Bank Specialist Podiatrist - HMP Channings Wood | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £40,823 per annum pro-rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Location: | Newton Abbot, TQ12 6DW |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7772018/277-BankPodiatrist-HMPCW |
Summary
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.
Oxleas NHS trust were awarded the South West prison contract in 2022 and currently have a portfolio of 19 prisons across the South of England. We are currently looking to expand our pool of bank workers by recruiting Podiatrists to work within the Prison service on a flexible basis.
Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.
- To provide podiatry services to clients in the prison, through the application of a curative Philosophy of Care. To work within the healthcare team to provide a multi disciplinary approach to the improvement of foot pathology.
- To provide assessment and the full range of podiatry treatments to clients within the prison. This will include wound dressings, scalpel debridement of nail & soft tissue pathology & care of foot problems resulting from neglect & lack of self-care.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner, developing & agreeing treatment plans individually with clients. Support from senior staff is provided.
- To be responsible for protection of health and wellbeing of all clients. Alert others to concerns where protection may be required to vulnerable adults. To appropriately refer clients to specialist teams within the department whenever needed and appropriately refer clients for investigation, diagnosis or treatment.
- Dealing sensitively and appropriately with a client caseload with complex health needs, assisting individuals to manage their health needs effectively.
- To work within a MDT to provide a multidisciplinary approach to improvement of foot pathology.
- Always aiming to achieve with each client maximum independence through self-care and effective client management.
Oxleas – About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
Key Task and Responsibilities
- To provide assessment and the full range of podiatry treatments to clients within the prison. This will include wound dressings, scalpel debridement of nail & soft tissue pathology & care of foot problems resulting from neglect & lack of self-care.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner, developing & agreeing treatment plans individually with clients. Support from senior staff is provided.
- To be responsible for protection of health and wellbeing of all clients. Alert others to concerns where protection may be required to vulnerable adults. To appropriately refer clients to specialist teams within the department whenever needed and appropriately refer clients for investigation, diagnosis or treatment.
Management responsibilities
- To maintain all areas of the work environment in a clean and tidy condition.
- To undertake clerical duties as and when required which will include appointment making, ordering of drug, dressings, medical equipment, and stationary items. To maintain adequate levels of stock at clinics at all times.
- To provide statistics as and when required, and participate in providing monthly returns on time, such as expenses and mileage claims.
Leadership
- To comply with all applicable policies of the Trust and department.
- To keep up to date with developments in the Podiatry profession and meet all the standards of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- To participate in multi-professional clinical supervision in line with the Trust’s Clinical Supervision Policy.
Clinical
- To develop treatment plans and discharge plans through an agreed contract with each client, and to follow through the treatment plan with an end result of improved foot pathology & discharge where appropriate.
- To assess all clients at every visit and refer to specialist services as appropriate.
- To prescribe, and manufacture, orthoses/insoles/appliances/and shoe adaptations when required using the laboratory equipment.
Research
- To participate in clinical audit and research projects within the Trust as required by the Head of Podiatry.
Communication
- To liaise with support staff and other professionals within the Trust and statutory bodies/allied agencies in order to promote effective, patient-centred inter-agency working.
- To regularly provide written reports & feedback on patient progress to other health professionals.
- To attend and participate in staff meetings & Clinical Team Reviews.
(Full JD's can be downloaded in supporting documents section)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
This advert closes on Thursday 12 Feb 2026
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