Highly Specialist Podiatrist

Job summary We are looking for an experienced and motivated HCPC registered podiatrist to join our Community Podiatry Service as a Highly specialist Podiatrist covering Knowsley and St Helens on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about leading high-quality community podiatry services and supporting teams to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care across a range of community settings. The post holder will have responsibility for the delivery of the clinical service within the defined area, providing visible leadership. You will play a key role in ensuring services are efficient, effective, well-co-ordinated and responsive, with quality and patient experience at the centre of everything you do. The role will involve regular travel across multiple sites, Therefore, the post holder must be able to meet the travel requirements of this post. Main duties of the job The Advanced clinician will take high level responsibility for the triage, clinical assessments and diagnosis of highly complex health and well being needs within a defined sphere of practice. They will implement, evaluate and modify highly complex care/ interventions which they have developed to meet those needs. The Advanced clinician will provide high level care as specified below for a client group and work across professional disciplines, co-ordinating activities as required. To work as a Highly Specialist Podiatrist with a high degree of autonomy across the multidisciplinary setting. Leading the Podiatry Team on the management of patients. This will include the assessment, diagnosis, development and implementation of highly specialist programmes of care to patient's as well as providing expert advice on the management of complex patients to others within the team. The post holder will lead on the development and implementation of service innovations within their portfolio, as well as the development and dissemination of training to the Podiatry Team. About us Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. Details Date posted 17 September 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 350-CC8172153-C Job locations Whiston Primary Care Resource Centre Old Colliery Rd Whiston L35 3SX United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities Delivering high level and complex triage, clinical assessment diagnostics, treatment and evaluation of the needs within Health and Well-being. Providing leadership, promoting a learning culture for colleagues and other agencies, leading service innovations and demonstrating high level problem solving. Ensuring excellence in service delivery through personal and service development, underpinned by evidence based practice and research, embedded in the quality assurance agenda. Driving innovation, managing the change process to ensure your service continues to be flexible and proactive to reflect the needs of the wider Health and Wellbeing community. MANAGERIAL / LEADERSHIP (including financial / physical resources and staffing) To demonstrate leadership by means of: 1. Delivering change within sphere of practice, when and where indicated, to improve service delivery. 2. Influencing, motivating, supporting and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the organisation. To provide high level advice and guidance in working with colleagues locally to ensure best practice across all disciplines in the assessment, treatment and long term management of patient/clients within sphere of practice To identify innovations and lead the implementation of new working practices in conjunction with patients/ service users, health, wellbeing, local authority and third sector partners. To take responsibility for their own high level and complex decision making and the decisions of their team which effect service deliv