Podiatry
GV Health supports podiatrists to work to their full scope of practice.
Podiatrists at GV Health care for a diverse range of patients, assessing, diagnosing, and managing a wide variety of conditions affecting the lower limbs and feet.
Podiatrists benefit from numerous opportunities to advance their careers and enhance their skills through professional development and clinical supervision programs. With established pathways for progression into research, advanced clinical practice and clinical education, podiatrists have many opportunities to achieve a rich and fulfilling career. Examples of opportunities include access to mentors for endorsement for scheduled medicines, participation in clinical trials and support to develop and consolidate skills such as total contact casting, biopsy, and larval therapy.
Our areas of Podiatry practice
Podiatry services at GV Health provide care across multiple inpatient wards, including medical, surgical, rehabilitation, and emergency departments. The acute podiatry team collaborates closely with the outpatient High Risk Foot Clinic to ensure a seamless transition to outpatient care and to help prevent hospital re-presentations whenever possible.
GV Health operates an established High Risk Foot Clinic (HRFC), utilising a multidisciplinary approach to care for subacute outpatients and dialysis patients. Podiatrists in the HRFC also support GV Health’s acute inpatient and community-based podiatry services. The HRFC plays a vital role in supporting the broader community of multidisciplinary health professionals across the region, including private podiatry practices and general practice clinics, to deliver comprehensive lower limb and foot care. Additionally, GV Health HRFC podiatrists maintain strong connections with tertiary hospitals, ensuring patients can access advanced care when needed.
Community podiatry services at GV Health provide care to a diverse range of patients, addressing conditions such as musculoskeletal injuries, diabetes-related pathologies, and low-risk wounds. Community podiatrists primarily work in the Community Health program and the Rural Allied Health Team based at the Corio St campus. Please note that GV Health community podiatry services do not offer general nail care as an ongoing service.
- Professional Practice Support
GV Health provides allied health professionals with a supportive, dynamic working environment focused on developing staff within professional or multidisciplinary teams. In addition to role specific training and development, the Allied Health Education and Research Unit offers a structured interprofessional program to support professional practice and career progression.
- Expression of Interest
If you are interested in working at GV Health, but there are no current positions available in your preferred role, you are welcome to submit an expression of interest, and we will contact you to discuss.
- Community Connect Program
Community Connector Program (CCP) is developed to support all aspects of relocation and assisting people considering relocating.