Central London Community Health Trust

Bank B7 Podiatrist INW

The closing date is 31 July 2025

Job summary

Minimum of 6 months. Full time hours 37.5 based over Monday to Friday with the occasional Saturday. 08:50am-16:50pm.

To work in collaboration with a team of Podiatrists and other health care professionals, organisations and agencies to ensure seamless and high quality care for all patients.
To monitor supervise and delegate podiatry services delivered by support staff including junior clinicians, Podiatry Assistants and to mentor students during placements.
To undertake CLCH clinical rotations within the CLCH podiatry service and as deemed appropriate to the individual's development and the service need.
To liaise with and refer to the direction of Highly Specialist Clinicians when necessary and as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

To actively participate in the CLCH Podiatry band 6 rotational programs.
To autonomously assess and diagnose patients with a diverse range of medical and podiatric conditions, using appropriate diagnostic techniques, skills and tools. This includes sharp debridement of lesions, administration of local anaesthesia, whilst quantifying the maximum safe doses, nail surgery, and use of noxious caustics.
To create and implement a tailored treatment and specialised care plans using a variety of appropriate treatment regimes for a range of patient groups including those in the 'high risk' and 'at risk' categories focusing on the management of primary foot pathologies.
To undertake the following additional specialist clinics as part of CPD and a clinical rotation programme (this list is not exhaustive and may change):
Biomechanics clinics
Wound Care clinics
Nail Surgery clinics
To recommend the use of a limited number of prescription medicines

About us

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Single occupancy accommodation in Central London - (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
Support with gaining your driving license *T&C's apply
Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.

Date posted

15 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£22.92 to £27.48 an hour Weekly pay will include: Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

824-BANK-LIT1437

Job locations

Lisson Grove Health Centre

Gateforth St

London

NW8 8EG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

BSc Degree In Podiatric Medicine or Diploma (if qualified prior 1991)
Evidence of continual professional and personal development
Registration with the Health Professions Council
Certificate in local anaesthesia

Desirable

Evidence of post grad training in specialist area of podiatry

Experience

Essential

Post graduate clinical experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
Experience of working with a wide range of patient and disease / pathology types including the at-risk and high-risk foot
Experience of working as part of a specialist team (clinical rotation experience accepted

Desirable

Experience of working in an NHS environment
Experience of clinical supervision / mentoring
Experience of service development

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Effective oral, listening and written communication in order to negotiate and persuade patients and carers compliance and commitment to their treatment and care plans
Knowledge of treatment options and skills required in the management of High risk tissue breakdown
Ability to undertake intricate work in using sensitive diagnostic tools and a range of surgical instruments. e.g. in the management and debridement of poor tissue viability wounds and nail surgery
To be competent in the use of treatment and diagnostic tools (including, Doppler, scalpel techniques, syringe etc)

Desirable

Presentation Skills / Experience at delivering Health Promotion
Ability to manufacture simple insoles

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

BSc Degree In Podiatric Medicine or Diploma (if qualified prior 1991)
Evidence of continual professional and personal development
Registration with the Health Professions Council
Certificate in local anaesthesia

Desirable

Evidence of post grad training in specialist area of podiatry

Experience

Essential

Post graduate clinical experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
Experience of working with a wide range of patient and disease / pathology types including the at-risk and high-risk foot
Experience of working as part of a specialist team (clinical rotation experience accepted

Desirable

Experience of working in an NHS environment
Experience of clinical supervision / mentoring
Experience of service development

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Effective oral, listening and written communication in order to negotiate and persuade patients and carers compliance and commitment to their treatment and care plans
Knowledge of treatment options and skills required in the management of High risk tissue breakdown
Ability to undertake intricate work in using sensitive diagnostic tools and a range of surgical instruments. e.g. in the management and debridement of poor tissue viability wounds and nail surgery
To be competent in the use of treatment and diagnostic tools (including, Doppler, scalpel techniques, syringe etc)

Desirable

Presentation Skills / Experience at delivering Health Promotion
Ability to manufacture simple insoles

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

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Lisson Grove Health Centre

Gateforth St

London

NW8 8EG

Employer's website

https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Lisson Grove Health Centre

Gateforth St

London

NW8 8EG

Employer's website

https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)