Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Podiatrist High Risk MSK Biomechanics
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-ONW-8037910
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alexandra Avenue Health & Social Care Centre
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £55,524 - £62,652 per annum, inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Podiatrist MSK High Risk Biomechanics
Band 7
Welcome to Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH)
At CLCH, we proudly serve as a beacon of compassionate community healthcare across 14 vibrant London boroughs — Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, and Kingston — as well as Hertfordshire. We bring care closer to home, embracing the rich diversity of these communities with dedication and heart.
Recognised as a Good provider by the Care Quality Commission and celebrated among the top NHS employers, we are united by a shared passion: empowering our community health professionals to deliver care that truly makes a difference.
We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where every member of our team feels respected, valued, and inspired—a place where fairness, kindness, and inclusion blossom. Our culture is rooted in the principles of the NHS People Plan, Our NHS People Promise, and our own strategic Equality values and objectives, guiding us to create a truly supportive and inclusive workplace.
Together, we build a caring community where the warmth we show one another shines through in every life we touch.
Job overview
Shape the future of podiatry. Transform lives. Lead with impact.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Harrow Podiatry Team as a Band 7 Specialist Podiatrist (MSK, High Risk & Biomechanics). This role offers the chance to combine advanced clinical practice with leadership, innovation, and service development.
We are seeking a motivated and forward-thinking clinician to help deliver and develop high-quality, patient-centred podiatry services for Harrow’s diverse community. You will provide specialist assessment and treatment across MSK, high-risk foot care, and biomechanics, while promoting best practice and improving patient outcomes.
Working within a supportive and collaborative team, you will contribute to service improvement, innovation, and clinical excellence. You will also support the Clinical Lead with operational responsibilities, provide professional guidance to colleagues, and help ensure care remains safe, evidence-based, and of the highest standard.
This role offers the opportunity to:
- Make a meaningful difference within the local community
- Influence service development and clinical practice
- Develop your leadership skills within a progressive organisation
- Join a team committed to excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement
If you are looking for a role where your expertise, ideas, and leadership can have a real impact, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Demonstrate strong and effective leadership, supporting the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care
- Use excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage, support, and influence colleagues across the team
- Inspire and develop staff through reflective practice, mentoring, and clinical supervision
- Lead by example through active demonstration of advanced clinical practice and professional behaviours
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and clinical excellence within the service
- Support the development of colleagues to enhance clinical skills, confidence, and decision-making
- Contribute to a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team environment
- Play an active role in shaping and evolving the service, contributing ideas and driving improvements
If you are looking to join a service where you can contribute, influence, and thrive, and be part of a growing, supportive, and dedicated team, we would be delighted to receive your application.
Working for our organisation
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)
- 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The post holder will act as a clinical specialist for podiatric biomechanics and high risk patients in their local team. You will lead on and educate your colleges and junior staff regarding biomechanical and the musculoskeletal (MSK) interventions, theories and Podiatry treatment plans being the main contact for this area within your team.
Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Evidence of post graduate training in specialist area of podiatry
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post graduate clinical experience
- Experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
- Experience of clinical supervision / mentoring
- Experience of service development
- Experience of working in an NHS environment
- Experience of working with a wide range of patient and disease / pathology types including the at-risk and high-risk foot
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing a team
- Experience of rota and diary management
- Experience of staff recruitment
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of recent developments in the profession
- Full knowledge of podiatric theory and practice
- Knowledge of foot orthotic design and manufacture
- Knowledge of CoP code of conduct
- Awareness of Equal Opportunities – theory and practice
- Understanding of Clinical Governance -theory and practice
- Up-to-date knowledge of clinical issues and treatment development
- Knowledge of audit and risk assessment
- Ability to evaluate patients concerns and needs and propose effective solutions
- 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
- Organisational and planning skills to manage your own work time and domiciliary caseload
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of current government health policy
- Data analysis skills i.e. reviewing reports
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to cope with a busy demanding and varied workload able to cope with the demands of moving between sessional clinics, on foot, by transport.
- Performing clinical treatments in physically restricted work positions requiring repetitive fine movements
- Ability to multi-task and concentration in order to apply continued diagnostic and analytical skills throughout the working day
- Ability to cope with patients anxieties and employ tactical techniques in order to help support patients and allay anxieties
- Adaptable to a variety of working environments and the ability to cope with sometimes distressing settings and work tasks including wound care , neglected feet and exposure to malodour, body fluids including blood and wound exudate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dawn Stewart
- Job title
- Podiatry Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07884 752759
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