Job Title: Podiatrist

Summary: Prevents, diagnoses and treats medical and surgical conditions of the feet, including those resulting from bone and joint disorders, muscular pathologies as well as neurological and circulatory diseases in the comfort of a patient’s home environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensuring Podiatry equipment is adequately maintained and liaising with the Mobile Doctors staff for the ordering of supplies and equipment.

• Effectively communicating with Mobile Doctors, health professionals, clients and family, with regards to the provision of podiatry services.

• To be able to assess complex individuals using a range of different assessment/diagnostic methods and research valid, reliable and comprehensive patient and client-centered conclusions appropriate to needs, context and culture.

• Make specific interventions based on evidence and which are appropriate to assessed needs, confer and refer where indicated.

• Actively promote preventative care and early intervention

• Perform minor surgical procedures when required

• Write/order prescriptions.

• Complete necessity paperwork for nursing agencies and outside vendors

• Completes all necessary documentation of the patients visit in accordance with Mobile Doctor’s forms

• Participate in continuing education and courses updating Podiatry technique and information

• Miscellaneous duties as assigned

Qualification Requirements

• Current DEA Number

• License to practice podiatry

Communication Skills

• Good listening and communication skills, including being able to explain medical terminology and treatment in simple but appropriate detail

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to stand; sit; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or control; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 30 pounds.

Reports to: See Organizational Chart or Employee
Salary Classification: Independent Contractor