Advanced Podiatrist

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 April 2025

Job summary

We are recruiting, to the role of Advanced Podiatrist in Diabetes and High Risk, for our York & Selby locality.

The team consists of 21 Podiatrists supported by 4 Assistants/apprentices and 5 A&C staff. We provide podiatry services into a number of community sites and York District Hospital and The New Selby War Memorial Hospital.

We welcome applications from HCPC registered Podiatrists, who are looking for a step up from a band 6 post or a sideways move for existing band 7 into a diabetes & high risk role, in a service with a good reputation for quality provision to our patients and good support for staff and career development.

Good diagnostic and clinical skills are essential, as well as good organisational and time management skills are critical to this role. You should have the ability to provide robust leadership and act as a role model.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide clinical care to an advanced level in Diabetes/High Risk to our complex patient caseload across both acute and community settings.

The post holder will also actively participate in clincal governance, quality assurance and service development. There will also be an expectation for the successful applicant to provide robust mentorship and support to junior colleages.

The role will be supported by the Locality Team Lead and the Senior Leadership Team, consisting of two Principal Podiatrists and the Professional Lead.

While previous leadership experience will be an advantage the successful candidate will be supported in developing their leadership skills, both with trust delivered modules and access to various NHS leadership programs.

While we are recruiting to a full-time role, part time of 22.5+ hours a week or job share would also be considered.

This post will be based in White Cross Court but the post holder will be expected to work at other locations, as such car driver or ability to travel is essential. There is also the opportunity for some of the non-clinical role to be undertaken via remote working.

About us

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is a combined acute/community trust providing a range of community services across the North East of England.

The Podiatry Service employs 65 Podiatrists and covers the majority of the 3000 square miles of North Yorkshire and York area and is provided from over 40 clinical locations.

The service is managed in 4 Locality based teams.

In addition, our "one service" model provides seamless care for patients with acute Diabetes and other high-risk complications into the MDFT in our own Hospital and under service level agreement into York, Scarborough, Northallerton and Malton Hospitals.

HDFT Podiatry service worked closely with Huddersfield University in developing the Podiatry apprentice programme and currently have 4 apprentices at different stages in their degree.

The Podiatry service is proactively increasing its research capacity with current involvement in a number of research projects with academic partners. In addition, we will support our staff to develop their own research interests, application for funding etc.

Date posted

11 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

421-CYPD-2048R

Job locations

White Cross Court

Wison Drive

York

YO31 8FT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions, please contact Emma Noe on emma.noe@nhs.net

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions, please contact Emma Noe on emma.noe@nhs.net

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MSc Degree
Post Graduate education to Masters or Masters Accredited Level in appropriate field.
Registered with HCPC

Desirable

Leadership of Management training/qualification
Teaching Education Certificate
Training in the appropriate use of radiology and other investigations relating to Diabetes and High risk patients e.g. Ultra sound, x-ray

Skills/experience

Desirable

Evidence of project work, research, publications or lecturing
Evidence of clinical work at advanced level

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MSc Degree
Post Graduate education to Masters or Masters Accredited Level in appropriate field.
Registered with HCPC

Desirable

Leadership of Management training/qualification
Teaching Education Certificate
Training in the appropriate use of radiology and other investigations relating to Diabetes and High risk patients e.g. Ultra sound, x-ray

Skills/experience

Desirable

Evidence of project work, research, publications or lecturing
Evidence of clinical work at advanced level

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).