Advanced Podiatry Practitioner MSK Advanced Practice Service (MSKAPS)

Transformationunitgm; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS organization as an Advanced Podiatry Practitioner, specializing in musculoskeletal care. You will be responsible for managing complex clinical cases, contributing to research, and promoting evidence-based practice within the MSK pathway. Enjoy a supportive team culture, with opportunities for professional development and a competitive salary.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Free car parking at many sites

Generous NHS pension

Access to training and development opportunities

Flexible working opportunities

Recognition and long service awards

Qualifications

• Professional registration with HCPC required.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience relevant to role and independent prescribing.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex foot and ankle clinical caseload.
• Participate in remote triage of referrals.
• Promote learning and research within the team.

Skills

Assessment

Diagnosis

Treatment

Research

Education

MSc Advanced Practice

HCPC Registration

Job description

Main area Musculoskeletal Podiatry Advanced Practitioner Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday) Job ref 327-25-456

Employer Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Southgate Moorings Town Gloucester Salary £53,755 - £60,504 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/06/2025 23:59

Advanced Podiatry Practitioner MSK Advanced Practice Service (MSKAPS)

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Job overview

Are you an experienced Advanced Podiatry Practitioner with an MSK specialism?

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic podiatrist with an NHSE AP Digital Badge, or significant experience of working across the four pillars of AP and an ability to undertake the supported e-portfolio route.

This is your opportunity to join a team of physiotherapists, podiatrists and osteopaths working at the interface between core podiatry/physiotherapy and secondary care services, delivering high quality evidence-based care, and helping to drive service development.

Main duties of the job

You will contribute to the remote triage of referrals into the Single Point of Access MSK Specialist Triage Service, as well as being responsible for the management of a complex foot and ankle clinical caseload. This will include clinical assessment, requesting of appropriate diagnostic imaging, treatment (advising/prescribing of medicines and exercise/ injecting/providing orthoses as appropriate) and appropriate onward referral to community and secondary care services.

You will contribute to the wider functioning and development of the team through research, audit, training and education, working across all parts of the Gloucestershire MSK pathway and across professional boundaries. You will support core services, working on integration and clinical development pathways, and you will represent MSKAPS on appropriate MDTs with secondary care teams.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Participate in the remote triage of referrals to the Single Point of Access MSK Specialist triage Service, directing as appropriate or advising the referrer on the appropriate course of action

Take full responsibility for the management of a complex clinical caseload, providing high quality, evidence based care (including the requesting of diagnostic imaging, independent non-medical prescribing and injection therapy as appropriate)

Promote a culture of learning and development within the team, designing development programmes across the MSK pathway, contributing to the design of training programmes within the service, and assisting with the delivery of training and education across the pathway and professional boundaries

Promote a culture of research within the team and across the MSK pathway, participating in and leading on research and audit, and ensuring that findings are integrated into evidence-based clinical practice

Person specification

Qualifications

• Professional registration with registered body HCPC with significant post-registration experience relevant to role

Qualifications

• MSc Advanced Practice and NHSE Digital Badge or evidence to support Professional clinical knowledge that covers all 4 pillars (as above) of the Advanced Clinical Practice capabilities (including physical assessment and physiological reasoning qualifications at Masters level) and ability to undertake supported e-Portfolio Route to gain NHSE Digital Badge

Qualifications

• Recognised teaching / supervisor or coaching qualification or relevant experience

Qualifications

• Skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice, including injection therapy

Qualifications

• Registered as an independent prescriber with the relevant registered body (NMC, HCPC, GPhC etc)

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.