Podiatrist

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Podiatrist to join their Bury Podiatry service. This role involves managing a caseload primarily in the community, ensuring high standards of care while working closely with patients and health professionals. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Podiatry and HCPC registration. The Trust offers a supportive environment with personal development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Annual leave allowance

Qualifications

• Degree in Podiatry or equivalent.
• HCPC Registration or guidance to attain it.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload in clinics and domiciliary visits.
• Maintain high standards of podiatry procedures.
• Communicate effectively with patients and healthcare professionals.
• Rotate through different clinical pathways.

Skills

Routine and high risk patient care

Neurological assessments

Vascular assessments

Nail surgery assessments

Woundcare assessments

Good IT skills

Teamwork

Knowledge of clinical governance

Education

Degree in Podiatry

HCPC Registration

Tools

Microsoft Office applications

Systm 1 electronic record

Job description

Podiatrist

The closing date is 11 December 2025

There is an exciting opportunity for someone to join the friendly Bury Podiatry service. The team is innovative and always striving to improve the service and our patients feedback is extremely important.

The team offers a person-centred approach to improve patients independence and wellbeing and go the extra mile to ensure compassionate and personalised patient care. In return you will join a supportive team environment and be provided with many personal development opportunities.

If you are enthusiastic and looking for a new opportunity this may be the ideal position for you.

Main duties of the job

• Have your own caseload working in clinics and doing domiciliary visits in. Predominantly based in community with occasional acute work.
• Maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out podiatry procedures
• Have good communication skills with patients, carers and colleagues and other healthcare professionals and support patient in getting better health outcomes
• Rotate into different clinical pathways for variation once familiarised with systems and processes.
• Ensure compliance in clinical governance framework.
• Ensure compliance in mandatory and CPD training
• Partake in appraisal with your line manager with realistic yearly objectives for yourself

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Podiatry or equivalent
• HCPC Registration or soon to have it if not qualified yet

Knowledge and Skills

• Broad knowledge of routine and high risk patient care
• Ability to complete neurological, vascular, nail surgery and woundcare assessments
• Experience working within speciality area eg MSK High Risk, Nail surgery in Uni or placements
• Good knowledge of biomechanics
• Good IT skills. Working knowledge of Microsoft office applications
• Capability to manage own workload without direct supervision
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Knowledge of relevant NICE and clinical guidelines
• Work effectively as part of a team
• Supervision of junior staff and students
• Post graduate or CPD training
• Familiar with patient electronic record Systm 1

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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