Bank Highly Specialist Podiatrist

First Community Health & Care; Redhill; Hybride; GBP 49 000 - 57 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

First Community Health & Care is recruiting a Band 7 bank podiatrist to provide foot health assessment and treatment for high‑risk patients at Caterham Dene Hospital, East Surrey Hospital and Redhill sites. The role includes involvement with the Surrey and Sussex Multidisciplinary Footcare Team (MDFT).

You will work autonomously within the MDT, support education and staff training, manage urgent referrals from hospital consultants and other clinicians, and contribute to service development.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required.
• Evidence of CPD and post-graduate training.
• Member of a recognised Podiatry Association.
• Evidence of Society Diabetic Foot, MSK module or similar training.

Responsabilités

• Provide expert clinical practice for highly complex podiatric problems and deliver individualized treatment.
• Be an active member of the Multidisciplinary Diabetic Footcare Team (MDFT).
• Support development, implementation and review of patient pathways, SOPs and clinical guidance.
• Support training and supervision of podiatrists and other health care staff.

Formation

HCPC registration

CPD evidence

Post-graduate training

Podiatry Association member

Society Diabetic Foot / MSK training

Description du poste

Following a successful business case the podiatry servicecan offer Band 7 bank position. The role will be providing foot healthassessment & treatment for High-risk patients at Caterham Dene Hospital, EastSurrey Hospital and supporting the diabetic foot and hospital admissionavoidance strategies with early intervention to prevent foot complications forpatients.

The role will include supporting the Lead for High-Riskpodiatry care and dependent on days of employment participation in the Surreyand Sussex Multidisciplinary Footcare Team (MDFT) clinics.

First Community actively promotes lifelong learning andwill support the successful candidate with internal and external training.

You will need to be an enthusiastic, flexible and anadaptive team player. You will communicate well with other team members andpatients whilst being punctual, reliable and committed to providing a high-level of patient care.

FirstCommunity Health and Care offers you an opportunity to develop your clinicalskills to promote patient-centered care.

Main duties of the job

Toprovide specialist wound care and footcare interventions for patients withcomplex foot and nail problems.

Thesuccessful candidate will work autonomously as well as work as part of themultidisciplinary team.

The post requires accepting urgent referrals from Hospitalconsultants, community podiatrists, and other health professionals and willprovide responsive specialist care.

The role will support the educationand up-skilling of clinical and care staff managing patients outpatient care.

The role is for a minimum of 7.5hours per week.

The base location will be at Caterham Dene Hospital, EastSurrey Hospital or Consort House Multipurpose Community Health Hub in Redhill.

Formore information or an informal discussion, please contact Richard Edwards,Podiatry and Orthotic Services Manager at [e-mail] or Jemma Tute, Lead forHigh Risk Podiatry Care at [e-mail].

About us

First Community is a staff-owned social enterprise, ratedGood by the CQC, providing NHS community services across east Surrey and partsof West Sussex. We are looking for people who share our values: First-ratecare, First-rate people, First-rate value.

Recognised as one of the country's leading communityhealthcare employers in the 2025 NHS Staff Survey, First Community offers asupportive workplace where everyone has a voice and opportunities to developtheir full potential.

We offer: NHS terms and conditions, excellent training anddevelopment, flexible working, NHS pension, flexible retirement options, and arange of employee benefits.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds,including Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, andcandidates with disabilities. We are committed to fair recruitment, includingthe consideration of reasonable adjustments.

Sustainability is central to our work as we support the NHSNet Zero ambition.

Job responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for:

• To provide expert clinical practice in theassessment and diagnosis of highly complex podiatric problems and deliverindividualised treatment for clients with specialised care needs to maintaintheir mobility, independence and prevent disability.
• To be an active member of the MultidisciplinaryDiabetic Footcare Team (MDFT) supporting the Lead for High-Risk Podiatry careto ensure continuity of service delivery in both an inpatient and outpatientsettings.
• To support the development, implementation andreview of patient & clinical pathways, SOPs and clinical guidance for the outpatientpodiatric service.
• To support the Lead for High-Risk podiatry care inongoing development of podiatry staff through clinical rotations, mentoring andsupervision. Support training of podiatrists and other health carepractitioners on management of highly complex podiatric patients.

When completing your application please refer to both the Application Guide and full Job Description & Person Specification - these can be found under supporting documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registration
• Evidence of CPD
• Post-graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
• Member of a recognised Podiatry Association
• Evidence of a Society Diabetic Foot, MSK Module or similar equivalent training

Experience

• Good evidence of post qualification experience including the assessment and management of the diabetes, high risk foot and musculoskeletal conditions
• Experience of working as part of a Podiatry Team and/or MDT
• Evidence of student or podiatry assistant supervision

Experience

• Good evidence of post qualification experience including the assessment and management of the diabetes, high risk foot and musculoskeletal conditions
• Experience of working as part of a Podiatry Team and/or MDT
• Evidence of student or podiatry assistant supervision

Knowledge

• Comprehensive clinical knowledge of diabetes and high risk conditions, impact and management
• Up-to-date in podiatric diabetes, high risk & MSK theory and practice
• Working knowledge of relevant National Service Frameworks, NICE Guidance and current NHS initiatives
• Knowledge of current NHS legislation and its relevance to the Podiatry High Risk & MSK Services
• Knowledge of pharmacology relevant to this field of practice

Skills

• Competency and ability to assess and treat core patient caseload in specialist field
• Articulate and good communication skills
• Basic IT skills
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Basic presentation skills

Other

• Committed to personal and team development
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Sensitive, empathetic manner
• Reliable
• Able to work unsocial hours
• Ability to travel between sites and work in the community
• Motivated and enthusiastic

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£49,387 to £56,515 a year+5% HCAS per annum, pro rata