Band 5 Podiatrist

Locala Health & Wellbeing; Dewsbury; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Dewsbury is seeking a newly qualified Podiatrist to join their progressive team. This role offers the opportunity to gain experience across various podiatry specialities within community and acute settings, promoting career development and flexible working. Ideal candidates should be passionate about delivering high-quality healthcare services to local communities.

Benefits

Flexible working

Generous pension

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Newly qualified podiatrist.
• Experience in various podiatry specialities is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Join a progressive community team.
• Gain experience in core podiatry, biomechanics, nail surgery, MDFT, and wound care.
• Deliver care within clinical settings and patients' homes.

Job description

Overview

Job Role: Podiatrist
Band: 5
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796
Hours per Week: as required and agreed with Podiatry Team Leader
Job Type: up to 37.5 hours fixed term

Responsibilities

Are you a newly qualified podiatrist who would like to join a progressive community team? We are pleased to advise that we are expanding the Locala podiatry service which enables us to offer diverse roles and long-term career pathways/ progression. Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and strives to become an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleague\'s lived experiences, delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities.

Main duties of the job

Our podiatry specialities include core podiatry, biomechanics, nail surgery, MDFT, and wound care and you will spend time within each speciality gaining experience and consolidating previous learning supported by your personal preceptor.

We deliver care within clinical settings (community and acute trusts), patients’ homes and care homes.

We can offer long term career development including supporting you to achieve clinical lead roles.

Find out more about Locala through our Thrive Strategy

For full details about the role please see - job description & person specification

For more information about the role, please contact Joanne Naylor:

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Closing date - 20/10/2025

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications

About Us

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”

Benefits

• Flexible working - We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension - We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Refer a Friend Scheme - If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.