Podiatrist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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 motivated Band 5 Podiatrist to join a friendly podiatry team. The role involves working with medically at-risk patients and those with high podiatric needs, including specialist clinics like nail surgery, biomechanics, and diabetes. You will be supported with a mentor and rotations into specialist clinics to maintain competencies. The position is fixed-term with potential for future opportunities, based in community and acute settings.
Essential criteria
- Podiatrist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Educated to Podiatry Degree level or equivalent
- Undertaking new patient assessment, diagnosis & treatment
- Development of programmes of care Knowledge on wound care
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS experience
- To frequently concentrate when undertaking intricate clinical interventions.
- To receive clinical supervision
- To cope with unpredictable work patterns
- Podiatrist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Educated to Podiatry Degree level or equivalent
- Undertaking new patient assessment, diagnosis & treatment
- Development of programmes of care Knowledge on wound care
- Previous NHS experience
- To frequently concentrate when undertaking intricate clinical interventions.
- To receive clinical supervision
- To cope with unpredictable work patterns
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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Job summary
This is an exciting opportunityfor a motivated Band 5 podiatrist to join our friendly podiatry team.
It is currently a fixed term post with future opportunities.Our podiatry caseload focuses on those who are medically at risk or who have a high podiatric need, consequently our patients tend to be complex with a variety of needs. We offer specialist podiatry clinics including nail surgery, biomechanics, and diabetes clinics. To enable you to undertake this role you will be encouraged to undertake rotations into specialist clinics to maintain competencies.
You should be up to date with current best practice and demonstrate our ESHT values and behaviours in their day to day role working as part of a team. We value health promotion and patient education We therefore require a podiatrist who has excellent communication and assessment skills.
We encourage team members to take part in various CPD activities including clinical supervision, protected time, in-house training during team and department meetings in addition to external training sessions.
Applications are invited from motivated BSc qualified and HCPC registered podiatrists who are keen to advance their clinical, professional and leadership skills.
This post is based in community setting but you will also work in acute settings. Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to trave
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