Job summary

Lead and manage the Podiatry and Orthotics Service across the Integrated Health Community, ensuring effective operational delivery, clinical governance, professional standards, policy implementation, and high-quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

Provide strategic leadership for service development and improvement, including workforce planning, service redesign, modernisation, change management, business planning, and the implementation of Health Board and national priorities.

Manage people, resources, and performance, including budget management, financial governance, staff leadership, recruitment, training, appraisal, risk management, quality improvement, and performance monitoring.

Provide expert professional and clinical leadership, maintaining a specialist clinical role while working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to develop services, improve outcomes, support innovation, and ensure compliance with professional and organisational standards.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• BSc / Dip Grad in Podiatry/Orthotics.
• Management course.
• HCPC registered. o
• MSc or equivalent level of knowledge.
• Proven organisational skills including prioritisation.

Experience

Essential

• Health and safety risk awareness.
• Knowledge of clinical governance.
• Understanding of professional ethics/code of conduct and their application in practice.

Closing Date: 16 August 2026