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Job summary

Main area
Podiatry
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
270-TG415-ACS
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Marys Hospital / Battle House
Town
Kettering & Northampton
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/10/2025 08:00

Employer heading

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Advanced Podiatrist / Orthotist – Therapeutic Footwear

Band 7

Job overview

Specialist Podiatrist specialising in therapeutic footwear or Orthotist .

An exciting opportunity has arisen for either a podiatrist specialising in therapeutic footwear or a motivated orthotist with experience in the diabetic foot to join our dynamic NHS   Diabetic and High Risk Foot Service. To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality clinical therapeutic footwear service. 


This post is a countywide post based in Northamptonshire . Northamptonshire Foundation Health Trust strive to continually innovate and make a positive difference to our community and those working for and with our Trust, with a collective vision to provide outstanding, compassionate care to the people of Northamptonshire and surrounding areas

Main duties of the job

Assess, diagnose and manage the on-going care of an agreed caseload of patients within the specialist area.  In particular, care will be provided to patients with:

•            Late/end stage complications arising from diabetic foot disease and inflammatory arthropathies resulting in complex deformity requiring therapeutic footwear provision.
•            Circulatory and neurological deficits and reduced tissue viability e.g. pressure ulcers, requiring specialist off loading and footwear
•            Complex medical conditions, e.g.  Peripheral vascular disease which potentially has a major impact on foot pathology.

The post holder will be expected to have an identified caseload of patients, the majority of which will be for patients with diabetes and have associated complications and to undertake all associated communication with other healthcare professionals and the diabetes multi-disciplinary team.Prescribe therapeutic stock and modified stock footwear and advise and be involved in made to measure footwear provision.
To participate in the education, training and supervision of other staff in association with therapeutic footwear.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Health Profession Council registered Podiatrist
  • Evidence of appropriate specialist postgraduate development
  • Postgraduate experience/clinical expert in the musculoskeletal field including postgraduate education to Masters level
Desirable criteria
  • Understand the impact of clinical targets and development of local services
  • Leadership training

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate high level of clinical practice working with complex/ high risk patient groups
  • Proven problem solver within footwear provision

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStep into health

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Paula Grannon
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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