Job summary
- Main area
- Band 5 Community Podiatrist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 196-LIS9685
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Artesian Podiatry Clinic
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 p.a. inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 31/07/2025
Employer heading
Podiatrist - Band 5
NHS AfC: Band 5
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Come and start your career in podiatry with Guy's and St Thomas' and join our team of 30 podiatrists where you will have the opportunity to gain skills across a very broad spectrum of podiatry specialisms. We work from several sites across both Southwark and Lambeth, the largest of which has 6 couches, so there’s plenty of opportunities to work alongside and learn from our senior colleagues.
Newly qualified podiatrists will join the Trust's Preceptorship Programme.
As well as our clinics, you would be undertaking two days of home visits per week. For this we provide a car and remote IT devices to help make things easier for you. We will offer training and mentorship within our general clinics, wound care, MSK and nail surgery.
Don’t miss this chance to kick start your career by joining one of the UK’s largest NHS Trust providers, with all the support and opportunities that this provides.
Good luck - we look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Band 5 podiatrist to join Guy's and St Thomas' Community Foot Health team in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
Our service involves treating a diverse patient cohort, many of whom have complex needs. We are looking for enthusiastic podiatrists who will strive to meet our exemplary standards of care.
Patient care also takes place in patients' own homes and the role will include two days of home visits a week. We provide all our clinical staff with a laptop for accessing our IT infrastructure from anywhere and you will have access to our fleet of pool cars for undertaking home visits so you will not be expected to use your own car.
Our senior podiatrists will closely support and mentor you in developing your clinical skills, expertise and learning needs. We expect you to be able to work both as part of a team and autonomously and to be an effective communicator.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK's largest NHS Trust providers in one of the most dynamic and exciting cities in the world . So If you believe you are forward thinking, dedicated and are keen to develop further then we would be very interested to hear from you. We welcome applications from new graduates.
Working for our organisation
We are a large community based service comprised of thirty podiatrists and two podiatry assistants who work across nine clinical sites in the central London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. We have a fantastic, diverse and friendly team and we work closely with those in the hospital based teams at Guy’s and St Thomas’. The hospital sites offer multidisciplinary team wound care and review, musculoskeletal services including shock wave therapy and podiatric surgery.
We schedule regular education sessions where we can all come together to enhance our knowledge as a team and have quarterly team meetings alongside the hospital based team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Undertake risk assessments before each treatment with particular reference to infection control and to assure patient and personal safety.
- Undertake medical and physical assessments to determine all the factors affecting the patient’s foot health in the context of their social history and ability to self care.
- Using assessment information, determine if patients are eligible for NHS care or home visits.
- Provide a diagnosis of the presenting problem, if necessary following discussion with more experienced podiatrists and explain the diagnosis to the patient and discuss treatment options.
- To work effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team and independently as required in primary care and secondary care settings to include; clinics, health centre community clinics, residential homes for the elderly, patient’s homes and rotations Some of these may be in isolation, requiring autonomous practice guided by senior Podiatrists, departmental protocols, national guidelines and best practice. This may involve working under conditions including poor lighting/ heating/ ventilation and poor hygiene.
- To undertake with support from senior Podiatrists specialised diabetic screening and review clinics, performing vascular and sensation testing using Doppler and monofilaments. Identifying risk categories and formulating treatment plan, including taking swabs (ulcers) for microbiological screening Communicating highly specialised health education and compliance needs by negotiation, persuasion and explanation of treatment options. Completing and forwarding foot health assessment details to GPs, District nurses, consultants. Liaise with acute and primary care sites and within trust with other health care workers and consultant teams regarding clinical care; look to all opportunities to be involved in greater multidisciplinary working.
- To undertake on a daily basis, essential administrative tasks including statistical collection and analysis as agreed, returning all information requested in a timely manner.
- To be actively involved in the development and implementation of departmental policies and procedures.
- To follow departmental policies, procedures and guidelines, but have the discretion to make own clinical diagnosis and decisions within professional boundaries.
- To be flexible and provide cover for other Podiatrists at short notice or during periods of absence for all clinical areas and any other duties required by the head of Podiatry.
- To work in liaison with clerical support staff in order to ensure a well organised patient focussed appointment system.
- To evaluate and review treatment outcomes and implement discharge policies for those patients meeting the discharge criteria with guidance and support from senior Podiatrists.
- To continually review patient’s progress and refer as necessary to other health care professionals and podiatry clinical specialist leads to ensure appropriate care is provided.
- To liaise with voluntary and statutory bodies when necessary to ensure that patients needs are addressed.
- To maintain accurate patient records including assessment and treatment plans in accordance to departmental and professional guidelines.
- Ensure that the condition of clinical rooms is maintained in accordance to infection control and trust guidelines.
- To take an active role in planning and delivering health promotion and training events within the service and organisation, including promoting the department’s services to other healthcare professionals to ensure appropriate patients are referred to the service.
- To assist with teaching and mentoring of students from various universities who are on clinical placement within the foot health department. Ensuring that they provide effective and safe treatment to users of the foot health service.
- To undertake a domiciliary caseload of 2 days a week and implement effective administration in accordance to department guidelines on domiciliary caseload management.
Person specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Effective Communicator
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to remain calm in stressful situations
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of advanced communication skills i.e. public speaking
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with a range of patient and disease/pathology types including the at risk and high risk foot
- Experience of using initiative and assertiveness
- Experience of Foot health education
- Experience of undertaking new patient assessments
Desirable criteria
- Experience of nail surgery
- Experience of Biomechanics
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Podiatric Medicine with certificate in local anaesthesia
- HCPC registered Podiatrist
- Awareness of equal opportunities and EDI
- Demonstrate knowledge and interest in the service
Desirable criteria
- Valid driving licence
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
- Nicholas Tuck
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Podiatrist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3049 7938
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