Hospital Podiatrist

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; Vor Ort; GBP 30.000 - 42.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a HCPC registered podiatrist to join the hospital podiatry team. You will provide comprehensive podiatry care for high‑risk patients, with a focus on diabetic foot management within a multidisciplinary environment.

You will work across inpatient and outpatient settings, contribute to training, and collaborate with vascular, rheumatology, and orthopaedics teams.

Qualifikationen

• HCPC registered Podiatrist.
• Ability to work within a large acute hospital with an MDT.
• Experience with high-risk foot conditions and diabetes.

Aufgaben

• Provide podiatry assessment and treatment for high-risk hospital patients.
• Work with hospital MDTs including Diabetes, Rheumatology, Vascular, Renal and Orthopaedics.
• Plan and deliver training and development across the trust.
• Liaise with hospital and primary health care professionals.

Kenntnisse

Podiatry skills

Diabetic foot care

Clinical assessment

Communication

Teamwork

Mentorship

Jobbeschreibung

The post holder will have to demonstrate they can work in a team, flexible attitude to working within a large acute hospital trust, have excellent communication skills and understand differences in hospital and primary care settings. Knowledge and understanding of Hospital based podiatry care including diabetic foot is essential. Other areas of services include the speciality of inflammatory diseases, haematology, nail surgery and other high risk conditions requiring podiatry care. The successful candidate would have the support from AHP colleagues including options around mentorship and clinical supervision. You will be able to develop your skills and knowledge further by utilising the multidisciplinary teams and the podiatry team they will be working in. A desire to improve is essential whilst working in the hospital podiatry team. There may be options to increase this post to full time in the near future.

Main duties of the job

To work within the Podiatry team taking responsibility for high risk patients within the hospital environment. These will include consultant based referrals from hospital Multi-Disciplianary Teams (MDT) including areas of Diabetes, Rheumatology, Vascular, Renal, and Orthopaedics. Diabetes will be a key area of work. Hospital wards will also be a major area of work which include planning and delivering Training and Development across the trust. The post holder will liaise with any appropriate hospital or primary health care professional. The post holder will have the ability to make a clinical diagnosis to ensure appropriate patient care within the scope of their professional practice. Please see job description for further information.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

Head of Podiatry,

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Shortlisting Date: Interview Date: 11.11.2026

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Why you should join our Team

You will join one of one of Europe’s largest and busiest acute hospital trusts and become part of a small, friendly, highly motivated and pro-active Podiatry team dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care.

We offer a supportive and inclusive environment where Podiatrists are encouraged to develop advanced clinical skills, guided by colleagues who are committed to sharing knowledge and helping individuals achieve their full potential.

Working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, including Vascular and Diabetes specialists, you will benefit from an integrated clinical environment that supports collaborative working. This offers you the opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge and experience in areas relevant to Podiatry while broadening your overall clinical perspective.

You will also be part of a team actively engaged in clinical research aimed at improving patient outcomes, giving you the chance to contribute to meaningful projects that help shape future best practice.

Your role will involve a diverse and complex caseload across both inpatient and outpatient settings, offering a varied and stimulating working environment.

What you will bring to the role

You will a HCPC registered Podiatrist able to deliver comprehensive podiatric assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for a varied and often complex caseload, including patients with highrisk and diabetes related foot complications.

You will demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team, with an understanding of multidisciplinary working.

You will bring a flexible approach to working within a busy service and be able to adapt to changing clinical demands.

You will demonstrate a commitment to Continuing Professional Development, with a desire to develop your clinical skills and knowledge in order to enhance your practice and achieve your full professional potential.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities: People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Person Specification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.