Bank Specialist Wound Care Podiatrist Band 7 | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£29.56 Hourly
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, NW3 2QG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	13 Aug 2026
Closing date:	12 Sept 2026

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Summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK, providing care to more than 2 million people each year across our hospital sites at Barnet, Chase Farm, and the Royal Free Hospital.

We are currently recruiting experienced and highly motivatedBank Band 7 Specialist Wound Care Podiatristto join our Podiatry Service. These bank opportunities are ideal for clinicians looking for flexible working arrangements while supporting the service by providing cover for short-term staffing requirements, including annual leave, sickness, and other temporary vacancies.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the Trust's values and shared commitments and meet the responsibilities outlined in the job description and person specification. You will have significant experience in specialist wound care management, excellent clinical decision-making skills, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. A commitment to delivering high-quality patient care and maintaining professional development is essential.

If you are an experienced Specialist Wound Care Podiatrist looking for the flexibility of bank work while making a valuable contribution to patient care at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, we would be delighted to hear from you.

**VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE**

1.To work as a member of an acute foot multidisciplinary team based at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

2.To provide a highly specialised wound care assessment within the outpatients, inpatients, and emergency care settings. Patients will include those with long term conditions, such as diabetes and renal disease. Patients may also be very complex with multiple co-morbidities.

3.To formulate a clinical diagnosis and treatment plan as an autonomous practitioner.

4.To use clinical judgement and discretion in the advanced assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with complex pathologies, which puts them at increased risk of amputation, morbidity and mortality.

5.To provide advanced wound care techniques in their practice, including casting, negative pressure wound therapy and larval therapy.

6.To work towards achieving competencies in advanced, specialised care, such as independent prescribing.

7.To mentor students, and supervise, teach and appraise junior podiatrists.

8.To share the responsibility for operational management of the podiatry department, participate in service development, and participate in evidence-based projects.

For further information please refer to the attached JD and PS.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

As a Bank Specialist Wound Care Podiatrist, you will deliver high-quality, evidence-based assessment and management of complex foot wounds, including those associated with diabetes, vascular disease, and infection. Working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will collaborate closely with colleagues across vascular, diabetes, infectious diseases, and other specialist services to ensure integrated patient care and positive clinical outcomes.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1.To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of the practitioner’s professional activities.

2.To carry out assessment within outpatients, inpatients and emergency care settings as an autonomous practitioner. Patients will include those with a range of complex presentations and co-morbidities.

3.To work with other rotational band 7 podiatrists in ensuring clinical areas are covered accordingly, with priority of complex or higher risk cases.

4.To use clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence-based practice and highly specialised podiatric expertise to determine appropriate care plan utilising specialist treatment skills and options.

5.To be responsible for providing clinical interventions to patients for the management of complex multi-factorial lower limb pathologies.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENTS

1.To maintain accurate, comprehensive professional case notes for all direct and indirect patient contact.

2.To communicate effectively with patients, carers and other professionals on an individual or group basis in order to maximise rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding of condition, which will frequently require flexible communication skills including:

· motivation;

· persuasion;

· explanation of complex issues including anatomy, physiology, pathology,

· biomechanics and techniques;

· gaining consent;

· negotiation.

3.To occasionally convey information, particularly in highly complex, contentious and emotive situations which may be deemed inappropriate for more junior staff, which may require more developed communication skills.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

1.To have knowledge and understanding of a variety of cultural backgrounds and beliefs in order to respect individuals rights and dignity.

2.To undertake monitoring and evaluation of work and current practice through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit and outcome measures either as an individual or a as a group. To make recommendations and implement change where required.

3.To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management appropriate to the work situation.

For further information please refer to the attached JD and PS.

This advert closes on Sunday 23 Aug 2026

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