Specialist Community Podiatrist

Wye Valley; Hereford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking a motivated Podiatrist for a part-time role in Herefordshire. The post involves working across community and hospital settings to deliver high-quality foot care, including nail surgery and diabetic foot clinics.

You will join a supportive team at the Herefordshire site, with flexible working options and pro rata annual salary based on 22.5 hours/week.

Qualifications

• Registered with the HCPC (Podiatry) and eligible to practice.
• Degree or equivalent in Podiatry; evidence of post-graduate education.
• Ability to travel across Herefordshire; work independently or in a small team.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment for foot conditions to improve mobility and reduce pain.
• Deliver podiatry services for patients with complex foot pathologies, including diabetes care.
• Assess and discharge patients, planning care packages and follow-up.

Skills

Travel across Herefordshire

Independent working

Team collaboration

Flexible

Mentor/Train others

Nail Surgery

Debridement skills

Local Anaesthetics

Education

Degree in Podiatry

HCPC registration

Royal College of Podiatrists member

Specialist Diabetes module

Job description

Main area Podiatry Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: Employee must be be able to travel across Herefordshire Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Weekdays Only) Job ref 229-IC-8384073

Site Sarum House Town Hereford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata - Salary is dependant on experience Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic Podiatrist looking for a varied and rewarding role in a supportive community team? Come and join us in beautiful Herefordshire, where you can develop your clinical skills, broaden your experience and enjoy an excellent work-life balance in a county renowned for its beautiful countryside, rural communities and green spaces.

Our Community Podiatry Service is a small, committed team providing care across Herefordshire. With our main clinical base in Hereford city, we deliver services from acute hospital, community clinics, community hospitals and patients homes (where appropriate) throughout the county, offering a varied role in a range of clinical settings.

We are looking for a flexible, highly motivated Podiatrist who is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and keen to develop their clinical knowledge and skills. You will have the opportunity to gain experience across a range of specialist services, including nail surgery and diabetic foot clinics.

Working with colleagues across community and acute services supporting integrated care.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop professionally while making a meaningful difference to the foot health, mobility and independence of our local population.

Main duties of the job

Provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment, including patient education, for conditions of the foot and related structures to improve mobility, reduce pain and maintain tissue viability

Provide a Podiatry service for patients with complex pathologies of the foot with a range of often coexisting medical, long term conditions including Diabetes.

To fully assess, differentially diagnose and clinically manage patients, devising, implementing and delivering care packages and taking responsibility for individual patient discharge.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view detailed job description and main responsibilities, please view supporting documentation linked to this vacancy.

• Registered with the HPCP (Health professionals Council)
• A degree or equivalent in Podiatry
• Evidence of post graduate education and training
• Ability to work independently and as part of the small team
• Flexible
• Ability to travel throughout Herefordshire

If you are enthusiastic about community podiatry and want to be part of a team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-focused care, we would love to hear from you.

Person specification

• Excellent communication and an ability to adapt communication to a wide range of clients and situations Ability to lead, train and mentor others Debridement skills Ability to prioritize own workload
• Ability to lead, train and mentor others
• Ability to prioritie own workload and that of others
• Local Anesthetics Certificate
• Recent experience of providing Nail Surgery

Education & Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent Podiatric Medicine Registered member of HCPC
• Registered member of HCPC
• Member of the Royal College of Podiatrists
• Completion of accredited Specialist Diabetes module

Experience

• Experience of managing own large and complex caseload.
• Experience of working autonomously
• Recent previous experience within the NHS.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to use initiative and show flexibility in approach to working practices.
• Excellent Organizational skills
• Professional approach and appearance
• Ability to work with patience and tolerance
• Ability to work without direct supervision

Other Factors

• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.