Bank Senior Community Podiatrist

NHS; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Bristol is seeking an experienced Podiatrist. You will deliver high-quality podiatric care, manage a varied caseload, and participate in professional development. The role offers flexibility in working patterns and includes NHS benefits. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Podiatric Medicine and excellent communication skills. Join a supportive team focused on improving community health.

Benefits

NHS benefits

Support for health and wellbeing

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience of managing a high risk caseload and varied workload.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to assess, formulate and implement treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of podiatric care for high-risk patients.
• Support and mentor junior staff.
• Organise day to day running of podiatry clinics.

Skills

Communication skills

Ability to manage high risk caseload

Ability to formulate treatment plans

Experience with Dopplers

Health education provision

Education

Degree/Diploma in Podiatric Medicine

Certificate of Local Anaesthesia

Job description

Job summary

Are you a Podiatrist ready for a new challenge? Do you want to live in the thriving multi-cultural Southwest with easy access to the countryside, city, and sea? If so, we are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Podiatrist to join our team.

You will be joining a motivated, supportive, and friendly team who work across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, with a proven track record of internal career promotion to senior roles. The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic and the ability to work under pressure as an individual and as part of the wider team.

You will work as an autonomous practitioner using evidence-based practice to formulate and deliver individualised treatment plans for patients in community clinical and secondary outpatient settings as well as in people\'s homes.

You will apply appropriate clinical reasoning to manage a varied caseload consisting of high risk, diabetes, wound care and biomechanics patients. You will work alongside experienced podiatrists and be encouraged in your professional development, having access to regular 1:1\'s and clinical supervision. You will participate in rotations for nail surgery, specialist diabetes foot care MDT clinics, and biomechanics.

Responsibilities

• To provide a high standard of podiatric care to maintain tissue viability, mobility, and independence for high-risk patients or those who have an acute infection. This will be delivered through assessment, diagnosis, and development of care plans, including specialist care plans for patients with specialist care needs such as acute and chronic neuropathies, vascular, neurological, tissue viability and wound care management, diabetes, musculoskeletal and rheumatological problems
• To be responsible, as a senior practitioner, for prioritising/supervising own workload
• To be responsible for supporting/mentoring junior staff/ students/apprentices
• Organise and forward planning the day to day running of your podiatry clinics, domiciliary sessions, assessing new patients, and being a point of contact for any issues or problems arising with the Podiatry Service (clinical/admin)
• To be responsible for triaging of referrals and re-directing, where appropriate, following relevant pathways
• To contribute to multidisciplinary care by discussing own and others input around patient\'s needs, ensuring a well-co-ordinated care plan, agreeing shared decision making on individual patient management

About us

Looking for a job to fit around you and your lifestyle? Perhaps you\'re ready to take your next step, considering a career change, or seeking a rewarding new role where you can make a real difference.

At Sirona care & health we provide local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. From clinical to clerical, we offer a variety of location-based and community roles to choose from with hours to fit around you.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

You\'ll receive Agenda for Change hourly rates with a 12.5% annual leave bonus, increased pay for weekend, out-of-hours, or Bank Holiday shifts, along with NHS benefits such as high street discounts and a generous Stakeholder Pension Scheme. Our offer includes a range of paid-for training, and support for your health and wellbeing with our Employee Assistance Programme.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet attached.

Details

Date posted: 19 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £26.80 an hour this includes a 12.5% annual leave supplement

Contract: Bank

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 083-7490006-Bank-LH

Job locations: Cossham Hospital, Lodge Road, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 1LF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Podiatric Medicine and HCPC registration
• Certificate of Local Anaesthesia

Desirable

• Evidence of specialised post graduate development

Skills, Knowledge, Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing a high risk caseload and varied workload
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to assess, formulate and implement treatment plans
• Experience of using Dopplers and undertaking neurological tests
• Ability to work under pressure and respond to change
• Ability to provide health education
• Understanding of clinical governance

Desirable

• Experience of working within the NHS
• Experience of delivering training to other health professionals and service users

Disclosures

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Sirona care & health CIC

Address: Cossham Hospital, Lodge Road, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 1LF

Employer\'s website: https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/