Band 6 Podiatry Community

Job summary

Band 6 Podiatrist 1 post available (Loughborough)

Are you enthusiastic, flexible, and selfmotivated? Do you have strong communication, organisational, and problemsolving skills? If you enjoy delivering highquality care across all areas of podiatry, we would love to hear from you.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides community health, mental health and learning disability services across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. With over 6,500 staff working across 100+ locations, we are committed to delivering excellent care to over one million people.

We are looking for a Podiatrist who is passionate about evidencebased practice and keen to develop their clinical skills. You will work across routine care, biomechanics, highrisk ulcer management, and nail surgery. The role includes working in various clinical locations, attending meetings, and providing domiciliary visits across the region.

You must be confident working independently and as part of a wider team, with good governance awareness and solid IT skills, as our service uses fully electronic clinical systems.

We are proud to offer strong professional support, regular clinical supervision, and ongoing development opportunities.

For informal enquiries, please contact:Podiatry Service Leads rachel.norton11@nhs.net helen.parberry@nhs.net 0116 2255118

Main duties of the job

Join our dynamic and supportive Podiatry team at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust! Werelooking for an enthusiastic, flexible, and self-motivated Podiatrist who's passionate about delivering high-quality care across a varied caseload.

In this role, you'll use your clinical autonomy to assess, diagnose and treat patients in routine, biomechanical, and high-risk clinics. Your week will include face-to-face, telephone, and video consultations, plus opportunities to carry out nail surgery in clinic and for housebound patients.

You'll also gain valuable experience through rotational work in the diabetic foot clinic at Leicester General Hospital and by supporting acute wards across Leicester's main hospitals. Collaboration is key roll work closely with community nursing teams and wider MDTs to ensure safe, effective care.

While youll have a designated base, youll work across multiple clinics, helping you build strong connections with the wider service. We actively encourage professional development, including involvement in projects, audits, research, student supervision, and leadership opportunities.

We work on a treat to discharge model for most patients, so clear communication, strong treatment planning, and a focus on promoting independence are essential.

Join us and make a real difference in a service driven by our core values: Compassion, Respect, Integrity, and Trust.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Loughborough Community Hospital

Hospital Way, Off Epinal Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Loughborough Community Hospital

Hospital Way, Off Epinal Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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