# Podiatrist Senior Offender Health

**Company**: Partnering Health Ltd
**Location**: Ashford
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: Depending on experience
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

As Podiatrist (Senior) Offender Health, you will be required to undertake assessment and treatment of patients within HMP settings.

This includes but is not limited to; determining a clinical diagnosis, agreeing with the patient the podiatric treatment plan, and maintaining records as an autonomous practitioner.

**Main duties of the job**

- Manage own clinical caseload including the management of any waiting lists in partnership with the HMP site

- Maintain professional standards

- Comply with all PPH standards, policies and procedures

**Clinical:**

- Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care

- Accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time

- Assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment

- Undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills, and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans

- Deliver a wide range of podiatric treatments including nail surgery, MSK/biomechanics, wound care, diabetes care and routine care based on the patients needs and agreed management plan

- Provide advice and instruction to patients to facilitate and encourage appropriate self-care as appropriate

- Communicate effectively with patients and carers to ensure understanding of the condition

- Provide specialist advice, teaching and training to other members of the MDT as required

**Professional:**

- Maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping up to date with any new trends and developments, incorporating them as necessary into your work

- Be an active member of the CPD training programme by the attendance and delivering presentations and training sessions and by attending external courses and practising reflective practice

- Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with all colleagues to ensure delivery of a coordinated service

- Participate in the staff appraisal scheme and Personal Development Plan (PDP)

- Undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of Evidence Based Practice projects, audit and / outcome measures

- Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply to work situation

- Represent PHL Group externally (locally, regionally and nationally) regarding the podiatry service provided to patients

- Promote understanding of the aims of PHL Group to relatives and carers as appropriate

- Undertake any other duties that might be considered appropriate by the Senior Operations Manager

## Skills

### Required
- podiatry
- nail surgery
- MSK/biomechanics
- wound care
- diabetes care

### Nice to have
- postgraduate qualifications
- HMP clearance level relevant to post
- experience of working with HMP or HMP related environment
- management of junior members of staff

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