Podiatrist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Podiatrist to join the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. You will provide assessment, treatment, and interventions for a high-risk caseload across various locations, including clinics, hospitals, health centres, and homes. The role involves managing a caseload, providing health education, and working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals. You will need to be dynamic, enthusiastic, and highly motivated, with the ability to travel within the locality.
Essential criteria
- Registered Podiatrist with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Degree/ Diploma in Podiatric Medicine
- Certificate of local anaesthesia
- Knowledge and Skills
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Ability to assess, formulate and implement treatment plans
- Ability to provide health education
- Ability to explain departmental policies, systems and procedures
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Reliable, motivated and innovative
- Knowledge of research skills
- Knowledge of using Doppler and undertaking neurological tests
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of departmental and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines
- Ability to cope with a varied workload
- Good understanding of health and safety measures
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Presentation skills
- Specific Experience
- Practical experience of wound care, biomechanics and nail surgery
- Competent to give injections of local anaesthetics
- Competent to perform neurological and vascular assessments of the foot including use of specialist equipment, e.g. doppler
- Qualifications and Training
- Registered Podiatrist with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Degree/ Diploma in Podiatric Medicine
- Certificate of local anaesthesia
- Knowledge and Skills
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Ability to assess, formulate and implement treatment plans
- Ability to provide health education
- Ability to explain departmental policies, systems and procedures
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Reliable, motivated and innovative
- Knowledge of research skills
- Knowledge of using Doppler and undertaking neurological tests
- Knowledge of departmental and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines
- Ability to cope with a varied workload
- Good understanding of health and safety measures
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Presentation skills
- Specific Experience
- Practical experience of wound care, biomechanics and nail surgery
- Competent to give injections of local anaesthetics
- Competent to perform neurological and vascular assessments of the foot including use of specialist equipment, e.g. doppler
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Podiatrist
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
Care to join us in making a difference while working flexibly in our varied Podiatry service? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Podiatrist to join the team.
We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual working at Band 5 to join our team.
You will be required to provide assessment, treatment and interventions for our high risk caseload within Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, andwill work with a range of clinics, hospital and health centres and homes across Torbay and South Devon.
Main duties of the job
As a Podiatrist you will be responsible for the management and treatment of a caseload of patients across a variety of locations within Torbay and South Devon area, providing a comprehensive assessment of podiatric need, relevant health education, planned podiatric care packages and referral to other health care professionals as required.
You will be:
- committed to and undertake CPD, evidenced based practice and clinical rotation
- providing high standards of treatment and professionalism and to continue to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to patient car
Due to the role requirements, you must have the ability to travel around the Torbay and South Devon locality to undertake home visits.
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