Employer Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Michael's Site, Pine Lodge, Podiatry Department Town Enfield Salary £53,751 - £60,651 Per Annum (pro rata) Including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2025 23:59
MSK Specialist Podiatrist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
To provide clinical expertise in the treatment of MSK foot problems and in the education and supervision of less experienced members of the Podiatry team. To develop and deliver a high quality seamless MSK foot service within the community working with the other senior B7 leads to embed excellent care.
Main duties of the job
To perform comprehensive MSK podiatric assessment of adults and children with diverse presentations and complex physical and medical conditions. To provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised or group treatment programme.
To hold responsibility for own caseload working as an autonomous clinical expert.
To triage all service referrals with a view to providing the most appropriate treatment or onward referral as required.
To work within and have a good understanding of Trust clinical guidelines, national and professional body guidelines and to monitor own and others quality of practice as appropriate. Thereby managing clinical risk within your own patient caseload.
To decide priorities for own work area, balancing patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the team and service.
Working for our organisation
To perform comprehensive MSK podiatric assessment of adults and children with diverse presentations and complex physical and medical conditions. To provide a clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised or group treatment programme.
To hold responsibility for own caseload working as an autonomous clinical expert.
To triage all service referrals with a view to providing the most appropriate treatment or onward referral as required.
To work within and have a good understanding of Trust clinical guidelines, national and professional body guidelines and to monitor own and others quality of practice as appropriate. Thereby managing clinical risk within your own patient caseload.
To decide priorities for own work area, balancing patient related and professional demands and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the team and service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To undertake a comprehensive biomechanical and gait assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies. To use advanced clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment techniques to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis of their condition.
Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent, and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
Formulate and deliver individual MSK treatment programmes based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and advanced treatment options. Advance treatment options can include injection therapy, strapping, manipulation, acupuncture as guided by individual competence.
To evaluate and review agreed patient treatment outcomes to facilitate discharge of patients to self‑care/onward referral.
To use a range of verbal and non‑verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with adult or child patients and their carers to progress treatment programmes.
To prescribe, modify, and fit off the shelf orthoses/insoles as required.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
* Degree in Podiatry with LA certificate
* HCPC Registered
* Certificate in the use of Prescription only Medicines
* Qualified to deliver steroid injection therapy
Experience
* Broad based post graduate NHS experience with significant component in MSK foot pathology
* Experience in vascular, neurological, and gait assessment.
* Experience in prescription and manufacture of orthoses and appliances
Skills and aptitudes
* Ability to communicate effectively when dealing with complex situations, and able to deal with difficult situations, e.g. dealing with aggressive and/or emotional patients or carers
* Ability to meet the mental and physical demands of the post, carrying out moderate to intense physical effort.
* Have a comprehensive understanding of clinical governance in relation to podiatry and ability to apply principles to own work.
Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
Please note:
* Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
* Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
* Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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