# Podiatrist - Band 5 **Company**: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust **Location**: London **Job type**: permanent **Salary**: £32,073 to £39,043 a year **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9197-26-0904?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_b709fd5b-749 ## Description We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Podiatrist to join our dynamic Foot Health team in Lewisham. This permanent post offers the chance to make a real difference to the lives of patients, working across a range of community settings, including clinics and domiciliary care, as well as within University Hospital Lewisham. As a Band 5 Podiatrist, you will benefit from a structured preceptorship programme and a varied clinical rotation across key specialisms - including MSK, wound care, high-risk foot management, and nail surgery - helping you build strong clinical foundations. We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, a passion for podiatric care, and a proactive approach to development. You'll be supported by experienced colleagues and have access to regular clinical supervision, in-service training, and clear progression pathways. **Main duties of the job** - Assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients presenting with a wide range of podiatric conditions. - Use clinical reasoning, critical thinking and evidence-based practice to develop and implement individualised treatment plans. - Undertake routine and specialist podiatric interventions including nail and skin care, wound management, biomechanical assessment, orthotic prescription, exercise programmes and minor surgery assessment and treatment where appropriate. - Administer local anaesthetic for nail surgery procedures and respond appropriately to medical emergencies including anaphylaxis. - Monitor, evaluate and modify treatment plans to ensure optimal clinical outcomes. - Make appropriate referrals to specialist podiatry services and wider multidisciplinary teams. - Deliver care to diverse patient groups including children, adults, older people, vulnerable patients and housebound individuals. - Provide care across a range of settings including community clinics, GP practices, nursing and residential homes, hospitals, day centres and patients' own homes. - Deliver health promotion, preventative care and self-management education to patients, carers and healthcare professionals. **Clinical Governance and Quality** - Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records in accordance with Trust, HCPC and professional standards. - Adhere to all relevant Trust policies including Infection Prevention and Control, Health and Safety, COSHH, Safeguarding, Consent, Lone Working, Medicines Management and Risk Management procedures. - Participate in clinical audit, service evaluation, quality improvement initiatives and service development activities. - Contribute to the development, implementation and review of departmental policies, procedures and clinical guidelines. - Report incidents, near misses, complaints and equipment defects in accordance with Trust policy. - Maintain competence in the use of specialist clinical equipment including Doppler ultrasound and vascular assessment equipment. - Support the collection, analysis and reporting of activity, outcome and performance data. **Communication and Partnership Working** - Communicate effectively with patients, carers and healthcare professionals, adapting communication methods to overcome barriers where required. - Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated, patient-centred care. - Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate safe discharge planning and continuity of care. - Deliver presentations, teaching sessions and health promotion activities to patients, staff and partner organisations. **Workforce and Service Delivery** - Work autonomously within professional boundaries while seeking guidance and support from senior clinicians when required. - Manage and prioritise own clinical caseload, including high-risk and domiciliary patients. - Monitor clinic capacity and support the effective management of waiting lists and patient flow. - Undertake risk assessments relating to patients, environments and lone working activities. - Work in challenging clinical and domiciliary environments whilst maintaining professional standards and personal safety. - Ensure adequate stocks, equipment and clinical resources are maintained. - Participate in specialist rotations and service developments as required. **Education, Training and Development** - Maintain HCPC registration and comply with Continuing Professional Development requirements. - Participate in appraisal, clinical supervision, peer review and reflective practice. - Support the supervision, development and assessment of students, assistant practitioners, apprentices and new staff. - Contribute to departmental teaching, in-service training and practice education programmes. - Participate in research, audit and evidence-based practice activities to support continuous service improvement. - Attend mandatory training, departmental meetings, study days and professional development activities and maintain professional competence. ## Skills ### Required - Podiatric Medicine - HCPC Registration - clinical reasoning - critical thinking - evidence-based practice ### Nice to have - Full Drivers licence --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9197-26-0904?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)