# Specialist Podiatrist MSK High Risk Biomechanics

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Podiatrist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum, inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-03T15:30:54.447Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Harrow/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Specialist_Podiatrist_High_Risk_MSK_Biomechanics/Specialist_Podiatrist_High_Risk_MSK_Biomechanics-v8037910
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8037910?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Shape the future of podiatry. Transform lives. Lead with impact.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Harrow Podiatry Team as a Band 7 Specialist Podiatrist (MSK, High Risk & Biomechanics). This role offers the chance to combine advanced clinical practice with leadership, innovation, and service development.

We are seeking a motivated and forward-thinking clinician to help deliver and develop high-quality, patient-centred podiatry services for Harrow’s diverse community. You will provide specialist assessment and treatment across MSK, high-risk foot care, and biomechanics, while promoting best practice and improving patient outcomes.

Working within a supportive and collaborative team, you will contribute to service improvement, innovation, and clinical excellence. You will also support the Clinical Lead with operational responsibilities, provide professional guidance to colleagues, and help ensure care remains safe, evidence-based, and of the highest standard.

This role offers the opportunity to:

- Make a meaningful difference within the local community
- Influence service development and clinical practice
- Develop your leadership skills within a progressive organisation
- Join a team committed to excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement

If you are looking for a role where your expertise, ideas, and leadership can have a real impact, we would love to hear from you.

### Main duties of the job

- Demonstrate strong and effective leadership, supporting the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care
- Use excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage, support, and influence colleagues across the team
- Inspire and develop staff through reflective practice, mentoring, and clinical supervision
- Lead by example through active demonstration of advanced clinical practice and professional behaviours
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and clinical excellence within the service
- Support the development of colleagues to enhance clinical skills, confidence, and decision-making
- Contribute to a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team environment
- Play an active role in shaping and evolving the service, contributing ideas and driving improvements

If you are looking to join a service where you can contribute, influence, and thrive, and be part of a growing, supportive, and dedicated team, we would be delighted to receive your application.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- The post holder will act as a clinical specialist for podiatric biomechanics and high risk patients in their local team. You will lead on and educate your colleges and junior staff regarding biomechanical and the musculoskeletal (MSK) interventions, theories and Podiatry treatment plans being the main contact for this area within your team.

Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

## Job Details

Shape the future of podiatry. Transform lives. Lead with impact.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Harrow Podiatry Team as a Band 7 Specialist Podiatrist (MSK, High Risk & Biomechanics). This role offers the chance to combine advanced clinical practice with leadership, innovation, and service development.

We are seeking a motivated and forward-thinking clinician to help deliver and develop high-quality, patient-centred podiatry services for Harrow’s diverse community. You will provide specialist assessment and treatment across MSK, high-risk foot care, and biomechanics, while promoting best practice and improving patient outcomes.

Working within a supportive and collaborative team, you will contribute to service improvement, innovation, and clinical excellence. You will also support the Clinical Lead with operational responsibilities, provide professional guidance to colleagues, and help ensure care remains safe, evidence-based, and of the highest standard.

This role offers the opportunity to:

Make a meaningful difference within the local community

Influence service development and clinical practice

Develop your leadership skills within a progressive organisation

Join a team committed to excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement

If you are looking for a role where your expertise, ideas, and leadership can have a real impact, we would love to hear from you.

## Job Description

Demonstrate strong and effective leadership, supporting the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care

Use excellent interpersonal and communication skills to engage, support, and influence colleagues across the team

Inspire and develop staff through reflective practice, mentoring, and clinical supervision

Lead by example through active demonstration of advanced clinical practice and professional behaviours

Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and clinical excellence within the service

Support the development of colleagues to enhance clinical skills, confidence, and decision-making

Contribute to a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team environment

Play an active role in shaping and evolving the service, contributing ideas and driving improvements

If you are looking to join a service where you can contribute, influence, and thrive, and be part of a growing, supportive, and dedicated team, we would be delighted to receive your application.

## Responsibilities

The post holder will act as a clinical specialist for podiatric biomechanics and high risk patients in their local team. You will lead on and educate your colleges and junior staff regarding biomechanical and the musculoskeletal (MSK) interventions, theories and Podiatry treatment plans being the main contact for this area within your team.

Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

## Person Specification

### Other

**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.
- Performing clinical treatments in physically restricted work positions requiring repetitive fine movements
- Ability to multi-task and concentration in order to apply continued diagnostic and analytical skills throughout the working day
- Ability to cope with patients anxieties and employ tactical techniques in order to help support patients and allay anxieties
- Adaptable to a variety of working environments and the ability to cope with sometimes distressing settings and work tasks including wound care , neglected feet and exposure to malodour, body fluids including blood and wound exudate

### Experience

**Essential**

- Significant post graduate clinical experience
- Experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working
- Experience of clinical supervision / mentoring
- Experience of service development
- Experience of working in an NHS environment
- Experience of working with a wide range of patient and disease / pathology types including the at-risk and high-risk foot

**Desirable**

- Experience of managing a team
- Experience of rota and diary management
- Experience of staff recruitment

### Qualifications

**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 graduate training in specialist area of podiatry

### 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
- Up-to-date knowledge of clinical issues and treatment development
- Knowledge of audit and risk assessment
- 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

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of current government health policy
- Data analysis skills i.e. reviewing reports

## Documents

- [clch trust values (pdf, 893.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10335305)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10326184)
- [job description & person spec b& high risk biomechanics (pdf, 504.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10326186)

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