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Job overview
Are you an experienced and motivated Podiatrist ready to take the next step in your leadership career? We are seeking a dynamic Podiatry Team Leader to provide clinical and operational leadership across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg footprint.
In this key role, you will lead and support a skilled podiatry team, ensuring the safe, effective and high-quality delivery of patient-centred care in line with local service protocols and professional standards. You will oversee the day-to-day organisation of service delivery, ensuring podiatric interventions are delivered efficiently, competently and consistently.
As Team Leader, you will champion clinical governance, driving audit activity, quality improvement initiatives and compliance with organisational and professional requirements. Working closely with the Clinical Lead for Podiatry Services, you will contribute to the wider management of services, helping to shape strategy, influence service development and support the transformation of community-based care pathways.
You will also play an important role in fostering a culture of learning and innovation, supporting research and development activities, encouraging participation in audit and research, and promoting continuous professional development and academic progression within the team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking leader who is passionate about delivering excellent patient care, developing staff and shaping the future of podiatry services across CTM.
Main duties of the job
Provide clinical and operational leadership to a locality podiatry team, ensuring the safe, effective, and high‑quality delivery of podiatric assessment, diagnosis, and treatment across community settings. Oversee day‑to‑day service delivery, allocating workload appropriately to maximise efficiency and patient outcomes.
Lead on clinical governance, quality improvement, audit, and risk management, ensuring compliance with professional, organisational, and statutory standards. Support the development, implementation, and monitoring of clinical guidelines, care pathways, and service protocols.
Supervise, support, and appraise staff, promoting continuous professional development, competency achievement, and performance improvement. Facilitate education, training, student supervision, and induction of new staff.
Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead and Deputy Head to contribute to service planning, strategy, and resource management, ensuring alignment with Health Board priorities.
Act as a key communication link within the multidisciplinary team, representing podiatry services and ensuring effective engagement with patients, carers, and partner agencies.
Maintain personal clinical competence as an autonomous HCPC‑registered practitioner, undertaking clinical duties as required and ensuring accurate, confidential documentation in line with policy.
Join us and make a lasting impact on patients, staff and the future of podiatry services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.
Person specification
Values
Essential
- Additional demonstrable qualities that may be beneficial to the role, e.g. care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in an appropriate clinical Podiatric position.
Desirable
- Experience of enabling others development and performance management consistent of that of a clinical role.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent Communicator.
- Able to work flexibly and multitask, priorities and manage time to meet role demands.
- Self-confident.
- Emotionally resilient.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B1) are Desirable for this Role.
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- BSc (Hons) in Podiatry Medicine or equivalent Diploma qualification including certificate of competency in use of local anaesthetic.
- Professional Registration with the HCPC.
- Pertinent Specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate learning and experience.
Desirable
- Management and Leadership qualifications or evidenced experience.
- Knowledge and understanding of aspects of staff/people management procedures and skills.
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This advert is for Podiatry Team Lead with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales. It is listed as a Band 7 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £50,129 - £57,365 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Aug 2026.
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