Vacancies

Bank Podiatry Assistant

Main Responsibility

•    To provide high quality podiatry services to patients within the Podiatry service by being an effective member of a highly motivated team which embraces multidisciplinary working.

•    Deliver cost effective, quality podiatry services which are in line with commissioner’s expectations and targets, meet national podiatry standards and respond to the needs of the local health community. 

•    Follow appropriate care pathways in managing conditions and promoting providing care at the right time to the right people and in the right place across the trust is part of this role. This encourages equitable service across the Trust. 

•    To support the administrative work of the Podiatry service by responding to telephone enquiries, bookings, pulling and making up of notes, filings, stock control, sending letters and information to patients as required and other tasks as allocated by members of the Podiatry Team

•    As a team member work within department guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure seamless and consistent delivery of care to patients.

•    Encourage service users to feedback on their experiences, ensuring this information is shared with members of the team and is used to improve satisfaction.

Please see the attached Job description for the full list of responsibilities.

The Ideal Candidate

The Ideal candidate will have:

•    Good standard of Education 

•    Experience of working as part of a team to deliver excellent outcomes

•    Experience of communicating and liaising with members of the public

•    Organised and able to prioritise tasks and workload.

•    Able to meet deadlines and to work under pressure with good time management skills

•    Accurate with a high level of attention to detail.

•    Able to communicate effectively using a variety of media to a variety of people, some of whom will have complex needs.

•    Good listening skills

•    Self motivated and able to cope with challenges.

•    Numerate

•    Demonstrable  IT skills

•    Flexible in approach to working and able to adapt well to changing situations

•    Assertive

•    Licensed to drive with access to a motor vehicle for business purposes

Package Description

As a Bank Podiatry Assistant, you’ll be working as part of the HCRG Care Group Team in our Podiatry service. As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from:

• £13.17 an hour 
• Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.
• Request a Duty – Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
• HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
• Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
• Opportunities to work in different areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experience
• Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
• Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
• Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
• Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
• Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. 

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. 

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. 

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. 

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