Job Summary
We are pleased to be able to offer additional Band 7 hours into our existing Podiatry team.
This role is offered on a part‑time basis of 20 hours per week. Candidates who wish to work part time are encouraged to apply and will receive a salary on a pro‑rated basis.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual with significant clinical experience in managing diabetic foot care. This is an exciting development opportunity to work across the diabetic foot care pathway and collaborate with primary, secondary and community teams.
Our podiatry team takes great pride in providing care to people with diabetic foot complications. This post will allow you to make a difference within a multidisciplinary team under the mentorship of the diabetic foot coordinator. While this is a non‑surgical post, we work closely with the podiatric surgical team.
You should be highly organised, proactive, and familiar with professional and national guidelines. You must stay up to date with current best practice and demonstrate a commitment to continued professional development.
Client base is high‑risk; you will implement and coordinate treatment and management of foot complications in a high‑risk caseload across many clinical settings.
Main Duties
This post is within the acute podiatry team, where you will work with the Diabetes Multidisciplinary Foot Team (MDFT). You will provide assessment, diagnosis and high‑quality care to patients with a variety of active and high‑risk feet and lower limb morbidity such as diabetes, renal disease, peripheral vascular disease, neuropathy and arthropathies.
You will work as an independent practitioner, confident in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex diabetic foot conditions and as one of the lead clinicians in the integrated team.
You will work across primary, secondary and community care settings and closely with the Diabetic Foot Coordinator, supporting the Podiatry Head of Service in the development and delivery of specialist foot care within GWH.
Job Responsibilities
* Act as a specialist practitioner, demonstrating advanced theoretical knowledge and highly specialised clinical skills within the field of the diabetic foot.
* Manage complex cases using advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to support assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment planning.
* Supports management of patients with complex chronic and acute conditions whilst inpatients.
* Help with the management and support the renal case load of high‑risk patient.
* To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.
* Provide support and clinical leadership to community colleagues.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
* BSc (Hons) Degree / Diploma in Podiatry or equivalent qualification.
* HCPC Registered.
* Postgraduate study at or equivalent to Master Level in a relevant area.
* Non‑Medical Prescriber or willingness to work towards it.
* Certificate in local analgesia.
* Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Desirable Qualifications
* Membership of a professional body and/or special interest group.
Essential Experience
* Extensive evidence of managing a clinical caseload autonomously.
* Broad clinical knowledge of management of patients with active and high‑risk foot problems, particularly those with diabetes, including assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
* Experience of designing and delivering education and training events for patients and colleagues.
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
* Experience of team management.
* Good understanding and experience of working within a clinical governance framework, including audit and risk.
Desirable Experience
* Experience of working in a community setting.
* Experience of developing new care pathways/protocols.
* Experience of service redesign.
* Change management experience, influencing others and delivering results.
Additional Information
Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. (Further information on the UK Visas and Immigration website.)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. (Further information on NHS Careers website.)
Employer Details
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Great Western Hospital, Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN3 6BB
Website: https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/
Contact Information
Reference number: 249‑7694402
Date posted: 15 January 2026
Band: 7
Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per annum (pro‑rated)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part‑time (20 hrs per week)
Job locations: Great Western Hospital, Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN3 6BB
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