Senior Podiatrist

• To provide a high standard of podiatric care to maintain tissue viability, mobility, and independence for high-risk patients or those who have an acute infection. This will be delivered through assessment, diagnosis, and development of care plans, including specialist care plans for patients with specialist care needs such as acute and chronic neuropathies, vascular, neurological, tissue viability and wound care management, diabetes, musculoskeletal and rheumatological problems
• To be responsible, as a senior practitioner, for prioritising/supervising own workload
• To be responsible for supporting/mentoring junior staff/ students/apprentices
• Organise and forward planning the day to day running of your podiatry clinics, domiciliary sessions, assessing new patients, and being a point of contact for any issues or problems arising with the Podiatry Service (clinical/admin)
• To be responsible for triaging of referrals and re-directing, where appropriate, following relevant pathways
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary care by discussing own and others input around patient's needs, ensuring a well-co-ordinated care plan, agreeing shared decision making on individual patient management

Essential

• Experience of managing a high risk caseload and varied workload
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to assess, formulate and implement treatment plans
• Experience of using Dopplers and undertaking neurological tests
• Ability to work under pressure and respond to change
• Ability to provide health education
• Understanding of clinical governance