Senior Podiatrist

$52.71 - $60.21 per hour + Salary Packaging | Senior Podiatrist Grade 3 | 0.8 EFT

Permanent Part Time Role | Monday – Thursday 

About the Role:

The Senior Podiatrist will be based at Grampians Health (GH) Ballarat campus and provide prevention and early intervention for people with complex care needs.

The Senior Podiatrist in partnership with the GH at Home medical and nursing will coordinate the delivery and continuity of services for the High-Risk Foot (HRF) patient throughout their care pathway.

It is a diverse and complex role, entailing considerable interaction with a wide range of clinicians and health care professionals both internally and externally to GH such as Vascular, Orthopaedics, Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology, Wound Care, Community Programs, General Practitioners and Allied Health Services.

The role is required to develop strong working and collaborative relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team, participating in clinical care, complementing and improving outcomes of existing care, systems and services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads clinical decision making for the patient/client with a HRF condition at GH in liaison with specialist areas such as Vascular, Orthopaedics, Infectious Diseases, Endocrinology, Wound Care, Community Programs and Allied Health Services.
• Extensive knowledge applied skills and techniques as a Podiatrist to provide evidence based clinical assessment diagnosis and management of the patient/client with a HRF condition.
• Performs in an advanced practicing capacity with, or working towards, endorsement to prescribe scheduled medicines by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Facilitate the HRF patient/client journey ensuring that key elements of care occur in an ordered, timely and safe manner and that information is collected and available to ensure appropriate treatment decisions can be made.
• Assess the HRF patient/client to provide the level of assistance required to assist the multidisciplinary treating team with the care pathway, tailored to individual patient/client requirements.

Skills & Experience:

• Be eligible for registration as a Podiatrist with AHPRA and hold a current practicing certificate
• Attainment of, or working towards, relevant post graduate qualification such as wound care, diabetes education or endorsement to prescribe scheduled medicines.
• Have extensive knowledge and experience in High-Risk Foot conditions ensuring evidence-based assessment, diagnosis and management in an integrated healthcare system.
• Demonstrated skills in leadership of a multidisciplinary team in a clinical setting.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with the patient or consumer with regards to their expressed needs in an environment of shared decision making.

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Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Sara Coats, Deputy Manager Podiatry - West on Sara.coats@gh.org.au for a confidential discussion. 

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. 

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Ballarat has some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.