# Podiatry Team Leader > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/podiatry-team-leader/3a15328a-8881-41f6-a403-4e9b1a868307 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/podiatry-team-leader/3a15328a-8881-41f6-a403-4e9b1a868307.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Prescot - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term: 12 months from start date) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-28T10:22:23.405Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Ormskirk/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Podiatry_Team_leader/Podiatry_Team_leader-v8015308 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8015308?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an experienced and motivated HCPC registered podiatrist to join our Community Podiatry Service as a Band 7 leader covering the West Lancashire patch on a 12-month fixed-term basis. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about leading high-quality community podiatry services and supporting teams to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care across a range of community settings. The post holder will have responsibility for the delivery of the clinical service within the defined area, providing visible leadership and day-to-day management to the team. You will play a key role in ensuring services are efficient, effective, well-co-ordinated and responsive, with quality and patient experience at the centre of everything you do. You will provide leadership, management and communication for the team, supporting staff performance, service development and continuous improvement. The role includes ensuring delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area through the development of effective systems, processes, governance and assurance arrangements that support high standards of care. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide clinical leadership and day-to-day management to the clinical team and will be responsible for the delivery of the service within the defined area. You will work in partnership with other services and key stakeholders to help ensure patients and clients are treated in the most appropriate setting, supporting a co-ordinated and responsive approach to care. The role includes providing caseload oversight and clinical supervision to maintain high standards of practice, alongside full line management responsibility for the team, ensuring effective delegation, staff support and the safe delivery of patient care. You will also contribute to service development, quality improvement and the consistent delivery of high-quality, person-centred care across the West Lancashire service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Provide clinical leadership and management to the clinical team. Be responsible for the delivery of the service within the area. Work in partnership with other services/stakeholders etc., to enable patients/clients to be treated in the appropriate setting. Ensure that the team provides a high quality service to its clients by providing caseload and clinical supervision. Have full line management responsibility for the team ensuring appropriate delegation and delivery of patients/client care. Ensure that teams work proactively in order to deliver anticipatory and maintenance care, providing a responsive service to patients/clients with both planned and unplanned care needs. Maintain clinical credibility by providing clinical care and supporting members of the team within the clinical environment. Participate in the development of caseload management across the local health economy. Provide leadership and mentoring to those staff developing into a caseload management role. Acts as an advocate and champion for patients/clients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour. Implement plans for the team including rotas and schedules/working patterns to ensure business continuity. Practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based clinical decision making. Provide clinical expertise and knowledge to the team when managing complex and highly complex situations. Assess patient/client conditions and consider a range of options when delivering complex and highly complex clinical care. Work in collaboration with other stakeholders to deliver services to patients/clients. Following holistic assessment of health needs, develop individualised care plans to fulfil those needs, with the involvement of patients/clients and carers. Implement and evaluate care delivery for patients/clients with identified needs. Ensure that all clinical activity provided by the team directly reflects the core objectives of health promotion, supported self care, disease specific management, management of long term conditions and end of life/palliative care. Set objectives by which performance will be monitored. Work with the service lead to deliver local based services, by participating in meetings and communicating the outcomes to staff. Provide reports to the service lead on staff and patient activity as requested. Work in collaboration with others to support practice development and service modernisation. Contribute to the development of role and service redesign. Actively participate in policy and service development authoring protocols as required. Provide induction to the local working environment, and policies for new team members and students. Be an authorised signatory, ensuring probity in the authorisation of timecards and mileage claims. Monitor budgets reporting over/under spending to the budget holder. Undertake personal development plans (PDP) and ensure all team members Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect local needs Have up to date PDPs, monitor Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) and reviews. Ensure that all staff attend mandatory training. Ensure that administration and clerical duties are appropriately delegated to clerical support officers. Provide data that supports the monitoring of team contract and objectives. Participate in audits and research, as required. Participate in individual and group supervision. Implement mentorship and clinical supervision with the team. Ensure that record keeping within the team is consistent with professional standards. Initiate training and development of team members. Monitor and maintain standards of patient care delivery. Including maintaining and monitoring of clinical competency and standards of record keeping In conjunction with the service lead, ensure systems are in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision and delivery. Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk, reporting identified risks to the service lead. Report any incidents as per Trust policies and support or undertake any investigations as delegated by the service lead. Monitor and ensure that the quality of the patient care delivered by the team is evidenced based and supported by best practice, through the use of audit, caseload and clinical supervision. Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care. Maintain registration in line with professional bodies. Provide support to team members holding responsibility for mentoring students. Identify skills deficits within the team identify methods of addressing these to support service delivery, improvement and development ## Job Details We are looking for an experienced and motivated HCPC registered podiatrist to join our Community Podiatry Service as a Band 7 leader covering the West Lancashire patch on a 12-month fixed-term basis. