Wound Care Lead Podiatrist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Senior Podiatrist specialising in wound care, providing highly specialist assessment, treatment, and management for high-risk, complex wounds across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. The post holder will work in clinic and domiciliary settings, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and contributing to service development, education, and governance of Podiatry wound care services. It involves clinical leadership, developing care plans, utilising digital technology, and mentoring colleagues to enhance service delivery and patient care.
Key responsibilities
- Provide advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients with complex and high-risk wound care needs, managing a specialist caseload across community clinics and domiciliary settings.
- Develop and deliver evidence-based, personalised care plans, monitoring wound progression and identifying early signs of deterioration, utilising digital technology for remote review.
- Act as a clinical leader in wound care, offering specialist advice to colleagues and partner organisations, and supporting service improvement and clinical excellence.
- Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, including participation in secondary care diabetic foot clinics, to provide integrated care and build strong stakeholder relationships.
- Lead on education, training, and mentorship, supporting workforce development through competency frameworks, supervision, and continuous professional development.
- Contribute to governance, audit, and quality improvement initiatives, ensuring compliance with local and national standards.
Essential criteria
- Degree in Podiatric Medicine
- Certificate in local anaesthesia
- Post graduate training at masters level or equivalent in diabetes foot care, wound care, high risk foot or minor surgery
- Highly specialised clinical reasoning skills
- Evidence of managing risk in unpredictable , uncertain situations to uphold patient safety
- Specialised clinical skills and theoretical knowledge within full range of podiatric practice
- Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience in regard to the diabetic and high risk foot
- Evidence of teaching, supervising and mentoring abroad range of clinicians
- Evidence of leadership behaviours including autonomous practice, self-reflection, promotion of cultural change
- Experience of working as a clinical supervisor, designing, developing and delivering programmes of learning in line with evidence based practice to peers and junior staff members.
- Clinically competent to assess and manage foot conditions involving in diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, wound care, or nail surgery, long term conditions putting the foot at high risk of complications.
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescriber or willingness to undertake qualification
- Evidence of representing podiatry service in meetings, deputiaing for podiatry senior leadership.
- Experience of developing, delivering and publishing evidence based system wide clinical pathways/guidelines
- Experience of producing 72 hour reports and root cause analysis
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Sirona care & health CIC
Wound Care Lead Podiatrist
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
If you're a Senior Podiatrist who thrives on making a real difference to patients with complex needs, this is your opportunity to turn your passion for wound care into the next step in your career.
Our team delivers specialist wound care across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, where your expertise will directly impact patients at some of their most vulnerable moments. You'll work across clinic and domiciliary settings, providing highly specialist assessment, treatment, and management to high-risk, complex wounds. All while playing a key role in shaping how care is delivered.
This is a chance to work collaboratively with other leads within the service and multidisciplinary teams, including participation in secondary care diabetes foot clinics, and play a key role in the development, education, and governance of Podiatry wound care services.
Are you looking to advance your leadership skills, contribute to service innovation, and deliver exceptional patient care?
We can't wait to hear from you.
This post is eligible for our Relocation Package
Main duties of the job
Provides advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients with complex and high-risk wound care needs, managing a specialist caseload across community clinics and domic
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