Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Podiatry Assistant

The closing date is 01 August 2025

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and compassionate individual looking to join our Community Podiatry team? Based at Jarvis Centre Guildford, you will play a vital role in supporting our podiatrists and ensuring the smooth running of our clinics.

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in providing high standards of podiatric clinical care under guidance and supervision. Your work will be varied, including preparing clinics, ensuring they are well-stocked, and undertaking your own clinical caseload of basic foot care in clinics, wards, and domiciliary settings (training provided). You will also be responsible for booking and rescheduling patient appointments and assisting podiatrists in procedures involving local anaesthetics.

You'll work closely with clinicians and other podiatry assistants, and we'll provide support as you take on your allocated caseload following training. This role offers a varied and changeable schedule of work and locations, and you'll be an integral part of a clinical team.

Main duties of the job

Working in different clinics and home settings across the area supported by clinicians and other podiatry assistants and taking on allocated caseload following training. There will be a requirement to make patient appointments, schedule clinic alterations, ensuring clinics run smoothly and are well stocked.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Date posted

21 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£26,240 to £27,928 a year (per annum) pro-rata -includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

384-SB-EMF18892-B3

Job locations

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a high standard of Podiatric clinical care under the guidance and supervision of the Podiatry Manager and clinicians

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a high standard of Podiatric clinical care under the guidance and supervision of the Podiatry Manager and clinicians

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE or equivalent level

Desirable

Experience in health or social care would be an advantage
Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy/national guidance/CQC/ and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
Experience Working with people

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE or equivalent level

Desirable

Experience in health or social care would be an advantage
Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy/national guidance/CQC/ and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
Experience Working with people

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)