# Podiatrist - High Risk Diabetic Foot Specialist

**Company**: Central North West London NHS
**Location**: Eastcote
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £55,524 to £62,652 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Podiatrist to join our team as a High Risk Diabetic Foot Specialist. You will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide specialist footcare for patients with complex high-risk foot problems.

The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge and experience in the field of diabetes and podiatry, with a strong focus on preventing amputations and foot-related admissions.

Key responsibilities:

- Assess, manage and treat high-risk complex caseloads consisting of patients with acute and chronic diabetic foot problems

- Lead in the planning of care packages jointly between hospital and community care providers

- Provide podiatry care, including wound care, for patients with musculoskeletal conditions

- Undertake biomechanical assessments, gait analysis, and orthotic provision and advice for patients with a range of underlying MSK/biomechanical conditions

- Use clinical reasoning skills in the assessment, diagnosis, and formulation of treatment plans for patients with a variety of high-risk foot problems and medical conditions

Requirements:

- Diploma/BSc (Hons) Podiatry

- Certificate for Local Anaesthesia

- Registered Member of the HCPC

- RCOP Diabetic foot module or equivalent

- Extensive postgraduate experience in the NHS working with high-risk diabetic feet

- Experience of education of healthcare professionals

- Wide range of clinical experience, including complex wound care, with an emphasis on patients with diabetes

We offer a competitive salary of £55,524 to £62,652 per annum, plus HCAS (pro-rata if part-time), and a range of benefits, including flexible working arrangements.

## Skills

### Required
- podiatry
- diabetes care
- wound care
- biomechanics
- orthotics

### Nice to have
- independent prescribing
- clinical masters degree
- wound care course
- IRMER

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