Specialist Podiatrist

Newcastle Hospitals; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals are seeking a Band 6 Specialist Podiatrist to join the Podiatry Service on a permanent basis, with full or part-time hours. The post offers diverse experience in community podiatry within a multidisciplinary team across multiple sites.

The successful candidate will have NHS experience across a range of pathologies, including foot ulcer management, and will contribute to education and ongoing professional development within an integrated department.

Qualifications

• NHS experience and Band 5 competency programme.
• Experience in management of complex podiatry needs.
• Experience in nail surgery, diabetes and wound management.
• Ability to work within multidisciplinary teams and across sites.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate best practice podiatry care.
• Triage referrals and manage caseload across community and hospital rotations.
• Perform nail surgery procedures after appropriate training.
• Maintain accurate patient records and participate in audits and service development.
• Promote foot health and patient education across MDTs.

Skills

Podiatry

NHS experience

Teamwork

Communication

Clinical assessment

Teaching/Mentoring

Education

Podiatry Diploma/Degree

HCPC registration

POM A registration

Prescribing for Podiatrists

Job description

Specialist Podiatrist

The closing date is 08 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Specialist Podiatrist to join the Newcastle Podiatry Service on full or part-time hours on a permanent contract.

We are looking for a clinician who is passionate about delivering high-quality podiatric care and would like to consolidate their skills in delivering a wide range of community podiatry services within a supportive, multidisciplinary environment.

Main duties of the job

Based primarily within our community podiatry service, this role will manage a varied caseload across a diverse population on multiple sites. As part of a rotational programme, successful candidates will gain experience in a range of specialist areas including Musculoskeletal (MSK) Podiatry, Nail Surgery, Diabetes, and Inpatient Services. This provides a opportunity to broaden clinical expertise whilst maintaining a strong foundation in community podiatry practice.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate previous NHS experience in managing patients with a range of clinical pathologies such as the principles of managing foot ulceration.

You will work alongside experienced podiatrists and multidisciplinary teams to provide evidence-based assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients with a wide range of lower limb and foot health needs. A key attribute to this role is commitment to staff development, including our support workforce, students, apprentices and your own personal development. The applicant must be committed to undertaking ongoing professional development to deliver an efficient high-quality podiatry service in line with professional and national guidelines, and be up to date with current evidence-based practice.

The knowledge and experience gained from working within a truly integrated department and with the wider NUTH team will give you the skills and attributes to further develop your clinical, communication and organization skills.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

Job responsibilities

• The successful applicant will adopt a flexible approach to meet the evolving needs of the service, and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of best practice podiatry care. This will include:
• Working as part of a skill mixed locality team, you will be expected to triage referrals into the service, assess patients in line with Newcastle podiatry risk assessment tool, and discharge patients from the service when appropriate.
• The role requires you to carry out Podiatry interventions at clinical locations, care homes and patients own homes, with some rotations on hospital sites.
• Teamwork is essential to this role, as you will be expected to work with junior or support staff, and when doing rotations or more specialists work you will also be working with more senior colleagueso Undertake nail surgery procedures and associated patient management following appropriate training and competency achievement.o Maintain accurate, timely and legally compliant patient records using electronic record systems.
• Participate in clinical audit, service evaluation, quality improvement and service development activities
• Liaising with various MDTs when managing more complex patients and sharing decision making.
• Excellent communication skills are required to complete accurate clinical records, and to liaise with the wider MDT
• Promoting foot health through support, advice and education to patients, family members and other health care professionals.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE

• oAppreciation of individual patient needs and patient groups
• oSpecialized knowledge of Diabetes, Rheumatology, Biomechanics, and Wound Management gained through short courses, CPD and in-house training
• oKnowledge of Health and Safety responsibilities
• oKnowledge of Clinical Governance issues
• oAn understanding of student placements

SKILLS

• oHigh quality clinical skills; including delicate scalpel work and sharp debridement
• oGood communication skills; good verbal and written communication skills
• oGood organizational skills; planning own caseload
• oAnalytical skills
• oCritical /reflective analysis
• oAbility to prioritize
• oProduction of chair side Orthotics
• oDemonstrate the ability to use vascular and sensory equipment
• oBe able to supervise and mentor
• oAppropriate delegation of non-specialised clinical work
• oBe able to work independently but also as part of a team
• oMust be able to produce documents, implement and evaluate care plans
• oBasic IT skills to aid with audit and data collection
• oInterest in Health Education
• oAbility to develop teaching packages

EXPERIENCE

• oExperience of working in the NHS and completion of a Band 5 competency programme
• oExperience working single handed and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• oExperience of treatment planning and discharge planning according to clinical need
• oExperience in specialist areas of work, i.e. minor nail surgery, biomechanics, rheumatology and managing the 'at risk or 'high risk' foot
• oMust be able to work under pressure and respond to change
• oInvolvement in Health Education presentations
• oExperience of treating "at risk" patients and empowering patients to self-care
• oRange of relevant short courses
• oHeld a previous post in the relevant field
• oInterest in developing the service
• oExperience of Topical Negative Pressure
• oExperience of multi-disciplinary team work

QUALIFICATIONS

• oPodiatry Diploma / Degree
• oState Registration to Health Professions Council
• oPOM A registration
• oContinuing Professional Development Portfolio of post graduate in Diabetes, Rheumatology, Wound Management, Tissue Viability, Vascular Assessment, Neurological Assessment, Local Anaesthesia, Infection Control, Pharmacology, Basic Life Support, Dermatology, Clinical Education and in-house mandatory and statutory training
• oMust hold a current driving licence and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes
• oPrescribing for Podiatrists
• oDiploma in Diabetes Care
• oHealth Education Certificate
• oTeachers Certificate
• oPreparation for Mentoring Course
• oRadiology and Diagnostic Skills
• oShoe Fitting Skills
• oECDL European Computer Driving License

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.