High Risk Foot Podiatrist
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Podiatrist Level 1/2
Remuneration: $37.03- $52.83 per hour plus Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 16
Requisition ID: REQ58645
Applications Close: 15 July 2025
REQ58645 - St George Hospital - High Risk Foot Podiatrist
Step into a specialised role in high risk foot care
Are you looking to advance your clinical skills in a supportive, expert led environment?
Join our dedicated high risk foot service and make a meaningful impact patients with complex needs
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated Podiatrist who is passionate about wound care and limb preservation. Whether your early in your career or seeking to deepen your expertise, you'll be guided and supported by experienced senior podiatrists and a collaborative multidisciplinary team
What we offer
- Exposure to diverse clinical presentations including wounds, diabetes related foot complications, vascular compromise and charcot neuroarthropathy.
- Hands on training in total contact casting, complex offloading and advanced wound care techniques.
- Regular case conferencing and 1:1 clinical supervision
- Ongoing role specific professional development opportunities
Where you'll be working
St George Hospital will open its new Kensington St Building in early 2026. Podiatry will be co-located with Allied Health and have 3 Podiatry clinics, a total contact casting room and an orthotics and offloading manufacture room. This new space will be fully supported with administration, allowing clinicians to focus on providing care. This will be an excellent modernisation of our service.
If you're ready to take the next step in high risk foot care, we would love to hear from you.
Benefits
- Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
- Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
- Discounted Private Health Insurance.
Selection Criteria
- Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Demonstrate your core competency skills in wound care, diabetes, biomechanics, partial and total nail avulsion surgery, general podiatry assessment and management.
- Demonstrate your high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and your ability to proactively engage with patients to enhance service delivery.
- Convey your ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to exercise independent professional judgement on routine matters, commensurate with years of experience.
- Computer skills and the capacity to use health information systems
- Provide insight into your commitment to quality improvement and evidence based practice and to ongoing clinical and professional learning.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions, please contact Alan Kennedy via email at Alan.Kennedy@health.nsw.gov.au
Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-STG@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.
Information for applicants
- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
- Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
- Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
- SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Workforcee that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website.
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