Job overview

The Podiatry team at Walsall have this year won Quality service improvement of the Year award and one of our team has won Allied health professional of the Year for Walsall healthcare Trust as well as AHP of the year for the Black Country.

This role is for a podiatrist who is passionate about podiatry and wants to use all their podiatry skills.

Main duties of the job

The role will include treating patients across the Borough of Walsall that are high risk. Opportunities to work in all aspects of podiatry are encouraged. 

• To have responsibility and be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of clinical work which you undertake.
• Responsible for providing a clinically effective service, where possible based on evidence based practice.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner and take responsibility for providing assessment, diagnosis, treatment, individual care planning and evaluation for patients with a variety of routine and complex lower limb pathologies.
• To use investigative and analytical skills to assimilate and prioritise information in order to determine the most appropriate care pathway and treatment intervention for patients with clinical/podiatric needs. This will require close liaison and referral primarily to: podiatry colleagues, the Musculoskeletal Team, GP’s and other members of the Primary Health Care team.
• To have problem-solving skills to recognize and identify patients who require further investigation.
• Demonstrate highly developed dexterity i.e. co-ordination, and palpatory skills for the assessment and treatment of patients.
• Provide and manufacture a comprehensive range of specialist dressings and orthotics to support the delivery of a range of preventative, palliative, curative and rehabilitative therapies.

Working for our organisation

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit. A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.