Description
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Band 7 Specialist Podiatrist to join our Bank team on a temporary basis, working across Harrow or Brent.
As the clinical specialist for biomechanics, you will provide expert assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients with biomechanical, MSK and neuromuscular conditions across community clinics and local acute hospital sites.
You will play a key role in developing evidence-based treatment plans and delivering highly specialised clinical advice to colleagues across multidisciplinary teams.
You will also act as a clinical leader, supporting and educating podiatry colleagues and junior staff in biomechanical assessment, MSK interventions and best practice.
In addition, you will provide education and training to other health and social care professionals, as well as patients, promoting the importance of foot function in preventing and managing MSK injury, dysfunction and disease.
Main duties of the job
- To work use your clinical knowledge/skills/influence to guide and educate the podiatry staff within your team and across CLCH Podiatry
- To motivate administration and clerical personnel to cooperate effectively with the multidisciplinary team assisting them in identifying and helping solve problems in order to provide an efficient service.
- To review established guidelines and protocols for the identification and treatment of biomechanical disorders and feed into wider MSK projects.
- To work as part of a team across various sectors of the organisation in order to develop the service in accordance with the users needs by participating in forums and analysing user feedback in order to deliver an appropriate and fitting service
Benefits
- Competitive employment package
- Investment in employees' development and wellbeing
Requirements
- Evidence of continual professional and personal development
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Certificate in local anaesthesia
- Evidence or Portfolio of Post Grad Continued Development
- Post graduate courses/ education in Biomechanics / MSK (Cert or Diploma to M level accreditation)
- Experience of working at a band 6 level or above and evidence of working with a high risk caseload, neurology, rheumatology, orthopaedic or sports medicine caseload
- Experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
- Experience of working with a wide range of patient and disease / musculoskeletal pathology types / the at-risk and high-risk foot
- Experience of working in an NHS environment
- Experience of clinical supervision / mentoring
- Experience of service development