Specialist Podiatrist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 16/07/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
The North Cumbria Podiatry team is seeking a Band 6 Specialist Podiatrist to work autonomously across various settings. The role involves triaging, assessing, diagnosing, and implementing treatment plans for a range of podiatric conditions, including high-risk foot, long-term conditions, and wound management. The successful candidate will also provide foot health education and clinical supervision to less experienced staff. Opportunities for professional development in specialist areas are available.
Essential criteria
- BSc Podiatric Medicine or equivalent qualification
- Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Local anaesthesia certificate
Desirable criteria
- Pharmacology certificate
- Certificate in radiology (IRMER)
- Knowledge & experience
- Previous experience working in the NHS
- Knowledge and experience in the assessment, diagnosis and management of high-risk foot
- Knowledge of UK NHS Podiatry services
- Understanding of Primary care
- Understanding of relevant NHS Policies
- Experience working in a specialist area
- Personal Circumstances
- The ability to work at and travel to various sites throughout North Cumbria.
- Demonstrate satisfactory health screening.
- Acts in a way that supports equity and diversity (level 1).
- Documented evidence of Hep B vaccination
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Ability to assess new patients and provide appropriate treatment based on individual need of patients and care planning.
- Ability to manage and critically evaluate caseload.
- Ability to manage own time, prioritise tasks, work independently and under own initiative and multi-task.
- To have good organisational and timekeeping skills.
- To have a highly developed level of manual dexterity for the use of surgical instruments, including scalpels and needles.
- To be able to work in restricted positions, particularly when carrying out domiciliary visits to accommodate patient needs.
- Ability to carry out, analyse and interpret results of various specialist assessments within scope of practice.
- Able to adapt to change and resolve problems.
- Work unsupervised
- High levels of concentration during treatment and to be able to deal with unexpected situations (e.g. emergencies).
- Exercise individual responsibility and judgement.
- Able to remain calm while under pressure.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, other health care professional's carers and patients.
- Receives information concerning patients/clients history, sensitive issues, and some patients with communication difficulties: requires persuasive, reassurance skills.
- Work as a member of a team.
- Undertake clinical audits, as necessary to own work/ regularly undertake R&D trials/ clinical trials.
- Performance manage staff when indicated.
- Ability to supervise less experienced members of the podiatry team.
- BSc Podiatric Medicine or equivalent qualification
- Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Local anaesthesia certificate
- Pharmacology certificate
- Certificate in radiology (IRMER)
- Knowledge & experience
- Previous experience working in the NHS
- Knowledge and experience in the assessment, diagnosis and management of high-risk foot
- Knowledge of UK NHS Podiatry services
- Understanding of Primary care
- Understanding of relevant NHS Policies
- Experience working in a specialist area
- Personal Circumstances
- The ability to work at and travel to various sites throughout North Cumbria.
- Demonstrate satisfactory health screening.
- Acts in a way that supports equity and diversity (level 1).
- Documented evidence of Hep B vaccination
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Ability to assess new patients and provide appropriate treatment based on individual need of patients and care planning.
- Ability to manage and critically evaluate caseload.
- Ability to manage own time, prioritise tasks, work independently and under own initiative and multi-task.
- To have good organisational and timekeeping skills.
- To have a highly developed level of manual dexterity for the use of surgical instruments, including scalpels and needles.
- To be able to work in restricted positions, particularly when carrying out domiciliary visits to accommodate patient needs.
- Ability to carry out, analyse and interpret results of various specialist assessments within scope of practice.
- Able to adapt to change and resolve problems.
- Work unsupervised
- High levels of concentration during treatment and to be able to deal with unexpected situations (e.g. emergencies).
- Exercise individual responsibility and judgement.
- Able to remain calm while under pressure.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, other health care professional's car
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Podiatrist
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
Do you want to work in one of the nation's areas of outstanding natural beauty, delivering care with the scenic Lake District Fells as your back drop? Not only that, the North Cumbria Podiatry Department have been shortlisted for the CAHPO awards 2025 for digital innovation.
North Cumbria Podiatry team are looking to recruit a B6 podiatrist.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a high level of interpersonal and organisational skills, alongside a good sense of humour and team focused.
The Department has a good skill mix including advanced and specialist Podiatrists, Podiatry assistants and administrative staff. Currently we maintain high risk, biomechanics and nail surgery caseloads. As a specialist podiatrist you will triage and treat a variety of podiatric problems and provide foot health education to patients and other stakeholders.
Opportunities to develop skills and knowledge in specialist areas are available by our close links with the multi-disciplinary diabetic foot team and North Cumbria MSK service.
If this sounds like your ideal role, then we look forward to receiving your application.
Main duties of the job
- Be a specialist practitioner with a high degree of autonomy across a variety of settings.
- Prioritise and manage t
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