Sirona care & health CIC

Bank Senior Community Podiatrist

The closing date is 01 October 2025

Job summary

Are you a Podiatrist ready for a new challenge?Do you want to live in the thriving multi-cultural Southwest with easy access to the countryside, city, and sea?If so, we are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Podiatrists to come and join our team.

You will be joining a motivated, supportive, and friendly team who work across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, with a proven track record of internal career promotion to senior roles. The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic and the ability to work under pressure as an individual and as part of the wider team.

You will work as an autonomous practitioner using evidence-based practice to formulate and deliver individualised treatment plans for patients in community clinical and secondary outpatient settings as wells as in people's homes.

You will apply appropriate clinical reasoning to manage a varied caseload consisting of high risk, diabetes, wound care and biomechanics patients. You will work alongside experienced podiatrists and be encouraged in your professional development, having access to regular 1:1's and clinical supervision.You will participate in rotations for nail surgery, specialist diabetes foot care MDT clinics, and biomechanics.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of podiatric care to maintain tissue viability, mobility, and independence for high-risk patients or those who have an acute infection. This will be delivered through assessment, diagnosis, and development of care plans, including specialist care plans for patients with specialist care needs such as acute and chronic neuropathies, vascular, neurological, tissue viability and wound care management, diabetes, musculoskeletal and rheumatological problems
To be responsible, as a senior practitioner, for prioritising/supervising own workload
To be responsible for supporting/mentoring junior staff/ students/apprentices
Organise and forward planning the day to day running of your podiatry clinics, domiciliary sessions, assessing new patients, and being a point of contact for any issues or problems arising with the Podiatry Service (clinical/admin)
To be responsible for triaging of referrals and re-directing, where appropriate, following relevant pathways
To contribute to multi-disciplinary care by discussing own and others input around patient's needs, ensuring a well-co-ordinated care plan, agreeing shared decision making on individual patient management

About us

Looking for a job to fit around you and your lifestyle? Perhaps you're ready to take your next step, considering a career change, or seeking a rewarding new role where you can make a real difference.

At Sirona care & health we provide local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. From clinical to clerical, we offer a variety of location-based and community roles to choose from with hours to fit around you.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

You'll receive Agenda for Change hourly rates with a 12.5% annual leave bonus, increased pay for weekend, out-of-hours, or Bank Holiday shifts, along with NHS benefits such as high street discounts and a generous Stakeholder Pension Scheme. Our offer includes a range of paid-for training, and support for your health and wellbeing with our Employee Assistance Programme.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet attached.

Date posted

19 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£26.80 an hour this includes a 12.5% annual leave supplement

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

083-7490006-Bank-LH

Job locations

Cossham Hospital

Lodge Road, Kingswood

Bristol

BS15 1LF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Person Specification

Application

Essential

Degree/Diploma in Podiatric Medicine and HCPC registration
Certificate of Local Anaesthesia

Desirable

Evidence of specialised post graduate development

Skills, Knowlegde, Experience

Essential

Experience of managing a high risk caseload and varied workload
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Ability to assess, formulate and implement treatment plans
Experience of using Dopplers and undertaking neurological tests
Ability to work under pressure and respond to change
Ability to provide health education
Understanding of clinical governance

Desirable

Experience of working within the NHS
Experience of delivering training to other health professionals and service users

Person Specification

Application

Essential

Degree/Diploma in Podiatric Medicine and HCPC registration
Certificate of Local Anaesthesia

Desirable

Evidence of specialised post graduate development

Skills, Knowlegde, Experience

Essential

Experience of managing a high risk caseload and varied workload
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Ability to assess, formulate and implement treatment plans
Experience of using Dopplers and undertaking neurological tests
Ability to work under pressure and respond to change
Ability to provide health education
Understanding of clinical governance

Desirable

Experience of working within the NHS
Experience of delivering training to other health professionals and service users

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Cossham Hospital

Lodge Road, Kingswood

Bristol

BS15 1LF

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Cossham Hospital

Lodge Road, Kingswood

Bristol

BS15 1LF

Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)