Senior Podiatrist - Acute Specialist

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Podiatrist for hospital-based roles in London. The position involves managing complex wound care and supervising a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have substantial post-graduate clinical experience and excellent communication skills. This role offers professional development opportunities and a chance to contribute to a leading trust in the NHS.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of post-graduate experience in the NHS.
• Experience in supervising and training others.
• Experience in assessing patients with a range of medical conditions.

Responsibilities

• Managing a high risk caseload and working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Supervising junior staff and involved in teaching.
• Coping with clinical emergencies in a pressurized environment.

Skills

Autonomy

Communication

Supervision

Clinical Audit

Education

Degree in Podiatry

HCPC registration

Non-medical Prescribing

Post Graduate Education

Job description

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Podiatrist - Acute Specialist

The closing date is 27 May 2025

We are looking for Band 6 Podiatrists to join our growing dynamic team at Guys & St.Thomas' Hospital. These posts are hospital based within the central London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.

The post will involve wound care management and 2 days of MSK rotating quarterly with other staff. The suitable candidate should be self-motivated and have a broad range of post-graduate clinical experience.

Patient care takes place in both out and in-patient setting. You may also be required to occasionally cover our satellite clinic.

You will be working within a team and must have good communication skills.

There will be supervision and mentoring from colleagues for continual CPD. In addition regular team meeting updates on Department and Trust positions.

Main duties of the job

Candidate will be managing a high risk caseload and working closely within a multi disciplinary team and using a range of advanced wound techniques in both in-patient and out-patients settings. There will be a 2 day rotational element for treating MSK patients

Candidate must be highly motivated and and should be able to cope with clinical emergencies in a pressurised environment.

You will be supervising junior staff and be involved in teaching, taking part in audit / research

The successfully candidate is required to be able to demonstrate Trust Valves, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country,with around 12,500 staff; an annual turnover of more than £1 billion; and 1.6 million patient contacts a year. Our hospitals have a long and proud history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. We continue to build on these traditions and have a reputation for clinical, teaching and research excellence.We provide a full range of hospital services for our local communities and -from April 2011 - have integrated community services in Lambeth andSouthwark into the Trust. We also provide specialist services for patientsfrom further afield, including cancer, cardiac, kidney, women's andorthopaedic services, and we are home to the Evelina Children's Hospital.See www.guysandstthomas.nhs.ukWe also have a positive approach to corporate social responsibility and are keen to engage our staff in an agenda that ranges from promoting environmental sustainability to the creation of local employment opportunities.We are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre(AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between one of the world's leadingUpdated July 2015 research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts. Our AHSC is one of only five in the UK and consists of King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Guys & St. Thomas' Foundation trust.

Person Specification

Skills

• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Able to communicate clinical knowledge effectively with colleagues and patients
• At least 3 years Post graduate experience in the NHS
• Experience of supervising and training others
• Experience of clinical audit

Knowledge/Qualifications

• Degree in Podiatry
• HCPC registration
• Non-medical Prescribing
• Post Grad. Education

Experience

• Experience of treating high risk caseload and MSK
• Experience in assessing patients with a range of medical conditions
• Able to demonstrate effective clinical reasoning in developing care pathways and treatment plans
• Experience in advance wound care techniques
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust