Principal Podiatrist - Diabetes

Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service

Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney

Discounted gym memberships

Excellent pension scheme and annual/le

Job summary

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Principal Podiatrist to provide strategic and operational leadership for our award-winning diabetic foot service. Lead a multidisciplinary team alongside diabetes, vascular surgery and orthopaedics in clinics and inpatient settings.

You will integrate clinical practice with research, quality improvement and academic leadership, mentoring colleagues while shaping future service delivery under a fixed-term contract.

Qualifications

• BSc Podiatry or equivalent required.
• HCPC registration or equivalent required.
• Leadership or management qualification or equivalent experience required.
• Extensive clinical and leadership experience as an advanced practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, and develop a podiatry team to ensure high standards of care and wellbeing.
• Work as a core member of the multidisciplinary diabetic foot team to optimise outcomes.
• Oversee day-to-day management, finances and operational performance of the service.
• Lead research, audit and service evaluation activities to support innovation and evidence-based practice.

Skills

Leadership experience

Advanced practitioner experience

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Evidence-based practice implementation

Education

BSc Podiatry or equivalent

HCPC registration or equivalent

Management or leadership qualification

Job description

Job summary

Fixed term contract/ secondment opportunity until 31st August 2028

We are seeking an exceptional, motivated and forward-thinking Principal Podiatrist to provide strategic and operational leadership for our award winning multidisciplinary diabetic foot service. This is an exciting opportunity to lead one of the largest and most established diabetic foot services in the East of England. You will lead a highly skilled team of specialist podiatrists whilst working closely with consultant colleagues in diabetes, vascular surgery, and orthopaedics in outpatient clinics and inpatient setting. Linking closely with colleagues from the wider multidisciplinary team. You will combine expert clinical practice with service leadership, workforce development, quality improvement and research. You will play a pivotal role in shaping future service delivery, ensuring provide evidence-based, high-quality care. This role provides a unique opportunity to combine clinical practice while developing skills in research, innovation and academic leadership within a supportive environment. This role has become available as a fixed term contract while Dr Gooday steps away from frontline clinical leadership to focus on research. She will mentor the successful applicant.

Interview date: 6th October 2026

Main duties of the job

• Lead, supervise, and develop a team of podiatrists and other team members to ensure high standards of clinical practice, professional development and workforce wellbeing.
• Work as a core member of the multidisciplinary diabetic foot team to support timely decision making and optimise outcomes.
• Lead the day-to-day management, financial and operational performance of the service.
• Lead and contribute to research, audit and service evaluation activities, supporting the Trust's commitment to innovation and evidence-based practice.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post. The team are proud to be recognised for their contribution to research and regularly publish in high-impact journals. Team members regularly contribute to national and international multicentre studies, conferences and guideline groups. The team delivers undergraduate and postgraduate training.

Provide highly specialised assessment, diagnosis and management of people presenting with complex diabetic foot complications.

If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.

About us

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities

Examples of decisions the post holder will make independently include:

• Determining the most appropriate treatment pathway for people presenting with complex diabetic foot disease and escalating care where necessary.
• Prioritise caseloads, staffing resources, finances and service delivery to ensure safe and effective care, and team members wellbeing.
• Lead clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives and implementing changes to improve outcomes and service performance.

Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification. Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Podiatry or equivalent
• HCPC registration or equivalent
• Management and/or leadership qualification or equivalent experience
• Extensive clinical and leadership experience as an advanced practitioner
• Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries internally and externally
• Experience of implementing Evidence Based Practice

Attitude and Aptitude

Essential

• Ability to undertake challenging conversations with both staff and patients
• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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