You’ll need:
• spoken and written communication skills
• IT skills
• manual skills and good hand-eye coordination
• customer service skills
• the ability to manage your own time and work
You work under the supervision of a qualified podiatrist. Your clients may include older people, those recovering from injury or surgery, and people with circulation problems or diabetes.
Your day-to-day duties may include:
• preparing patients for treatment by a podiatrist
• supporting a podiatrist during a procedure
• treating patients who have already been assessed by a podiatrist
• cutting toe nails and applying dressings
• carrying out general clerical tasks and making appointments
• providing advice on foot and nail care, particularly for patients with diabetes
If you're self-employed you'll provide foot care services to the general public in private clinics, footwear chains or pharmacies.
Salary: £24,500
These figures are a guide.
You'll usually work 37.5 hours a week as a full-time podiatry assistant.
You'll be based in a private hospitals.
In the private sector you'll usually work in private clinics
With experience you could move up to an assistant practitioner post. You could then apply to train as a podiatrist.