# Specialist Podiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-podiatrist/a1baecca-7cfe-4179-aff4-13e063ab0f3b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-podiatrist/a1baecca-7cfe-4179-aff4-13e063ab0f3b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Amersham Hospital (current NHS organisation address) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Podiatrist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata for part time - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Part Time considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-29T14:40:41.970Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Amersham_Town/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Podiatry/Podiatry-v8254362 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8254362?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We invite you to join our committed podiatry team with the advantage of working within an Integrated Trust. We can offer a band 5 development role with support to achieve a band 6 role or a band 6 role dependant on experience. You will be working in community clinics with the opportunity to develop your skills in complex care or hospital care. You must have good general clinical skills and experience treating high risk patients and a willingness to progress your skills in these areas. The post holder is required to have clear communication and interpersonal skills as well as enthusiasm for contributing to this service. Our podiatry service has placement rotations for staff within our specialist teams, such as Rheumatology, MSK and Diabetes / Wound clinics as well as regular sessions on the nail surgery rota. Our whole team meets for monthly staff meetings and clinical reasoning sessions. There will be a small home visiting caseload. We welcome your application. ### Main duties of the job - To work within a team of podiatrists and assistants providing podiatric treatment for those patients who meet the Buckinghamshire Healthcare criteria for NHS treatment. Care will be provided in a variety of settings including Health Centres, GP surgeries, home visits, hospital out-patient clinics and inpatients. - To assess, diagnose, develop and implement individual care programmes for a variety of high-risk patient groups with specialised care needs. This will include patients with chronic diseases, tissue viability and wound care management. - To have responsibility and be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of clinical work for patients, delegating as necessary and referring onward only in urgent or exceptional cases. - To deliver evidence-based podiatry interventions that will contribute to the maintenance of patient mobility and independence. - To work as an effective member of the Podiatry team without supervision, in lone working situations when required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number. ### 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 experience and competence of assessing and treating a wide range of patients including specialist areas such as the foot at risk, biomechanical pathologies, wound care and nail surgery **Desirable** - Experience of ordering x-rays, swabs and microbiology tests - Experience of delivery of education talks/presentations to groups - Experience of treating high risk wounds using advanced debridement skills ### Special Circumstances **Essential** - Ability to travel to other sites. ### Education, Qualifications **Essential** - B Sc (Hons) with Local Anaesthesia Certificate - Post graduate certificate or evidence of further training - Member of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists ### Skills, Abilities and Knowledge **Essential** - Excellent organisational and communication skills to manage own caseload and the day to day running of a clinic - Excellent IT skills to aid computer entry requirements and e-mail communication - Flexible approach must be able to work as a team member but also as an autonomous practitioner - Candidates must hold a current driving licence and be able to drive as they will be working in more than one location ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 216.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10567233) - [person specification (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10567234) - [functional requirements form (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10567235) ## 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.