Each month Mediplacements would like to recognise one of our locums for their personal achievement and commitment to the Healthcare service!

Name: Sandrine

Profession: Podiatrist

Where are you from? Cameroon originally

Current Locum position? Band 6 Podiatrist North East London NHS

Personal achievements within the role? Routine treatment, wound care, patient education, patient screening.

What do you enjoy about being a locum? Opportunity to meet people from different backgrounds, travelling to different location within the same PCT.

Most memorable moment within your career? When a patient was in tears because she highlighted the fact she has never been treated so gently and thoroughly by a podiatrist in the past years. She added I was the only one who has been able to give a simple and thorough explanation to all the questions she has been asking herself over the years.

If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 items would you take?
1.) Bible
2.) Food
3.) Telephone/mobile