Job overview

There is an exciting opportunity within our Trust for a Podiatrist with a specialist interest in High Risk and Vascular.

Sandwell West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is proud to be a community and acute integrated care trust. It presents us with valuable opportunities to provide seamless care to follow our patients through all aspects of their foot care pathway.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and forward thinking individual with appropriate exposure and experience, particularly in High risk and Vascular Podiatry. You should champion quality care, to join our specialist team to help innovate the High risk and Vascular Foot care agenda.

As a practicing Clinician you will perform specialist podiatry assessments of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and to develop and deliver a specialised individual treatment program across various settings, including the domiciliary caseload to benefit the patients needs. 

Main duties of the job

• Management of the high risk and vascular caseloads with the lead as well as the wider team
• Coordination of the acute and community integrated vascular and high risk podiatric pathway in a safe and effective manner
• Working with the wider directorate team, including the diabetes and vascular leads
• Supporting and implementing the quality agenda in all aspects of work
• Regular evaluation and development of the high risk and vascular podiatry service
• Clinical supervision of staff and students, taking part in peer reviews and training sessions
• Working alongside the lead for advice and support when required
• Routine evaluations of clinical work and documentation
• Participating in local and national audits and service improvement activities to demonstrate adherence
• Management of a domiciliary caseload - a driver with daily access to a car is essential 

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow. 

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.  

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.  

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.  

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.  When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.  

Multi-site working 

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond". 

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.