Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Orthotist

The closing date is 26 November 2025

Job summary

The Diabetic & High-Risk Foot Service is seeking a motivated Orthotist who is looking for a unique opportunity.

The successful applicant will join our already long-established therapeutic footwear team, specialising in a complex caseload of diabetes. The post involves working alongside a dynamic team of Diabetes Specialist Podiatrists and Footwear Specialists to provide optimum care and play an essential role in a multi- disciplinary approach to patient treatment plans. The post holder will be instrumental in ensuring that our forward-thinking footwear team continues to deliver a high-quality clinical therapeutic footwear service and excellent patient outcomes.

This is a countywide post based in Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Foundation Health Trust strive to continually innovate and make a positive difference to our community and those working for and with our Trust. We share a collective vision to provide outstanding, compassionate care to the people of Northamptonshire and surrounding areas

Main duties of the job

Assess and manage the on-going care of an agreed caseload of patients within the specialist area. In particular, care will be provided to patients with:

o Late/end stage complications arising from diabetic foot disease and inflammatory arthropathies resulting in complex deformities requiring therapeutic footwear provision.o Circulatory and neurological deficits and reduced tissue viability (e.g. pressure ulcers), requiring specialist off loading and footwearo Complex medical conditions, (e.g. Peripheral vascular disease), that significantly impact foot pathology.

The post holder will be responsible for a defined caseload, primarily consisting of patients with diabetes and have associated complications. They will be expected to communicate effectively with other healthcare professionals and the diabetes multi-disciplinary team.

Prescribe therapeutic stock and modified stock footwear and be actively involved in the provision of made to measure footwear.

To participate in the education, training and supervision of other staff in association with therapeutic footwear.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

12 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

270-TG415-ACS-B

Job locations

St Marys Hospital / Battle House

Kettering & Northampton

NN15 7PW

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Health Profession Council registered Podiatrist
Evidence of appropriate specialist postgraduate development
Postgraduate experience/clinical expert in the musculoskeletal field including postgraduate education to Masters level

Desirable

Understand the impact of clinical targets and development of local services
Leadership training

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Demonstrate high level of clinical practice working with complex/ high risk patient groups
Proven problem solver within footwear provision

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Health Profession Council registered Podiatrist
Evidence of appropriate specialist postgraduate development
Postgraduate experience/clinical expert in the musculoskeletal field including postgraduate education to Masters level

Desirable

Understand the impact of clinical targets and development of local services
Leadership training

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Demonstrate high level of clinical practice working with complex/ high risk patient groups
Proven problem solver within footwear provision

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.