Podiatry Assistant | Surrey Downs Health and Care

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer

Own car access

Job summary

The Podiatry Assistant role at Surrey Downs Health and Care, hosted by Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, offers hands-on foot care, education, and support across community clinics, care homes and domiciliary visits in Leatherhead and surrounding sites.

You will assist podiatrists in clinics, perform diagnostic tasks with Doppler and toe pressure devices, manage administrative duties, and help maintain infection control and patient progress, with full training provided and a

Qualifications

• Role involves delivering foot care and education to a pre-assessed caseload.
• Assists podiatrists in clinics and domiciliary settings.
• Maintains infection control and supports clinical skills development.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical, diagnostic and administrative functions.
• Work as an integral podiatry team member delivering high standard foot care.
• Assist podiatrists with foot care, wound dressings, and nail surgery support.
• Organise and assist in podiatric clinics and pre/post op tasks.
• Perform diagnostic tests as directed and report findings.
• Handle stock management, orthotics, ordering and data audits.

Skills

Foot care

Clinic administration

Patient education

Team collaboration

Tools

Doppler

Toe pressure devices

Job description

Podiatry Assistant | Surrey Downs Health and Care

Company: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for a Podiatry assistant to join Surrey Downs Health & Care Podiatry team.

The role will include working as part of the Podiatry team providing foot care and education advice to a dedicated caseload of patients referred by a podiatrist.

They will also assist the podiatrists whilst working in foot clinics for diagnostics, simple wound dressings and as an assistant in nail surgery.

The service is delivered in community clinics, community hospital sites and in care home and domiciliary settings, the successful candidate will be expected to work across these sites and have access to own car.

Full training and development support from our inclusive and friendly team will be given.

For more information please contact

Laura Price Clinical lead Podiatrist

[e-mail]

Responsibilities

• To provide a range of clinical, diagnostic and administrative functions
• To work as an integral member of the podiatry team, providing a high standard of foot care to a pre-assessed caseload of patients.
• To assist podiatrists to carry out foot care and health promotion activities, to maintain or improve health, independence and quality of life. This requires a general knowledge of all aspects of podiatric practice to know when to refer patients, and successfully manage own caseload.
• Organise and assist in podiatric clinics. This may include clerical duties such as pre and post op organisation of nail surgery for example.
• Diagnostic tests as directed by Podiatrists using equipment such as Doppler or toe pressure machines, reporting findings to Podiatrist.
• To undertake defined administrative responsibilities e.g. stock management for the department, orthotics, ordering and dispatch, collating audit data.

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centred care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

To provide high quality foot treatment to maintain patient's mobility, independence and prevention of hospital admission.

To carry own patient caseload, continually assessing and treating routine patients, following patients individual treatment plans after they have been assessed by a podiatrist. These plans include utilising a variety of podiatric skills and being able to manage non routine situations as they arise. Monitor and evaluate progress, making minor alterations to treatment programmes as required. Undertake risk assessments when carrying out domiciliary visits, and working with challenging clients / in different environments.

Work unsupervised reporting back patient progress and informing the podiatrists of any problems. Meeting regularly with an assigned lead to assess progress and review development of clinical skills. To provide support in dressings clinics including carrying out simple re‑dressing procedures and postoperative advice as set by podiatrists. To ensure best practice when exposed to unpleasant working conditions including, maintaining infection control standards and working in accordance with Trust Health & Safety Guidelines. The role includes a wide range of support tasks in addition to patient focused time. All of the tasks are important to ensure the service runs smoothly and that patients receive the best possible service. Good communication and people skills are at the core of all of the duties involved in this post. To attend specialist clinical sessions gaining knowledge and experience in more advanced areas of podiatric practice.

This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Oct 2026

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Salary and working conditions

Salary: £27,106 - £28,850 PA including fringe HCAS

Hours: Part-time

Location: Leatherhead, KT22 8SD

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 13 Oct 2026

Closing date: 12 Nov 2026