Foot Care Assistant Burton upon Trent, England
Job description
We are delighted to offer the opportunity to join our supportive and forward-thinking podiatry team in East Staffordshire as a Foot Care Assistant (FCA).
The successful candidate will benefit from working alongside podiatry and FCA colleagues to support service users with a range of podiatric needs at our clinic sites and in domiciliary settings across East Staffordshire.
Personal and professional development is important to our team and training to achieve FCA competencies and accreditation will be provided. There are also opportunities within the Trust to join apprenticeship programmes, as well as regular opportunities for continuing professional development via internal and external training.
There is a supportive leadership structure in place, with regular managerial and clinical supervision in place as well as opportunities for peer support.
Our service has gone from strength to strength, learning and growing in the wake of the pandemic, and have worked hard to promote development within the team as well as reducing waiting times and improving the range and quality of services available to patients. We look forward to welcoming an enthusiastic, compassionate FCA to join us!
The successful candidate will support service users with a range of podiatric issues with including nail care, wound dressing and assisting with nail surgery and wound clinics.
The ability to independently travel across the East Staffordshire patch is essential as work at different clinic bases and domiciliary visits to housebound patients will be required
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
For more detail regarding this post please see the attached job description and person specification.
