Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Band 6 Podiatry Community

The closing date is 09 February 2026

Job summary

Band 6 Podiatrist: 1 post available in Loughborough Are you enthusiastic, flexible, and self-motivated? Do you have excellent communication, organisational, interpersonal, problem solving and time management skills? Do you enjoy working in all areas of podiatry? Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1m people living in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. Our successful candidates will deliver high quality, evidence based podiatric care to the local population. We are proud to offer our podiatrists the opportunity to work with routine, biomechanics, high risk ulcer care treatments as well as nail surgery. The post holder will also be required to work within other clinical locations, attend meetings as appropriate, provide domiciliary visits etc across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. It is important that you can work on your own initiative as well as part of a team. You should also have a good working knowledge of governance issues and possess good IT skills as we are fully electronic with regards our records and booking etc. We provide excellent support and development for all staff through regular clinical supervision and team meetings. Contact Details: Podiatry Service Leads: rachel.norton11@nhs.net helen.parberry@nhs.net phone: 0116 2255118

Main duties of the job

Are you an enthusiastic, flexible, and selfmotivated Podiatrist looking for an opportunity to work within a supportive and highly valuesdriven NHS service? Do you enjoy delivering highquality podiatric care across a full spectrum of clinical areas, from routine foot health to complex highrisk caseloads? If you have excellent communication, organisational, interpersonal, problemsolving, and timemanagement skillsand you are committed to practicing all aspects of podiatrythis role may be the perfect next step in your career.

Our service is proud to place the Trusts core values at the forefront of everything we do: Integrity, Respect,Compassion, and Trust. These principles shape how we deliver care, how we work together, and how we support our patients and colleagues. We are looking for someone who not only aligns with these values but actively demonstrates them through their everyday practice.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

21 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

005603

Job locations

Loughborough Community Hospital

Hospital Way, Off Epinal Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Job description

Job responsibilities

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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Experience

Essential

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

If you like what youve read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto apply for this job and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the Job Description and Person Specification.

Experience

Essential

Please click onto apply for this job and you will be redirected to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Loughborough Community Hospital

Hospital Way, Off Epinal Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Loughborough Community Hospital

Hospital Way, Off Epinal Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)