Podiatrist

We are seeking an enthusiastic podiatrist to join our friendly, progressive and supportive podiatry team at Surbiton Health Centre.

The podiatry service operates mainly from a central hub at Surbiton Health Centre where we operate a multi-chair clinic alongside several other community-based health services.

The successful candidate will have a funded training opportunity of up to the value of £800 to allow them to complete The Foot in Diabetes Module provided by the Royal College of Podiatry.

Main duties of the job

• To work effectively as a member of the multi-professional team.
• To ensure effective communication with patients, relatives and carers where there may be barriers to understanding.
• To maintain accurate records of all patient consultations and related work carried out at each clinical session, including data collection on the Electronic Patient Record System.
• To attend and actively contribute to podiatry team meetings, appraisal and one to ones.
• To ensure effective communication with other professionals in the necessary delivery of all aspects of patient care.

Benefits

• NHS Pay & Benefits: Enjoy the security of NHS pay, Agenda for Change terms, NHS pension scheme, and salary sacrifice schemes.
• Bureaucracy-Free Environment: Implement good ideas quickly and effectively without delays.
• Work-Life Balance: Benefit from our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and various staff discounts.
• Exceptional Staff Experience: Join a supportive workplace with positive feedback from staff and patients.
• Inclusive Culture: We promote equality, diversity, and inclusion, encouraging applications from all backgrounds.
• Impactful Community Involvement: Have a real voice in shaping care as part of our membership organization. Your ideas and contributions matter.

Person Specification Knowledge

• Ability to use decision making processes to identify when patients require the intervention of other professionals.
• Appreciation of good record keeping.
• Awareness of health and safety.

Qualifications

• Podiatry diploma / degree
• HCPC registration

Experience

• Diabetic patient assessment.
• Core podiatry assessment and treatment.
• Nail surgery.

Skills and Abilities

• Highly developed physical skills, precision hand-eye co-ordination for prolonged periods.
• Nail surgery, health promotion, and basic biomechanics.
• Effective communication.
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.

Personal Qualities

• Confident and friendly.
• Flexible.
• Enthusiastic.
• Approachable.
• Reliable
• Good time keeping.
• Smart appearance.