Band 6
Main area
Podiatrist
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 11 months (Monday- Friday)
Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
FM-AG
Site
Community Based
Town
Sutton & Wallington
Salary
£44,485 - £52,521 pro rata per annum inc. HCAS outer
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/10/2025 23:59
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic band 6 podiatrist, to join our friendly and experienced community podiatry team. The successful candidate will be working in a variety of settings across Sutton Health and Care, and will manage a mixed caseload including routine and high risk patients, within clinics and on domiciliary visits. You will also undertake basic biomechanical assessments and treatments, and participate in the nail surgery rota.
The post holder will be part of a very supportive and collaborative team, which has strong working relationships with other services including the Threatened Limb Service, MSK, District Nursing, Tissue Viability, Orthopaedics and Rheumatology. You will also be supported and encouraged where possible, to continue learning and developing your career and clinical skills in your areas of interest.
Main duties of the job
To provide services at a wide variety of sites including a patient's home, clinics, GP practices, community hospitals and in challenging conditions, often working in isolation
To assess, diagnose, develop treatment plans and provide effective podiatric treatments, using a problem solving approach based on clinical need and evidence based practice.
To commit to the philosophy of care with an emphasis on patient empowerment and independence by providing education and information to help patients manage their own foot needs.
To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload seeking guidance as appropriate.
Adhere to all of the relevant Trust Policies and Guidelines and Professional standards of care.
Working for our organisation
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* HCPC registered podiatrist (DPodM or BSc), Local Anaesthetic Certificate
Desirable criteria
* Member of the College of Podiatry Evidence of CPD
Training/ experience
Desirable criteria
* Post graduate podiatric training or equivalent experience of podiatric conditions
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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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.