Community Podiatrist

Location: Murray House, Oxford OX2 8TA

Ward: Podiatry

Pay Rates: £23.82 per hour

Shift Patterns: 37.5 hours.

Err Mon-Fri 08:30-17:30

Why might this job interest you?

Are you passionate about putting your best foot forward in the field of podiatry? Oxford Health NHS Trust is looking for a dedicated Podiatrist to join their team. They are looking for someone who thrives on keeping patients on their toes, delivering top‑notch care from heel to toe. If you’re ready to step into a role where your expertise can make a significant impact on mobility and quality of life, we want to hear from you.

Work in partnership with patients and other service users and communicate effectively to meet the needs of the recipient in maximisingowaniu understanding of information about their (foot) health. To empathetically convey potentially distressing information.

Evidence‑based treatment of at‑risk patients including wound patients, nail surgery and offloading.

Manage a specialist community caseload, demonstrating skills in current assessment techniques (including use of monofilaments, ABPI, Doppler etc), treating at‑risk patients (including wound care), carrying out nail surgery and using evidence‑based MSK skills to offload the at‑risk foot.

Identify the local need for podiatry services, evaluate priorities and deliver care accordingly, managing capacity and demand within contractual agreements.

Work closely and effectively with other health care professionals in securing high standards of care for all patients, including: referral onward, antibiotic cover, specialist footwear prescriptions, recommending further tests and investigations.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges.

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave.

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want.

Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.

• HCPC registration with local anaesthetic annotation.
• BSc Podiatry (or equivalent e.g. Diploma in Podiatric Medicine or overseas qualification with equivalent BSc experience).

• Effective communication and partnership working with patients/the general public, especially in respect of foot health education.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it;if necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as निर्धारित) to check for any previous criminal convictions.