Podiatrist: Sponsorship Available

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Do you want to work in one of the nation’s areas of outstanding natural beauty, delivering care with the scenic Lake District Fells as your back drop? Not only that, the North Cumbria Podiatry Department have been shortlisted for the CAHPO awards 2025 for digital innovation.

North Cumbria Podiatry team are looking to recruit B5 podiatrist.

The Podiatry Department provides a comprehensive service to patients throughout North Cumbria. As a band 5 podiatrist you will be given the opportunity to enhance your clinical skills and knowledge to improve patient care, through a robust preceptorship/induction programme. You will work alongside a friendly, welcoming and supportive team, dedicated to learning and improving, where everyone’s voice counts.

The successful candidate will demonstrate interpersonal and organisational skills, alongside a good sense of humour and team focused.

The Department has a good skill mix including advanced and specialist Podiatrists, Podiatry assistants and administrative staff. Currently we maintain high risk, biomechanics and nail surgery caseloads. As a Podiatrist you treat a variety of podiatric problems and provide foot health education to patients and other stakeholders.

Opportunities to develop skills and knowledge are available by our close links with the multi-disciplinary diabetic foot team and North Cumbria MSK service.

If this sounds like your ideal role, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

  • To work with individuals, families, carers, communities, Primary Healthcare Teams and other agencies to undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients / service users in order to inform a personalised plan of care / intervention.
  • To triage, screen, assess, diagnosis and treat a number of podiatric conditions including the high risk foot, nail surgery and biomechanics.
  • To formulate and deliver individual treatment plans for a number of foot conditions using holistic assessment, reasoning and treatments based on evidence based practice, and within specified scope of practice and skill level.
  • To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes within scope of practice and skill level, using an accepted and appropriate range of techniques as required.
  • To follow treatments plans for foot ulceration, utilising digital technologies including electronic patient records and wound care applications.
  • To understand escalation points for patients presenting with complex conditions outside the scope of practice, including deteriorating or stagnating foot ulcers to a senior podiatrist.
  • To prioritise foot and/or medical problems, intervening appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations.
  • To identify when patients need interventions from other services and initiate timely and onward referrals.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or working toward (final year of study) qualification in Podiatric Medicine.
  • Local anaesthesia certificate.
  • HCPC registration (or working toward).

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Broad knowledge of routine and high-risk patient care.
  • Experience in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a variety of foot conditions.
  • Knowledge of disease pathologies that affect foot health.

Desirable

  • Experience working in the NHS.
  • Experience in electronic health care systems e.g. EMiS web.
  • Knowledge of national and Royal College of Podiatry clinical guidelines
  • Experience in delivering foot health education/promotion of the at risk foot.

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

  • Manual dexterity for the use of surgical instruments, including scalpels and needles
  • Perform, analyse and interpret various assessments and develop treatment plans within scope of practice.
  • Good oral and written communication skills based on fluency on the English language.
  • Be able to work in restricted positions including domiciliary visits
  • Remain calm while under pressure.
  • Work independently to manage own time and caseload.
  • Be able to work unsupervised but as part of a team to prioritise tasks.
  • Communicate effectively with colleagues, other health care professional’s carers and patients
  • To have good organisational and timekeeping skills

Desirable

  • Able to adapt to change and resolve problems.
  • Good presentation skills.

Personal circumstances

Essential

  • Self motivated

Other requirements

Essential

  • Be able to travel independently across North Cumbria as required.
  • Have a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and occupational health check.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 6 September 2026

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