Podiatrist
CurrentRunning generic podiatry clinics, home visits and carrying out nail surgery. Identifying high risk patients and referring them onto to more specialised departments such as bio mechanics, diabetic foot protection service, diabetic limb salvage service etc. Assessing new patients and determining their risk status in relation to potential lower limb complications. Patients deemed to be low risk are actively encouraged to take ownership over their foot health and are discharged to self care or private podiatry. This involves building rapport with patients, listening to them and negotiate with them to find solutions. Triaging new clinic/domilicary/ e- referrals.Currently involved in clinician documentation audit, where we are looking at a random set of patient records and checking that these records follow the trust guidelines.I’m a caring, empathetic clinician who always strive to go the extra mile for the patient. Thorough and methodical, able to problem solve and come up with ways to help improve my patients’ foot health. I deal with complex patients with varying co-morbidities such as diabetes, vascular diseases, rheumatology, dementia. Also deal with patients with psychological/ mental disorders. Nail surgery - administering local anaesthetic and performing total/partial nail avulsions.
