Senior Podiatrist: High-Risk Foot & Clinical Leadership

Latrobe Community Health Services; Morwell; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Flexible full-time or part-time

Job summary

Latrobe Community Health Services in Morwell, VIC invites applications for a Senior Podiatrist (Grade 3) to lead advanced podiatry services and mentor the team within Gippsland. The role focuses on high-risk foot care, service development, and establishing integrated care models across community and hospital settings.

The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, supervise colleagues, and help drive quality improvement, education programs and strategic planning while maintaining an

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Podiatry.
• Current AHPRA registration.
• Experience in high-risk foot management and community podiatry.
• Clinical supervision and mentoring experience.
• Experience leading quality improvement or service development initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• Current Victorian Driver Licence and First Aid Certificate.
• Endorsement for Scheduled Medicines is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced podiatry services for clients with complex needs.
• Provide supervision, mentoring and professional support to Grade 1 and Grade 2 podiatrists.
• Lead quality improvement and service development initiatives.
• Design and facilitate education and training programmes for the podiatry team and other disciplines.
• Coordinate undergraduate and postgraduate student placements.
• Build partnerships with hospitals, universities and community health providers.
• Participate in research, professional presentations and service innovation activities.
• Contribute to strategic planning and future service design.

Skills

High-risk foot management

Community podiatry

Clinical supervision

Mentoring

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Driver license

First aid

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Podiatry

AHPRA registration

Job description

Latrobe Community Health Services in Morwell, VIC invites applications for a Senior Podiatrist (Grade 3) to lead advanced podiatry services and mentor the team within Gippsland. The role focuses on high-risk foot care, service development, and establishing integrated care models across community and hospital settings.

The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, supervise colleagues, and help drive quality improvement, education programs and strategic planning while maintaining an