re-assure; educate and negotiate potentially complex treatment options where denial of pathology or compliance with treatment may be an issue, overcoming communication barriers. appreciating relevant cultural factors and making reference to senior colleagues as necessary
- To work effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team and independently as required in primary and secondary care settings to include; hospital clinics, ward rounds, health center community clinics, GP practice clinics, residential homes for the elderly, patient's homes and Mental Health units. Some of these may be in isolation, requiring autonomous practice guided by dept. policy
Essential
- To support administration and clerical staff on a day-to-day basis by identifying and solving problems
- To participate in the services Clinical Governance initiatives and the development and implementation of standards, guidelines and protocols.
- To be actively involved in the development and implementation of departmental policies and procedures.
- To support the team lead and head of service in managing and implementing change.
- To supervise the work of foot-care assistants and students on clinical placements.
- To help coordinate and support the provision of education and mentoring to junior members of staff including students and other podiatry grades.
Essential
- To attend monthly podiatry team meetings and locality multidisciplinary meetings in order to share information on local needs and initiatives and support the development of the podiatry service
- To continually review patients. progress and Refer as necessary to other health care professionals and podiatry clinical specialist leads to ensure appropriate care is provided.
- Maintain patient notes (electronic and hard copy) in a manner required by the Trust and current legal requirements.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Mile End Hospital
Bancroft Road
LONDON
E1 4DG
Employer's website