Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a qualified Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist to deliver podiatric care for high-risk patients with diabetic foot problems. This role involves working within a multidisciplinary team to educate staff and patients, manage complex cases, and provide specialist treatment. The ideal candidate should possess extensive knowledge of diabetes-related podiatric care and excellent communication skills. Competitive salary range from £53,751 to £60,651 per annum.

Qualifications

• Extensive postgraduate experience in the NHS with high-risk diabetic feet.
• Experience of educating healthcare professionals.
• Wide clinical experience including complex wound care.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist foot care for patients with complex high-risk foot problems.
• Assess and manage a high-risk complex caseload.
• Develop care packages with hospital and community providers.

Skills

Extensive knowledge of diabetes in podiatric care

Sound knowledge in wound care

Excellent communication skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Diploma/BSc (Hons) Podiatry

Certificate for Local Anaesthesia

Registered Member of HCPC

RCOP Diabetic foot module or equivalent

Job description

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist

The closing date is 25 January 2026

If you are looking to improve your skills with the management of the “At risk” or “Diabetic foot” alongside a team of non‑medical prescribers, then join the Hillingdon Podiatry team.

The Hillingdon Podiatry team has a large high‑risk caseload across the borough and is the main provider for the multidisciplinary foot team based at Hillingdon Hospital. This role will directly support MDFT referral and work alongside our Diabetes Consultants to protect the “At Risk Foot”. This role supports direct referrals to our local vascular hub for emerging vascular emergencies. If you want to make a difference to the prevention of amputations and foot‑related admissions, then this is the role for you.

An opportunity has arisen for a qualified clinician to deliver high‑risk podiatric care in the Community Podiatry High Risk Clinics at Hillingdon CNWL (Central North West London) sites, Eastcote, Hesa and Uxbridge Health centres and within the local multidisciplinary foot team based at Hillingdon Hospital.

You should be highly organised, work on your own initiative. You should be aware of professional and national guidelines, be up‑to‑date with current best practice and demonstrate interest in continued professional development.

You should be able to work on your own and as part of a team demonstrating excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Main duties of the job

This post requires a person highly specialised with extensive knowledge, clinical skills and relevant experience in diabetes, providing comprehensive care for patients with complex high‑risk foot problems. Provide education to healthcare staff and patients on management of diabetes and diabetic foot care.

The person will provide specialist foot care for patients with complex high‑risk foot problems, including diabetes patients with acute and chronic foot wounds, active osteomyelitis and Charcot Foot neuroarthropathy, patients with neuropathic and vascular complications, immunosuppressed patients, and those with poor tissue viability.

The post holder will be clinically responsible for treatment of the high‑risk caseload working autonomously as well as part of the multidisciplinary team; including reaching into secondary care with diabetologists, vascular and orthopaedic surgeons, microbiology, radiology, orthotics and plaster rooms team. The post requires accepting emergency referrals from GPs, community podiatrists, and other health professionals and will provide responsive specialist care.

About us

There’s a place for you at CNWL. We’re passionate about delivering first‑class patient‑centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we hope to find our future leaders and support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you’re at, there’s always a place for you at CNWL.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.

Job responsibilities

• Work in accordance with College of Podiatry and Health and Care Professions Council Code of Professional Conduct including scope of practice.
• Assess, manage and treat high‑risk complex caseload consisting of patients with: acute and chronic diabetic foot problems, pre and post‑operative amputations wounds and acute and chronic neuropathic, vascular foot/lower limb problems.
• Lead in the planning of care packages jointly between hospital and community care providers.
• Provide podiatry care including wound care for patients with musculoskeletal conditions.
• Undertake biomechanical assessment, gait analysis and orthotic provision and advice for patients with a range of underlying MSK/biomechanical conditions.
• Use clinical reasoning skill in the assessment, diagnoses and formulating treatment plans of patients with a variety of high‑risk foot problems and medical conditions.
• Have the ability to cope with unpredictable work patterns as necessitated in acute wound care clinics.
• Have highly developed physical skills, precision hand/eye coordination which involves highly skilled debridement techniques of acute/chronic, neuropathic and ischaemic wounds, often for prolonged periods.
• Develop and contribute to the care and management of complex wounds and lower limb complications.
• Apply and practice principles of wound management.
• Have advanced knowledge of dressing and their modes of action and appropriate indications of their use in wound care.
• Have a good working knowledge of biomechanics and its role in wound care and basic musculoskeletal problems.
• Recognise the need, undertake and understand the result of investigations such as microbiology, x‑ray, and scans and respond appropriately.
• Take the clinical diabetes/high‑risk foot specialist role within the multidisciplinary diabetes foot team.
• Promote multidisciplinary team working.
• Provide diabetes/high‑risk foot care with the hospital out patients and wards based on agreed referral criteria and ensuring patients are not put at risk.
• Take direct referrals from GP; community podiatry and community nursing in the hospital setting and providing rapid access and expert clinical advice and intervention based on agreed referral criteria.
• Take internal hospital referrals from consultants/doctors, nurses and accident and emergency based on agreed criteria and ensuring patients are not put at risk.
• Undertake specialist high‑risk work in a range of acute and community settings.
• Undertake nail surgery.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Diploma/BSc (Hons) Podiatry
• Certificate for Local Anaesthesia
• Registered Member of the HCPC
• RCOP Diabetic foot module or equivalent
• IRMER

Experience

• Extensive postgraduate experience in the NHS working with high‑risk diabetic feet podiatry.
• Experience of education of healthcare professionals.
• Wide range of clinical experience including complex wound care, with emphasis on patients with diabetes.
• Experience of multi‑disciplinary working.
• Experience of working across primary and secondary care.
• Experience of delivering patient education package.

Skills and Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of the effect of diabetes in podiatric care.
• Sound knowledge and experience in wound care including treatment modalities and biomechanics.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills in pressure off‑loading in the high‑risk foot in the treatment of ulceration and prevention of ulcer in the high‑risk foot.
• Demonstrates current clinical knowledge regarding evidence base and best practices. Ability and knowledge of appropriate investigations required in the treatment of the high‑risk foot.
• Ability and experience of foot health education/promotion of the high‑risk foot.
• Knowledge of national policy relating to the diabetic foot.
• Effective organisational skills.
• Knowledge of the issues involved with a diverse population.

Key Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication, IT, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritise & plan own workload to meet deadlines & competing demands; demonstrating flexibility.
• Involvement in regular audit or R&D.

Other

• Must be able to undertake domiciliary work and travel between clinics in Hillingdon area in line with the normal duties of the post. (car driver/owner)

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.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£53,751 to £60,651 a year per annum including HCAS [pro rata if PT]