Highly Specialist Podiatrist

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Greater London seeks a Specialist Podiatrist to join their dedicated team. This position allows you to utilize your skills in various community clinics, including outpatient High Risk Foot clinics. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Podiatric Medicine, experience in advanced diabetic foot care, and the ability to assess and treat patients effectively. A commitment to service development and team collaboration is essential. Both full-time and part-time options are available.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years post-graduate experience, including 2 years at Band 6 or equivalent.
• Experience working with high-risk foot pathology and delivering advanced care.
• Knowledge of audit and risk assessment in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Work in outpatient High Risk Foot clinics and other community clinics.
• Assess patients and create appropriate treatment plans.
• Supervise staff and students in a clinical setting.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Good interpersonal skills

Ability to undertake vascular assessment

Ability to identify appropriate investigations

Organisational and planning skills

Ability to identify and solve problems

Education

BSc Degree In Podiatric Medicine

Registration with the Health Professions Council

Certificate in local anaesthesia

Evidence of postgraduate training

Job description

Newham's Podiatry Service are recruiting for Band 7 podiatrists, full-time (Monday to Friday 9-5) or part-time. Be part of this exciting development in a busy, progressive, and motivated team whose patients reflect the diversity of communities and their health needs in Newham.

We are calling on enthusiastic Podiatrists who are:

seeking a role as a Highly Specialist Podiatrist where you can use and develop your skills and knowledge across the full range of our services.

Date : 21st January 2026

Time : 09:00 am - 16:00 pm (Come prepared to be interviewed on the day)

Morning registration: 9:00 AM -10:00 AM (We wont accept candidatesfor the morning session after this time)

Afternoon registration: 12:30 - 13:15 pm(We wont accept candidates for the afternoon session after this time)

Afternoon Interview : 13%15 - 16:00 pm

Address : Trust HQ, 9 Alie Street, London, E1 8DE

Role : Specialist Podiatrist

The event is an all day event. Candidates need to register for either the morning session / the afternoon session. Failure to register during the registration periods will mean inability to take part in interview.

Please note: You will need to complete an application. Once the shortlisting process has been completed, we will send you an invitation to attend an interview on the designated day.

Main duties of the job

You will work in outpatient High Risk Foot clinics as part of the Service Level Agreement with Barts Health as well as rotations in Nail Surgery, MSK and Community Outpatient clinics including domiciliary provision.

You will need to be able to assess, create appropriate treatment plans and elevate to the appropriate services where clinically indicated.

You will need excellent skills in debridement and wound management.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

The Foot Health Service is currently delivered across 3 community sites, as well as Newham University Hospital and your primary base will be at The Appleby Road Health Centre. We also provide care in Nursing Homes as well as a Domiciliary Service.

We focus on a short-term treatment planning approach to manage patient care and maximise patient input into their care, to enable us to effectively and efficiently manage caseloads.

We will help you identify your knowledge, skills and developmental needs, which will become part of your annual training plan.

You will work in a supportive team of passionate Podiatrists, interacting and collaborating with a wide range of health professionals and clinical specialties working with our service.

You will receive clinical and management supervision to support you in your induction and further development.

You will use your clinical and management experience and skills to supervise staff and podiatry, medical and nursing students.

You will work in outpatient High Risk Foot clinics as part of the Service Level Agreement with Barts Health as well as rotations in Nail Surgery, MSK, Community Outpatient clinics including domiciliary provision.

You will be involved in service development, including QI.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

• BSc Degree In Podiatric Medicine
• Registration with the Health Professions Council
• Certificate in local anaesthesia
• Evidence of postgraduate training
• Up-do date knowledge of clinical issues and recent developments in the profession
• Knowledge of RCoP code of conduct
• Knowledge of audit and risk assessment

Experience

• Minimum of 3 year post graduate working with a minimum of 2 years at Band 6 or equivalent within the NHS.
• Experience of working with a wide range of patient and disease / pathology types including the at-risk and high-risk foot 4.
• Experience of delivering advanced care in of the diabetic foot
• Experience of delivering service development projects
• Experience of implementing new initiatives
• Experience of operational management including waiting list management, rostering, arranging meetings, training / CPD sessions.
• Experience of engaging patient / public in service development / improvement

Knowledge and Skills

• Effective communication skills- oral, listening and written- to encourage and enable patients and carers to adhere to their treatment plans
• Good interpersonal skills to liaise with other disciplines, and staff within the team
• Ability to undertake vascular assessment including ABPI and interpret the results
• Ability to identify appropriate investigations for patients and to interpret the results e.g. x-rays
• Organisational and planning skills to manage your own work time and plan and develop the work and training of others Presentation skills to deliver Service Promotion, Health Promotion & Education
• Ability to identify and solve problems
• Experience of collecting, collating and reporting on service activity data

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.