Overview
Contract Type: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Salary: a year inclusive of 5% High Cost Area allowance per annum pro rata
Partner Org: Central Surrey Health
Job summary
Golden Hello eligible! A Golden Hello payment of £2000 (£1000 upon commencement and further £1000 following successful completion of 6th month probation) will be made, provided eligibility terms are met.
We have a position available for a Band 6 Specialist Podiatrist, we will also consider newer graduates wishing to develop into the post. Why join us? CSH is a unique organisation owned by its employees that means you are in a position to influence change. We focus on excellence in care to deliver better outcomes for our service users.
As a team we have a strong record of career progression, nurturing talent and encouraging development within. The position offers the opportunity to work in specialist clinics: Nail surgery, Musculoskeletal and Wound care, whilst delivering care to existing high and medium risk patients and assessment of new patients. A domiciliary caseload is also part of the service provision.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to develop your skills in a more specialist role or for new graduates to progress from Band 5 to Band 6 over12 months, conditional on successfully completing the developmental program.
Located in NW Surrey, this is a lively area offering great transport links into London, whilst having the advantage of wonderful outdoor spaces. This could be the opportunity you have been waiting for, to join a great team and develop your career. NB. If you are newly qualified you will start at a Band 5 on the band 5 pay scale.
Main duties of the job
Your role as a Band 6 Podiatrist will be to provide a highly effective, comprehensive foot health and protection service for the population of CSH Surrey at a variety of clinical sites including in the patient’s own home, working towards achieving the objectives and values of CSH Surrey.
Including:
Assessing, diagnosis, develop treatment plans and providing effective podiatric treatments, using a problem solving approach based on clinical need and evidence based practice. Care should have an emphasis on patient empowerment and independence by providing education and information to help patients manage their own foot needs
Working as an autonomous clinician within Professional, Departmental and CSH guidelines, part of a multidisciplinary team when required and act as a source of advice to patients, carers, GPs and other Health Care Professionals
Will maintain clear, comprehensive and accurate records, participate in specialist clinical rotations and actively participate in clinical support (clinical supervision) utilising reflective practice
Keep up to date with clinical and professional developments, maintain CPD and mandatory training and actively participate in Professional development reviews
To communicate effectively with all patients, carers, relatives, GP’s, other Health professionals, colleagues and administrative support
Please see the attached JD for further details
Please note we do NOT offer UKVI sponsorship
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys longest established NHS community services provider, so our employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and leadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues’ voices are heard at Board level. CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