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about leading high-quality community podiatry services and supporting teams to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care across a range of community settings. The post holder will have responsibility for the delivery of the clinical service within the defined area, providing visible leadership and day-to-day management to the team. You will play a key role in ensuring services are efficient, effective, well-co-ordinated and responsive, with quality and patient experience at the centre of everything you do. You will provide leadership, management and communication for the team, supporting staff performance, service development and continuous improvement. The role includes ensuring delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area through the development of effective systems, processes, governance and assurance arrangements that support high standards of care. ## Job Description The post holder will provide clinical leadership and day-to-day management to the clinical team and will be responsible for the delivery of the service within the defined area. You will work in partnership with other services and key stakeholders to help ensure patients and clients are treated in the most appropriate setting, supporting a co-ordinated and responsive approach to care. The role includes providing caseload oversight and clinical supervision to maintain high standards of practice, alongside full line management responsibility for the team, ensuring effective delegation, staff support and the safe delivery of patient care. You will also contribute to service development, quality improvement and the consistent delivery of high-quality, person-centred care across the West Lancashire service. ## Responsibilities Provide clinical leadership and management to the clinical team. Be responsible for the delivery of the service within the area. Work in partnership with other services/stakeholders etc., to enable patients/clients to be treated in the appropriate setting. Ensure that the team provides a high quality service to its clients by providing caseload and clinical supervision. Have full line management responsibility for the team ensuring appropriate delegation and delivery of patients/client care. Ensure that teams work proactively in order to deliver anticipatory and maintenance care, providing a responsive service to patients/clients with both planned and unplanned care needs. Maintain clinical credibility by providing clinical care and supporting members of the team within the clinical environment. Participate in the development of caseload management across the local health economy. Provide leadership and mentoring to those staff developing into a caseload management role. Acts as an advocate and champion for patients/clients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour. Implement plans for the team including rotas and schedules/working patterns to ensure business continuity. Practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based clinical decision making. Provide clinical expertise and knowledge to the team when managing complex and highly complex situations. Assess patient/client conditions and consider a range of options when delivering complex and highly complex clinical care. Work in collaboration with other stakeholders to deliver services to patients/clients. Following holistic assessment of health needs, develop individualised care plans to fulfil those needs, with the involvement of patients/clients and carers. Implement and evaluate care delivery for patients/clients with identified needs. Ensure that all clinical activity provided by the team directly reflects the core objectives of health promotion, supported self care, disease specific management, management of long term conditions and end of life/palliative care. Set objectives by which performance will be monitored. Work with the service lead to deliver local based services, by participating in meetings and communicating the outcomes to staff. Provide reports to the service lead on staff and patient activity as requested. Work in collaboration with others to support practice development and service modernisation. Contribute to the development of role and service redesign. Actively participate in policy and service development authoring protocols as required. Provide induction to the local working environment, and policies for new team members and students. Be an authorised signatory, ensuring probity in the authorisation of timecards and mileage claims. Monitor budgets reporting over/under spending to the budget holder. Undertake personal development plans (PDP) and ensure all team members Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect local needs Have up to date PDPs, monitor Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) and reviews. Ensure that all staff attend mandatory training. Ensure that administration and clerical duties are appropriately delegated to clerical support officers. Provide data that supports the monitoring of team contract and objectives. Participate in audits and research, as required. Participate in individual and group supervision. Implement mentorship and clinical supervision with the team. Ensure that record keeping within the team is consistent with professional standards. Initiate training and development of team members. Monitor and maintain standards of patient care delivery. Including maintaining and monitoring of clinical competency and standards of record keeping In conjunction with the service lead, ensure systems are in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision and delivery. Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk, reporting identified risks to the service lead. Report any incidents as per Trust policies and support or undertake any investigations as delegated by the service lead. Monitor and ensure that the quality of the patient care delivered by the team is evidenced based and supported by best practice, through the use of audit, caseload and clinical supervision. Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care. Maintain registration in line with professional bodies. Provide support to team members holding responsibility for mentoring students. Identify skills deficits within the team identify methods of addressing these to support service delivery, improvement and development ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent communication skills (written & verbal) - Good organisational and time management skills - Ability to manage own caseload and prioritise work - Ability to communicate complex information to patients, carers and staff - Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team - Ability to utilise assessment skills and instrumentation effectively - Presentation skills - Self-management and motivation skills. - Research skills. - Report writing skills - Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues. - Ability to travel to work across boundaries **Desirable** - Demonstrate experience of managing difficult situations - Ability to reflect on experiences and apply lessons learnt to self and others ### Values **Essential** - Continuous improvement – committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all. - Accountability – taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care. - Respect – how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way. - Enthusiasm – demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it. - Support – actively supporting others with compassion and courage. ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of expertise in podiatry field - Supervision of staff and students - Effective change management and problem-solving experience - Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area - Understanding of local, national, professional policies/guidance - Demonstrate an understanding of own scope of practice and the implications for self and others - Experience and knowledge in the management of a wide variety of complex podiatry conditions - Demonstrate a commitment to delivering evidence-based practice - Evidence of introducing service developments and innovation **Desirable** - Evidence of introducing service developments and innovation ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent qualification - Up to date HCPC Registration - Evidence of up-to-date CPD Portfolio - POM-A / LA certificate - Relevant post graduate qualification **Desirable** - Assessor/ Mentor/Facilitator Training - Relevant management qualification ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 420.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10301338) - [oh risk id (pdf, 392.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10301231) - [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400) ## 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.