Podiatry Assistant Practitioner

This Podiatry Assistant Practitioner role offers a permanent position in a well-established Belfast clinic. You will manage a defined clinical caseload under the supervision of an HCPC registered podiatrist, providing essential foot health assessments and treatments. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated professional to develop clinical skills within a patient-centred podiatry service.

Responsibilities

• Manage an agreed caseload of delegated foot health assessments and treatments within established clinical pathways.
• Complete structured clinical assessments and physiological measurements while identifying conditions requiring urgent escalation.
• Perform delegated nail and skin care, including the treatment of suitable corns and callus.
• Undertake foot health screening, vascular observations and neurological observations where competent.
• Fit approved prefabricated or accommodative devices and provide padding or strapping as required.
• Maintain accurate and timely electronic patient records in accordance with confidentiality and safeguarding standards.
• Support podiatrists during specialist treatments or minor surgical procedures and prepare clinical equipment.

What you'll need

• Evidence of supervised clinical experience in relevant foot health assessment and treatment.
• Understanding of professional boundaries and delegated practice within a clinical setting.
• Basic life support training or a willingness to complete this promptly.
• Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this regulated healthcare role.
• Ability to recognise clinical deterioration and red flags requiring review by a registered podiatrist.