Specialist Podiatrist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Job share
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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 role involves providing high-quality podiatric care to patients with pathological foot conditions and those at risk of serious complications. You will work in various specialist clinics, including nail surgery, MSK Podiatry, and Diabetes, and manage a domiciliary caseload. The position requires experience in wound care and a broad scope of podiatry practice. You will also supervise junior podiatrists, assistants, and students, promoting evidence-based practice.
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) in Podiatric Medicine or equivalent.
- Additional Entitlement Prescription Only Medicines - Administration POM (A)
- HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of clinical governance agenda
- Additional Entitlement Prescription Only Medicines - Safe / Supply POM S
- Member of Professional Body
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Significant experience within a Podiatry role
- Aptitude and Abilities
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal
- Ability to make decisions under pressure
- Committed to profession and flexible working approach
- Work independently and seek advice as necessary
- Ability to escalate issues if necessary
- IT skills
- Values
- Self-driven
- Highly motivated
- Always looking to improve the standard of patient care and quality
- Some ability to speak, read and/or write Welsh, or an eagerness to learn.
- Other
- Be able to travel across Powys to PTHB
- Qualifications and/or Knowledge
- BSc (Hons) in Podiatric Medicine or equivalent.
- Additional Entitlement Prescription Only Medicines - Administration POM (A)
- HCPC Registration
- Knowledge of clinical governance agenda
- Additional Entitlement Prescription Only Medicines - Safe / Supply POM S
- Member of Professional Body
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Significant experience within a Podiatry role
- Aptitude and Abilities
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal
- Ability to make decisions under pressure
- Committed to profession and flexible working approach
- Work independently and seek advice as necessary
- Ability to escalate issues if necessary
- IT skills
- Values
- Self-driven
- Highly motivated
- Always looking to improve the standard of patient care and quality
- Some ability to speak, read and/or write Welsh, or an eagerness to learn.
- Other
- Be able to travel across Powys to PTHB
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £40,559 – £48,841 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Powys Teaching Health Board
Specialist Podiatrist
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
Provision of high quality podiatric care for patients with pathological foot conditions and those individuals at risk of developing serious foot health complications in a range of specialist podiatry clinics in nail surgery, MSK Podiatry and Diabetes in various geographical locations. Management of a domiciliary caseload is required.
Main duties of the job
You are required to have experiencewith extensivewound care management and a broad scope of podiatry practice. You may also be required to occasionally cover our satellite clinics.There will be supervision and mentoring from senior colleagues.You will also supervise band 5 podiatrists, podiatry assistants and students, promoting evidence-based practice and supporting decision making.
The goal of the service is to enable patients to make informed choices about how to manage their condition, so that they can stay as well as possible for as long as possible, and reduce their risk of diabetes-related complications. Patients are empowered to self-manage wherever possible.
This a full-time post, but applicants who are looking for part time hours or job shares will be considered.
The post will involve some travelling throughout Powys.
We would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers; but even if yo
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