Job Title : Podiatry Assistant
Location : Folkestone CT20
Company : Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Salary :
Open Date : 2023-01-30
Close Date : 2023-05-30

We are looking for a Foot Care Assistant to join our friendly team. The role will also have non-patient facing activities, such as, providing support in the areas of National Diabetic Foot Audit, Route cause analysis, triage and allocation.

You'll be supported to complete the Assistant Practitioner apprenticeship level 4 to develop into the role of an Associate Practitioners, should you wish to.

You'll be expected manage your own clinics for nail cutting and general footcare advice and also provide this service in the patient’s home. The role will also encompass assisting the Podiatrist undertaking nail surgery.

You will be enthusiastic, have excellent organisational skills and be forward thinking, able to follow treatment plans and refer back to a Podiatrist as appropriate.

You must be able to communicate effectively to ensure that the patient receives the best care possible.

You'll be confident to work single handed, or as part of a team, liaising with appropriate members of the Podiatry team in relation to service delivery and patient care, using standard operating procedures and good practice guidelines and understand treatment outcomes.

You'll be expected to provide nail care sessions from various local community clinics within the area and be responsible for the preparation of the clinical room, ensuring that there is adequate stock to carry out the session. You'll be responsible for ensuring that the clinic sessions run effectively and efficiently maximising the use of clinic time.

Foot health education and carrying out both non-pathological and pathological nail treatments is an essential part of the role.

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our valuesCompassionateAspirationalResponsiveExcellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

We’ve signed up to be a real UK living wage employer. From September 2022, the minimum salary we’ll pay is £10.90 per hour (excluding apprentices). The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate voluntarily paid by 7,000+ UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a fair wage. Committing to the real UK Living Wage is one way we’re delivering our pledge to be the best employer

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

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All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Interviews are due to take place virtually March 2023.

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