Specialist Podiatrist: Sponsorship Available

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated Podiatrist to join the Bexley Community Podiatry Team. We are a friendly and close-knit team who takes pride in what we do.

This is a fixed-term post for 12 months to cover maternity leave.

Bexley Podiatry is within the Oxleas Trust which was included in the Sunday Times Top 10 Best place to work list 2023. In 2023 it was named the Best Place to work in the country for people with disabilities and also won the prestigious HSJ Trust of the Year Award.

Bexley Podiatry is a high-risk service which is close to the London Borough of Greenwich.

You will be seeking a role as a Podiatrist where you can use and develop your skills and knowledge across our service. You will develop strong links and working relationships with acute hospital trusts, and you will have the opportunity to rotate into these services. Bexley Podiatry runs clinics alongside Diabetologists and Diabetic specialist nurses. We have a close working relationship with Diabetes specialist nurses, District nurses, Tissue Viability and the MSK services.

Main duties of the job

This post will involve working within clinical settings as well as carrying out domiciliary visits. A car and/ or the ability to move around the borough is essential to this role. You will be responsible for the planning and delivery of care plans in patients which are at high risk of developing foot complications. You will work with patients who have foot ulcerations, make onward referrals to vascular services, refer into the Diabetes MDT service and acute services. You will have the opportunity to work within the Diabetes Specialist nurse MDT and sit on the vascular phone calls with the acute MDFT. You will attend handover with the district nurses and manage your domiciliary ulcer caseload.

You will have the opportunity to undertake nail surgery and will carry out new patient assessments.

You will undertake clinical audits as required by the service. You will also have the opportunity to become involved in Quality improvement projects. You will have access to Podiatry CPD training events, both in house and external and you will have regular clinical supervision and support. This is a valuable opportunity for an experienced Band 5 to build on their existing knowledge and further develop their clinical skills.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience with high risk and wound care
  • Minimum 12 months as a band 5

Desirable

  • Domiciliary and nursing home experience
  • Minor Surgery/ nail surgery experience

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registered podiatrist with LA certificate
  • BSc (Hons) podiatry

Desirable

  • Evidence of ongoing CPD

High Risk Foot CPD

Essential

  • Evidence of recent CPD in high risk foot/ diabetes/ relevant field

Desirable

  • Prior community health experience
  • Prior MDT experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 24 August 2026

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