Senior Podiatrist East Suffolk and North Essex

Senior Podiatrist – East Suffolk and North Essex

Key Responsibilities

• Working across community clinics.
• Attending the Diabetic Foot MDT clinic in Colchester Hospital.
• Providing general NHS podiatry services, including biomechanics, diabetic podiatry, and working in the MDT diabetic foot clinic.
• Supporting people of all ages with a variety of conditions.
• Taking referrals and utilizing self-referral portals for patient management.
• Encouraging patient self-management and education.

Skills and Expertise

• Diabetic foot disease expertise.
• Diabetic foot MDT clinic experience (preferred).
• Experience in community-based care.
• Proficiency in using x-rays, ultrasound, ABPI, toe pressures, and blood requests.
• Knowledge of community casting and PGDs.
• IRMER, ABPI, casting, and PGDs training (potentially provided).
• Diabetic foot course completion (potentially provided).
• Knowledge in biomechanics, diabetes, and paediatric clinics.
• Working relationship with orthotics services.

Job Facilities/Benefits

• Flexible work policy (part-time/job share).
• Training and development opportunities.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Unsocial hours payments (where applicable).
• 27 days annual leave (pro rata).
• NHS discounts.
• Staff Health and Wellbeing programme.
• Partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic (digital transformation).