Overview
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast‑paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.
Oxleas NHS Trust won the South West prison contract in 2022 and currently manages 19 prisons across the South of England. We are expanding our pool of bank workers by recruiting Podiatrists to work within the Prison Service on a flexible basis across HMP Portland and HMP The Verne Dorset.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide podiatry services to clients in prison using a curative Philosophy of Care and work with the healthcare team for a multidisciplinary approach to foot pathology.
* Deliver a full range of podiatry treatments, including wound dressings, scalpel debridement of nail and soft tissue pathology, and care of foot problems arising from neglect.
* Act as an autonomous practitioner, developing and agreeing individual treatment plans with clients (senior staff support available).
* Protect the health and wellbeing of all clients, alerting others where protection may be required for vulnerable adults and appropriately referring clients to specialist teams or investigations.
* Manage a caseload with complex health needs, assisting individuals to manage their health effectively.
* Collaborate with a Multi‑Disciplinary Team (MDT) to improve foot pathology and pursue maximum independence for each client through self‑care.
Management Responsibilities
* Maintain all working areas in a clean, tidy condition.
* Perform clerical duties such as appointment making, ordering drugs, dressings, medical equipment, stationery, and maintaining adequate clinic stock.
* Provide required statistics and participate in monthly returns on time, including expenses and mileage claims.
Leadership & Professional Development
* Comply with all applicable Trust and departmental policies.
* Stay up‑to‑date with developments in the podiatry profession, meeting standards of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists and the HCPC.
* Participate in multi‑professional clinical supervision in line with the Trust’s Clinical Supervision Policy.
Clinical Duties
* Develop and discharge treatment plans, following through to improve foot pathology and discharge where appropriate.
* Assess every client at each visit and refer to specialist services as needed.
* Prescribe, manufacture, and adapt orthoses, insoles, appliances, or shoe adaptations using laboratory equipment.
Research & Audit
* Participate in clinical audit and research projects within the Trust as directed by the Head of Podiatry.
Communication
* Liaise with support staff and other professionals within the Trust and statutory bodies to promote effective, patient‑centred inter‑agency working.
* Provide written reports and feedback on patient progress to other health professionals.
* Attend and participate in staff meetings and Clinical Team Reviews.
Important Information, Please Read
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting to work in a prison setting. This will be part of the pre‑employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
Application Requirements
* Proof of right‑to‑work documentation.
* Proof of ID, including one photographic ID.
* Proof of address documentation.
* Non‑UK passport holders must provide correct right‑to‑work documentation and a Home Office Share code.
* Five (5) years of address history is required.
* Non‑UK passport holders with less than five years of UK address history must provide a police certificate in English from their previous place of residence.
* UK passport holders who have lived abroad for over six months in the last three years must provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English.
* Information on how to obtain a police certificate can be found at: UK Government Guidance.
This advert closes on Friday 20 Mar 2026.
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