As a Band 5 Podiatrist, you will be part of our valued team in our Podiatry Surrey Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* £31,049.00- £37,796.00 (Band 5 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions, plus high cost area allowance.
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
* Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
* An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
* The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Main duties of the job
In this role, you'll play a vital part in managing wound and ulcer care for patients with complex systemic conditions, including diabetes, vascular disease, and systemic inflammatory disorders, as well as those with multiple comorbidities. You'll also take the lead in new patient clinics, nail surgery assessment clinics, high-risk foot clinics, and basic MSK assessments.
As part of a collaborative and supportive team, you'll have the chance to develop strong professional links across key care pathways, including multidisciplinary teams, vascular specialists, orthopaedics, and community nursing.
Clear and effective communication is key in this role. You'll need to convey information in an understandable way to patients, ensuring they feel informed and involved in their treatment. Using a range of communication techniquesincluding motivation, persuasion, and negotiation you'll encourage patient cooperation to achieve the best possible clinical outcomes.
Additionally, you'll have the exciting opportunity to take part in a variety of specialist clinical rotations, gaining valuable experience while providing expert care to both adults and children.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we may need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a dedicated and professional Band 5 Community Podiatrist to join our supportive team, providing specialist care across five clinic locations in Farnham, Surrey, North East Hampshire, and Surrey Heath, as well as in patients homes.
This role offers rotations through MSK and nail surgery, allowing you to develop specialist skills while working within a multidisciplinary team that includes vascular, orthopaedics, and community nursing. We prioritise professional growth with two dedicated training days per year, along with statutory and mandatory training to keep your knowledge up to date. Regular team meetings ensure strong collaboration and support.
This is a full-time role (Monday Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM). If you’re passionate about delivering high-quality podiatry care and making a difference in the community, we’d love to hear from you!
Person Specification
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.
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