Apprentice Podiatrist: Sponsorship Available

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is a developmental role over 3 years. You will work towards successful completion of a BSc (Hons) degree in Podiatry and recognition by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Allied Health Professional (AHP) Podiatrist. You will develop and maintain knowledge, skills and competencies related to the role of a Podiatrist through your apprenticeship within the service as well as through completion of the Podiatry Apprenticeship training programme. Whilst undertaking this training you will work within the service as a Podiatry Apprentice, where your role will reflect your learning. The Podiatry Apprenticeship Programme combines and integrates academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between employers and education providers. You can expect to spend 67% of your time learning on the job and approximately 33% of your time learning off the job. As a Podiatry Apprentice you will be based as an employee within Guy’s and St Thomas’, working in a specified clinical setting, as well as gaining further professional experience via practice placements. This will enable you to gain a wide appreciation of many health and care contexts, which will enable you to fulfil all the requirements of the BSc (Hons) Podiatry Programme. On successful completion of the Programme you will be equipped with the appropriate knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to ensure competence at the point of qualification.

 

Main duties of the job

To organise and manage a clinical caseload, mapped against evolving capability, which will include gaining knowledge and experience of providing Podiatry care for patients with a variety of conditions (including diabetes, musculoskeletal, rheumatological and vascular conditions).

  • To provide care to patients within agreed competencies and training as delegated by the Podiatrist within set clinical protocols.
  • To assist the podiatrist during the consultation in all aspects of care either directly or indirectly
  • To be responsible for the assessment and diagnosis of new and existing patients in line with departmental protocols using judgements involving complex facts requiring the comparison of a range of options.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • work experience or evidence of current employment in nhs

Desirable

  • experience in the nhs

Qualifications

Essential

  • A QAA approved access to HE Diploma with 60 credits overall

Qualifications

Essential

  • A levels or equivalent 120 UCAS points,
  • BBB to include biology and chemistry

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 12 August 2026

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