Inpatient Podiatrist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
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 specialist podiatry services to adult inpatients with diabetes and other high-risk foot conditions. The post holder will independently assess, diagnose, treat, and manage complex lower limb pathology to prevent ulceration, infection, and amputation. They will work within a multidisciplinary team, offering expert advice and supporting outpatient diabetes services to ensure continuity of care and improve patient outcomes. The role focuses on timely patient management, reducing length of stay, and contributing to the Multidisciplinary Foot Service and Hot Foot Clinic.
Essential criteria
- Post-registration clinical experience within NHS podiatry or a comparable healthcare setting.
- BSc (Hons) Podiatry or equivalent recognised qualification.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Desirable criteria
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake further training.
- Sound knowledge of diabetic foot pathology and current NICE guidance.
- Excellent clinical assessment, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good organisational and time management skills.
- Commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
- Competent IT skills, including electronic patient records.
- Experience of Emergency Department or Acute Medical Unit in-reach.
- Experience in clinical audit, service evaluation or quality improvement.
- Values
- Demonstrates a compassionate, caring and respectful approach to patients, carers and colleagues.
- Shows initiative, accountability and a commitment to continuous learning and service improvement.
- Works collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and values the contribution of others.
- Sound knowledge of diabetic foot pathology and current NICE guidance.
- Excellent clinical assessment, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Commitment to delivering safe, effective and patient-centred care.
- Post-registration clinical experience within NHS podiatry or a comparable healthcare setting.
- BSc (Hons) Podiatry or equivalent recognised qualification.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake further training.
- Sound knowledge of diabetic foot pathology and current NICE guidance.
- Excellent clinical assessment, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good organisational and time management skills.
- Commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
- Competent IT skills, including electronic patient records.
- Experience of Emergency Department or Acute Medical Unit in-reach.
- Experience in clinical audit, service evaluation or quality improvement.
- Values
- Demonstrates a compassionate, caring and respectful approach to patients, carers and colleagues.
- Shows initiative, accountability and a commitment to continuous learning and service improvement.
- Works collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and values the contribution of others.
- Sound knowledge of diabetic foot pathology and current NICE guidance.
- Excellent clinical assessment, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Commitment to delivering safe, effective and patient-centred care.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Job Purpose
To provide a specialist podiatry service for adult inpatients with diabetes and other high-risk foot conditions. The post holder will independently assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients with complex lower limb pathology, contributing to the prevention of ulceration, infection and lower limb amputation.
The post holder will work as part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), providing expert advice to medical, nursing and allied health professionals and supporting timely patient management to improve clinical outcomes, patient flow and reduced length of stay. The role will also support outpatient diabetes services, including the Multidisciplinary Foot Service (MDFS) and Hot Foot Clinic, ensuring continuity of care across the patient pathway.
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist assessment and treatment of hospital inpatients with diabetic foot ulcers, infection, Charcot neuroarthropathy and other complex lower limb conditions.
- Undertake comprehensive vascular, neurological, biomechanical and wound assessments.
- Develop and implement evidence-based treatment plans for patients with complex clinical needs.
- Perform conservative sharp wound debridement and other advanced podiatry interventions within scope of practice.
- Assess and manage patients requiring pressure relief and offloading using appropriate devices and techniques.
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