20 Hours Per Week

About the Role

The St John Ambulance Homeless Service provides first aid and primary health care to homeless and vulnerably housed people in Brighton and Hastings. We train homeless people and those affected by drugs and alcohol in basic first aid skills, as well as, frontline workers in first aid treatment problems associated with homelessness such as drug overdoses. Teams of St John Ambulance volunteers and staff run drop-in clinics in Brighton and Hastings at day centres, a soup kitchen and a hostel. We also station a mobile treatment unit on Brighton seafront every Thursday evening.

As a Podiatrist with St John Ambulance Homeless Service Manager, you will deliver foot care and general support to homeless and vulnerably housed people in Brighton. As part of your important role, you will deliver foot care services, carry out foot health care assessments and advocate for the people you treat, this includes promotion of foot care health within the area.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You

As a Homeless Service Podiatrist, you must be a registered Podiatrist/Chiropodist and be passionate about ensuring that passionate about ensuring that Homeless people and those affected by drugs and alcohol receive high-quality care.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive;

  • Competitive salary & pension scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Health and Wellbeing portal – Access to financial, health and wellbeing guidance and support.
  • Discounts – Blue Light, NHS Discounts and SJA discounts including discounts on mobile phone, gym membership, cinema, restaurants, holidays and shopping-including your weekly food shop.