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Podiatrist
Band 5 £27,418 - £34,229 including Distant Islands Allowance
1 x Full time 37.5 hour per week - Part time hours would be considered.
Permanent
Secondment or Fixed term contract for 1 year will also be considered.
Relief positions also available on an as and when required basis.
NHS Orkney has an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Registered Podiatrist to join our Podiatry Team.
Working as part of a small, enthusiastic, and motivated podiatry team who are dedicated to delivering high quality service and care. For someone who enjoys the challenge of a varied caseload in a range of setting, this post will give you the opportunity to work in the areas of MSK, prevention, and Systemic disease. The post-holder will benefit from local, supervision, support and mentorship.
The successful candidate will:
- Be a dedicated team member involved in delivering a high-quality, professional, podiatry service, of a generalised and sometimes specialised nature, in a diverse range of settings throughout Orkney.
- Have excellent professional and clinical skills to deliver preventative care, diagnosing and treating of a wide range of problems affecting the lower limb. Ensuring care is holistic, patient-centred, evidence based and multidisciplinary in approach, often working with people with complex clinical needs.
- Have excellent written and verbal communication and time management skills.
Rise to the challenge and enjoy the opportunity:
- Remote and rural medicine in a community with multiple small islands, offers unique challenges for healthcare staff working in Orkney.
- Orkney is a wonderful place to live and work and vote the happiest place to live in the UK. Orkney offers low pollution, low crime, excellent schools, good leisure facilities, unique wildlife and amazing scenery.
Orcadian culture is diverse, with the world’s highest density of Neolithic archaeological sites, to a thriving contemporary art and music scene, hosting a number of music festivals and has multiple sporting facilities. If you are looking for a more relaxed pace of life but still enjoy a challenging and varied career in Podiatry, Orkney is the place to live and work.
There are excellent ferry and air connections to mainland Scotland.
For further information on this post please contact Heather Louttit, Clinical Lead for Podiatry on 01856 888136 or e mail heather.louttit@nhs.scot
This post is subject to a PVG Scheme Record check.
This position may be eligible for relocation assistance.