Specialist Hospital Podiatrist (XR07)

Our care and clinical expertise is delivered from seven hospitals on five sites, and they are all joined by our vision to be the best for specialist and integrated care. This includes St James’s University Hospital, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Children’s Hospital, Leeds Dental Institute, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Seacroft Hospital and Wharfedale Hospital. Our staff helped to define the values and behaviours that we should work to, and this has become known as The Leeds Way. This forms the foundation of our culture, our ethos and how we work every day.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for delivering and leading highly specialist clinical care to their own caseload and service within their speciality area. In doing so, they will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient centred programmes of care ensuring that they practice within their sphere of competence and knowledge. The post holder will work to professional and regulatory body codes, standards and guidance at all times ensuring that their speciality is grounded in evidence based theoretical and practical knowledge. They will be responsible for developing new and innovative clinical practices responding to emerging knowledge and techniques and working with other services where appropriate to make improvements.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

To be part of a highly motivated team, providing a high standard of clinical care to all its users with a priority for specialising in the area of Diabetes and woundcare.

Utilises highly developed specialised knowledge covering a range of procedures and underpinned by relevant broad based knowledge, experience and competence

To demonstrate a high level of post graduate experience with a responsibility for managing complex case loads..

To act as a specialist liaison between referring agents with regard to clinical finding, proposed treatments, outcomes and further investigations along with communication of such findings to primary care workers, multi disciplinary teams and other health care professionals including across healthcare systems

Makes complex judgements requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison of options by integrating complex knowledge sources in new and/or unfamiliar contexts

Demonstrates independent practice responding to social, scientific, clinical and ethical issues which are encountered

Works to standards of proficiency identified by their professional and regulatory bodies performing clinical treatments/procedures to a highly specialist standard

To identify development and adhere to policies, protocols, strategies, objectives and link into business plans as part of the Diabetes Limb Salvage Service and extended Foot Protection Service.

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