Specialist Podiatrist

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Chester-le-Street; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Specialist Podiatrist based in Chester-le-Street, offering a role combining community and inpatient care. The successful candidate will provide leadership within the team, handle complex patient cases, and contribute to service improvements. Applicants should have at least two years NHS experience in Diabetes or Tissue Viability. Salary ranges from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years post graduate experience within Diabetes/Tissue Viability.
• Working independently and as part of a team providing Podiatry WC/Tissue viability.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, planning, and treatment in podiatric care.
• Provide specialist podiatry advice and lead the team as a senior clinician.
• Participate in training of staff and continuous service improvement.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Good organisational skills

Education

Post graduate training

Job description

Overview

Go back County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Podiatrist

The closing date is 21 September 2025

Band 6 Podiatrist two part role - 22.5 hours Community Podiatry working within highrisk / tissue viability within Durham and Chester-Le-Street Locality and 15 hours in-patient frailty within University Hospital North Durham.

Main duties of the job

Take a clinical specialist role across within:

• Wound Care / Tissue Viability
• Provide leadership within the Team and act as a senior clinician, leading by example.
• Provide specialist podiatry advice both within and externally to the Trust
• Assess and treat patients within the team caseload of patients with specialised care needs which includes adults and paediatrics, self-referrals from patients and referrals from other practitioners and disciplines
• Participate in the training of other staff and students
• Participate in service transformation activity with a view to continuous service improvement and value for money

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents

From April 9th 2025 - Healthcare assistants - You must have a minimum of two years of experience working within the NHS as a HCA for the Trust to consider sponsorship (we will only consider sponsorship if you meet this criteria and have a current visa expiring within 3 months)

Job responsibilities

To be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of podiatric care for patients within a team caseload with specialised care needs

To provide appropriate podiatric health education to patients and carers

To act as a senior clinician providing specialist advice to and accepting referrals from both podiatrists within the department and clinicians in other fields

To ensure that all interventions are designed using, where possible, evidence based practice and to evaluate outcomes

To work across acute, community and primary health care sectors as part of a multidisciplinary team with direct input to patient care, often highly complex individual cases, and acting as a source of advice to medical colleagues, other health care professionals, patients and carers

To be responsible for the maintenance of appropriate documentation for patient records, reports, audits and Departmental standard.

Leader in Clinical Practice:

Lead by action and inspire others acting as role model, demonstrating the leadership behaviours and values identified by the Trust

Support the Team, helping to ensure that high quality, evidence based podiatric care is delivered

Demonstrate a flexible approach within their clinical practice, helping to meet demands placed upon the service and ensure that waiting time targets and maximum patient choice are delivered

Undertakes reflective clinical practice monitoring personal standards of care and helps to undertake audits in support of the clinical governance framework

Play an active part in the development of local policies and guidelines by commenting on policy changes within their own area

Manager of Resources:

Participate in service transformation activity with a view to continuous service improvement and value for money

Ordering and receipting stock

Professional Development:

Participate in CPD through various means including; peer review, clinical supervision, appraisal etc., where appropriate disseminating information / learning throughout the Department.

Maintain professional registration, following the HCPC Code of Professional Conduct

Undertake clinical supervision and appraisal for junior staff

Take an active part in student placements / training of students, acting as a mentor where appropriate

Take an active role in internal staff training including:

• The delivery of training programmes within the specialist field
• Staff training rotations
• Multi-disciplinary training

Person Specification

Statutory Registration

• HCPC

Special Requirements

• Ability to work under pressure

Special Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal, including persuasive and reassurance skills which are essential in the effective communication of complex and sensitive information to patients and in communication with other health care professionals.
• Good organisational skills

Qualifications

• Working independently and as part of a team providing Podiatry WC/Tissue viability to patients within County Durham and Darlington.
• Post graduate training

Experience

• At least 2 years post graduate experience with evidence of working within Diabetes/Tissue Viability
• MSK/Biomechanics knowledge

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.

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

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