# Podiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/podiatrist/aa74c708-0756-4929-ae1b-452c36b530bb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/podiatrist/aa74c708-0756-4929-ae1b-452c36b530bb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Emergency/Out of Hours Dental Services - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Podiatrist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive of HCAS (pro rata) - **Contract type:** 9 months (FIXED TERM) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (flexible) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-10T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-27T16:00:47.306Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Harrow/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Podiatrist/Podiatrist-v8398146 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8398146?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Podiatrist to join our friendly and supportive Harrow Podiatry Service. This is a 22.5-hour-per-week, fixed-term opportunity covering a period of career break, based at Alexander Avenue Health and Social Care Centre, HA2 9DX. You will work with a diverse patient population, providing high-quality assessment, treatment and ongoing management for patients with a range of podiatric needs. Working autonomously and alongside experienced colleagues, you will play an important role in delivering safe, effective and person-centred care closer to home. This is an exciting opportunity to further develop your community podiatry experience while contributing to the continued development and transformation of services across Harrow. You will work collaboratively with podiatry colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team, using your clinical expertise to make a meaningful difference to patient outcomes and experience. At CLCH, we are committed to supporting your professional development, with opportunities to strengthen your clinical skills, expand your knowledge and gain valuable experience within a diverse community service. If you are passionate about community podiatry and looking for a flexible role where you can develop professionally while making a real impact, we would love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job As a Band 6 Podiatrist, you will: - Provide high-quality podiatric assessment, treatment and ongoing management for patients with a range of clinical needs, ensuring care is safe, evidence-based and person-centred. - Manage your own clinical caseload with appropriate autonomy, using clinical reasoning to develop effective treatment plans and recognising when specialist advice, escalation or onward referral is required. - Work collaboratively with podiatrists, multidisciplinary teams, healthcare professionals and partner organisations to provide coordinated and seamless care for patients. - Supervise and appropriately delegate clinical activities to junior clinicians and Podiatry Assistants, supporting safe and effective service delivery. - Support and mentor podiatry students during clinical placements, contributing to their learning, development and clinical experience. - Liaise with Highly Specialist Podiatrists and other clinicians when managing patients with complex needs, ensuring appropriate specialist input and continuity of care. - Manage a domiciliary caseload where required, providing podiatry assessment and treatment within patients' homes. - Work flexibly across community clinics and settings in response to service and patient needs, effectively managing a busy and varied workload. - Maintain high standards of clinical documentation, professional practice and patient care in line with CLCH policies and clinical governance requirements. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required. Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Post graduate clinical experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working - Experience of working with a wide range of patient and disease / pathology types including the at-risk and high-risk foot - Experience of working as part of a specialist team (clinical rotation experience accepted **Desirable** - Experience of working in an NHS environment - Experience of clinical supervision / mentoring - - Experience of service development ### Key Attributes **Essential** - Ability to cope with a busy demanding and varied workload able to cope with the demands of moving between sessional clinics, on foot, by transport. This may include carriage of clinical equipment on home visits. - Performing clinical treatments in physically restricted work positions requiring repetitive fine movements - Car Driver with access to a vehicle ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of recent developments in the profession - Full knowledge of podiatric theory and practice - Knowledge of foot orthotic design and manufacture - Knowledge of CoP code of conduct - Awareness of Equal Opportunities – theory and practice - Understanding of Clinical Governance -theory and practice - Knowledge of treatment options and skills required in the management of High risk tissue breakdown - Up-to-date knowledge of clinical issues and treatment development - Effective oral, listening and written communication in order to negotiate and persuade patients and carers compliance and commitment to their treatment and care plans - Ability to evaluate patients concerns and needs and propose effective solutions - Ability to undertake intricate work in using sensitive diagnostic tools and a range of surgical instruments. e.g. in the management and debridement of poor tissue viability wounds and nail surgery - Organisational and planning skills to manage your own work time and domiciliary caseload - To be competent in the use of treatment and diagnostic tools (including, Doppler, scalpel techniques, syringe etc) - - IT Skills including use of Internet, e-mail, Word Processing **Desirable** - Presentation Skills / Experience at delivering Health Promotion - Ability to manufacture simple insoles ### Education/Qualification **Essential** - BSc Degree In Podiatric Medicine or Diploma (if qualified prior 1991) - Evidence of continual professional and personal development - Registration with the Health Professions Council - Certificate in local anaesthesia **Desirable** - Evidence of post grad training in specialist area of podiatry ## Documents - [clch trust values (pdf, 893.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10729159) - [functional requirements (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10729158) - [b6 podiatrist job description and person specification (pdf, 192.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10729156) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.