Specialist Podiatrist

NHS; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a B6 podiatrist for their North Cumbria Podiatry Department. This role involves treating high-risk foot conditions and managing a diverse caseload with support from a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have a BSc in Podiatric Medicine and HCPC registration. The role offers opportunities for further skill development in collaboration with specialists.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Must have a valid HCPC registration.
• Experience in managing high-risk foot conditions.
• Ability to assess and treat various podiatric problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision to junior podiatrists.
• Triage and manage a variety of podiatric patients.
• Develop and implement individual treatment plans.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Manual dexterity

Time management

Communication

Education

BSc Podiatric Medicine or equivalent

Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration

Local anaesthesia certificate

Job description

Overview

Job summary
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 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. If this sounds like your ideal role, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties

• 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

About us

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. 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.

Details

Date posted: 10 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number: 262-A-25-7507734

Job locations: Podiatry Department, North Carlisle Health Care, Carlisle, CA3 9JZ

Job 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.

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Podiatric Medicine or equivalent qualification
• Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
• Local anaesthesia certificate

Desirable

• Pharmacology certificate
• Certificate in radiology (IRMER)

Knowledge & experience

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Experience working in a specialist area

Personal circumstances

Essential

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

Other requirements

Essential

• Demonstrate satisfactory health screening.
• Acts in a way that supports equity and diversity (level 1).

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• 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.

Disclosures

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship: 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. 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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Podiatry Department, North Carlisle Health Care, Carlisle, CA3 9JZ

Employer's website: ncic.nhs.uk