Table 1 Role description of the extended scope of practice podiatric high-risk foot coordinator

Patient admission.

• Selection of admitting discipline and processing.

Inpatient management.

• Requesting and interpreting haematological analyses.

• Requesting and performing deep tissue samples for microbiology and histopathology.

• Requesting and interpreting radiological imaging including plain x-ray, ultrasonography, CT, CTPet and MRI.

• Requesting and interpreting specialised vascular imaging including MRI angiography and duplex ultrasonography.

• Coordinating inter-specialist, nursing and allied health referral.

• Liaison with microbiology for antibiotic management.

• Bedside wound debridement.

• Participating in multidisciplinary vascular and endocrinology team meetings.

Emergency and prophylactic surgery. (Not essential for the role, but advantageous)

• Coordinating and performing surgical procedures.

• Requesting and arranging peri-operative care in conjunction with junior medical staff; including sliding scales, blood and platelet transfusions etc.

Discharge planning and outpatient management.

• Outpatient podiatric surgery clinics for assessment and planning of elective prophylactic diabetic foot surgery and ongoing management of acute and chronic Charcot foot complications.