# Podiatrist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Whittington Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Whittington Health NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Podiatrist
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 Inclusive of Inner HCAS, per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-03T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-20T16:51:31.148Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Whittington_Health_NHS_Trust/Podiatrist/Podiatrist-v8147778
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8147778?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.whittington.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified podiatrist to join our well established and supportive team. To provide high quality, safe and responsive podiatric care to patient in clinics and in their own home.

Please either be registered with the HCPC or have applied to be registered. We are happy to consider applications from students about to finish their podiatry training.

### Main duties of the job

See job description for full details.

a)      To be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of Podiatric care to a variety of patients (both adults and children) with a wide range of clinical needs to include: High risk diabetes, neuropathy, HIV, chronic disease eg. rheumatoid arthritis, vascular disease, terminally ill, mental health patients and those requiring specialist would management and tissue viability assessment.  Staff will be required to re-assure, educate and negotiate potentially complex treatment options where denial of pathology or compliance with treatment may be an issue, overcoming communication barriers.

b)      To be responsible for the interpretation of clinical findings and decision for onward referral for other interventions from other disciplines and/or additional departmental specialist areas, with communication thereof to all appropriate parties.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for full details.

To be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of Podiatric care to a variety of patients (both adults and children) with a wide range of clinical needs to include: High risk diabetes, neuropathy, HIV, chronic disease eg. rheumatoid arthritis, vascular disease, terminally ill, mental health patients and those requiring specialist would management and tissue viability assessment.  Staff will be required to re-assure, educate and negotiate potentially complex treatment options where denial of pathology or compliance with treatment may be an issue, overcoming communication barriers.

To be responsible for the interpretation of clinical findings and decision for onward referral for other interventions from other disciplines and/or additional departmental specialist areas, with communication thereof to all appropriate parties.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Close to qualifying or just qualified
- Registered with HCPC
- Worked in a team

**Desirable**

- Post registration experience

### Flexibility

**Essential**

- Understands how service flexes to meet peoples needs
- Willing and able to travel to patients homes

### Clinical Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understand fundamental podiatric clinical needs
- Can identify types of podiatry need

**Desirable**

- Understands why we have access criteria in place

## Documents

- [band 5 pod jd (pdf, 296.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10447149)
- [whittington employment promise (pdf, 22.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=839)
- [whittington probationary policy (pdf, 298.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=621)

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