Specialist Podiatrist

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

DBS costs covered

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Podiatrist with high autonomy to triage, assess and treat a range of podiatric conditions. You will contribute to multidisciplinary care and patient education across North Cumbria.

The role offers opportunities to work within a specialist team, develop skills in high-risk foot, diabetes care and MSK pathways, with support and regular professional supervision.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required.
• Local anaesthesia certificate required.
• Certificate in radiology (IRMER) required.

Responsibilities

• Be a specialist practitioner with autonomy across settings.
• Prioritise and manage own workload; provide supervision to less experienced podiatrists and podiatry assistants.
• Triaging, assessing, diagnosing and implementing treatment plans for foot conditions including long-term, neurological and vascular issues; wound management/sharp debridement; orthoses manufacture; and nail surgery; discharge after criteria are met.
• Deliver educational packages to podiatry colleagues and the wider healthcare team.
• Uphold North Cumbria Integrated Care trust values in day-to-day work.

Skills

Podiatry

Autonomy

Clinical supervision

Teamwork

Education

HCPC registration

Local anaesthesia certificate

Certificate in radiology (IRMER)

Job description

Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?

Do you want to work in one of the nation’s areas of outstanding natural beauty, delivering care with the scenic Lake District Fells as your back drop? Not only that, the North Cumbria Podiatry Department have been shortlisted for the CAHPO awards 2025 for digital innovation.

North Cumbria Podiatry team are looking to recruit a B6 podiatrist.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a high level of interpersonal and organisational skills, alongside a good sense of humour and team focused.

The Department has a good skill mix including advanced and specialist Podiatrists, Podiatry assistants and administrative staff. Currently we maintain high risk, biomechanics and nail surgery caseloads. As a specialist podiatrist you will triage and treat a variety of podiatric problems and provide foot health education to patients and other stakeholders.

Opportunities to develop skills and knowledge in specialist areas are available by our close links with the multi-disciplinary diabetic foot team and North Cumbria MSK service.

Main duties of the job

• Be a specialist practitioner with a high degree of autonomy across a variety of settings.
• Prioritise and manage their own workload and when required offer clinical supervision to less experienced podiatrists and podiatry assistants.
• Be expected to triage, assess, diagnosis and implement individual treatment plans for a variety of conditions including, long term conditions, neurological conditions, vascular problems, wound management/sharp debridement, biomechanical assessment, manufacture of orthoses and nail surgery. The post holder will also be expected to discharge following a set criteria.
• Be provided with peer support, continued professional development and regular clinical supervision.
• Deliver educational packages to podiatry colleagues and the wider healthcare team.
• Uphold and demonstrate North Cumbria Integrated Care trust values in their day-to-day work

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligiblevacancies.

AHP - Return to Practice Job Advert information.This role may be suitable for individuals Returning to Practice. Please speak to the recruiting manager for more information.

Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as followsif applicable to the post:

• Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
• Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• *Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
• Local anaesthesia certificate
• Certificate in radiology (IRMER)

Knowledge & experience

• Previous experience working in the NHS
• Knowledge and experience in the assessment, diagnosis and management of high-risk foot
• Knowledge of UK NHS Podiatry services
• Understanding of Primary care
• Understanding of relevant NHS Policies
• Experience working in a specialist area

Personal Circumstances

• The ability to work at and travel to various sites throughout North Cumbria.

Other Requirements

• Demonstrate satisfactory health screening.
• Acts in a way that supports equity and diversity (level 1).
• Documented evidence of Hep B vaccination

Skills and Aptitudes

• Ability to assess new patients and provide appropriate treatment based on individual need of patients and care planning.
• Ability to manage and critically evaluate caseload.
• Ability to manage own time, prioritise tasks, work independently and under own initiative and multi-task.
• To have good organisational and timekeeping skills.
• To have a highly developed level of manual dexterity for the use of surgical instruments, including scalpels and needles.
• To be able to work in restricted positions, particularly when carrying out domiciliary visits to accommodate patient needs.
• Ability to carry out, analyse and interpret results of various specialist assessments within scope of practice.
• Able to adapt to change and resolve problems.
• Work unsupervised
• High levels of concentration during treatment and to be able to deal with unexpected situations (e.g. emergencies).
• Exercise individual responsibility and judgement.
• Able to remain calm while under pressure.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, other health care professional’s carers and patients.
• Receives information concerning patients/clients history, sensitive issues, and some patients with communication difficulties: requires persuasive, reassurance skills.
• Work as a member of a team.
• Undertake clinical audits, as necessary to own work/ regularly undertake R&D trials/ clinical trials.
• Performance manage staff when indicated.
• Ability to supervise less experienced members of the podiatry team.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Ellie Walker Job title Team Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07816199597

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Address South Parkhouse Building
Baron Way
Kingmoor Park
Carlisle
Cumbria
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