Podiatrist

Communications Work effectively as a member of a multi-professional team and liaise with other professionals and agencies to provide quality care across all care boundaries social services, hospital, care homes. Communicate effectively with patients and carers so as to obtain clear diagnostic information where there may be difficulties due to hearing loss, anxiety or a language barrier. This is particularly important in assessing capacity to gain valid informed consent.

Deliver appropriate foot care advice to patients and their carers Promote equality, diversity and rights.

To actively promote a healthy lifestyle to patients persuading and encouraging them to eat healthily, take up exercise and stop smoking. Maintain accurate contemporaneous treatment records of patients care. Attend and actively contribute to department and multi-disciplinary meetings.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary. In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.