Routine Clinics/Community Podiatrist - Band 6

Location Harrow
Job type Contract
Salary £27 per hour
Consultant Ruben Mota
Call +44 7380 319141
Reference 168692

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a job based in Harrow for a Band 6 Routine Clinics/Community Podiatrist.

The pay rate for this locum Routine Clinics/Community Podiatrist job is £27 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an ongoing contract.

Duties:

  • Carriage of clinical equipment on home visits
  • Performing clinical treatments in physically restricted work positions requiring repetitive fine movements

Requirements of the Routine Clinics/Community Podiatrist:

  • BSc Degree In Podiatric Medicine or Diploma (if qualified prior 1991)
  • Registration with the Health Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Evidence of continual professional and personal development
  • Certificate in local anaesthesia
  • Post graduate clinical experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
  • Experience of working with a wide range of patient and disease / pathology types including the at-risk and high-risk foot
  • Experience of working as part of a specialist team (clinical rotation experience accepted
  • Knowledge of recent developments in the profession
  • Full knowledge of podiatric theory and practice
  • Knowledge of foot orthotic design and manufacture
  • Knowledge of CoP code of conduct
  • Awareness of Equal Opportunities – theory and practice
  • Understanding of Clinical Governance - theory and practice
  • Knowledge of treatment options and skills required in the management of High risk tissue breakdown
  • Up-to-date knowledge of clinical issues and treatment development
  • Effective oral, listening  and written communication in order to negotiate and persuade patients and carers  compliance and commitment to their treatment and care plans
  • Ability to evaluate patients concerns and needs and propose effective solutions
  • Ability to undertake intricate work in using sensitive diagnostic tools and a range of surgical instruments. e.g. in the management and debridement of poor tissue viability wounds and nail surgery
  • Organisational and planning skills to manage your own work time and domiciliary caseload
  • Be competent in the use of treatment and diagnostic tools (including, Doppler, scalpel techniques, syringe etc)
  • IT Skills including use of Internet, e-mail, Word Processing
  • Ability to cope with a busy demanding and varied workload able to cope with the demands of moving between sessional clinics, on foot, by transport
  • Ability to multi-task and concentration in order to apply continued diagnostic and analytical skills throughout the working day
  • Ability to cope with patients anxieties and employ tactical techniques in order to help support patients and allay anxieties
  • Adaptable to a variety of working environments and the ability to cope with sometimes distressing settings and work tasks including  wound care , neglected feet and exposure to malodour, body fluids including blood and wound exudate

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Daily payroll
  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive podiatry knowledge
  • Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each candidate you refer who we successfully place
  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Clinical governance support
  • In house payroll system
  • Revalidation
  • Industry-leading shift booking system
  • Nationwide coverage including the Channel islands

Contact:

This Routine Clinics/Community Podiatrist job is advertised by Ruben Mota; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.