Role Summary
The role of the Podiatry Diabetes Footcare Education HCA will be to provide support, assessment and training for patients with diabetes and staff across all inpatient wards at NDDH and South Molton plus education sessions in community clinics.
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
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More detail about the role
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Podiatry Services were recently successful in securing additional funding for Diabetes Services as part of NHS England funding for Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes
This has created an exciting opportunity for a Health Care Assistant to join the team to provide education, patient support and assessment to inpatient ward staff at NDDH and South Molton Community Hospital.
The role of the Podiatry Diabetes Footcare Education HCA will be to provide support, assessment and training for patients with diabetes and staff across all inpatient wards at NDDH and South Molton plus education sessions in community clinics.
We are looking for a dynamic person to join our podiatry team who is self motivated with excellent communication skills. Following a period of training and induction, you need to be able to work with the support of the wider podiatry team providing foot screening and delivering foot health education and support to inpatient ward staff, patients and community teams.
You will be joining a caring and progressive podiatry team who provide a service in a variety of clinics, Health Centres, Hospitals, GP Surgeries and occasionally to Residential Homes and in patients’ own homes. Although based in Barnstaple you will be required to provide training in clinics throughout North Devon. Car owner & driver is essential for the post.
Working Pattern: 22.5 hours a week (Monday - Friday)
Interview Date: Monday 31st October
For further information please contact Rebecca Brown, Podiatry Professional Lead on 01271 341509 or r.brown7@nhs.net
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months. For current NHS employees this post could be a secondment opportunity.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
