Band 6 Podiatrist

Experienced Band 6 Podiatrist - 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract

Job Overview

Are you an experienced and motivated Registered Podiatrist looking for your next career opportunity?

Would you like to work in an organisation that values the wellbeing, development and work-life balance of its staff as much as the care it provides to its patients?

At Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to delivering excellent care at the heart of the community while supporting our staff to thrive. We are seeking an experienced Band 6 Registered Podiatrist to join our North Podiatry Service on a 12-month fixed-term contract and it is for 21 hours and 45 mins a week, helping us provide high-quality podiatric care to patients across West Sussex.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team, where you will be empowered to develop your expertise, contribute to service improvement, and make a real difference to the lives of patients within the community.

Main duties of the job

As part of one of the Trust's largest and most established clinical teams, you will play a key role in delivering specialist podiatric care to patients with complex needs. The North Podiatry Service operates across West Sussex, providing a broad range of opportunities to utilise and further enhance your clinical skills and experience.

You will:

• Deliver expert podiatric assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients at moderate and high risk of foot complications.
• Manage patients with active ulceration and complex clinical needs.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support holistic patient care.
• Help patients remain independent, mobile and active within their communities.
• Contribute to preventing avoidable hospital admissions and supporting timely discharge from acute settings.
• Participate in service development and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

We also offer opportunities to work within our Staff Bank.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Details

Date posted

13 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

per annum / pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

150-SK2798-PC-A

Job locations

Crawley Hospital

West Green Drive

Crawley

RH11 7DH

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Our Podiatry Service provides specialist care for patients who are at moderate or high risk of developing foot complications, as well as those experiencing active ulceration. These patients often present with complex clinical conditions, requiring advanced assessment, treatment and ongoing management.

In this role, your clinical expertise will have a direct impact on patient outcomes by enabling individuals to remain safely in their own homes, reducing the need for emergency or acute hospital admissions, and supporting them to maintain mobility, independence and quality of life.

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our Trust values:

Compassionate Care | Working Together | Achieving Ambitions | Delivering Excellence

Please note: This vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received. Early application is therefore encouraged.

Job responsibilities

Our Podiatry Service provides specialist care for patients who are at moderate or high risk of developing foot complications, as well as those experiencing active ulceration. These patients often present with complex clinical conditions, requiring advanced assessment, treatment and ongoing management.

In this role, your clinical expertise will have a direct impact on patient outcomes by enabling individuals to remain safely in their own homes, reducing the need for emergency or acute hospital admissions, and supporting them to maintain mobility, independence and quality of life.

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our Trust values:

Compassionate Care | Working Together | Achieving Ambitions | Delivering Excellence

Please note: This vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received. Early application is therefore encouraged.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

• Podiatrist registered with the health care professions council

Qualification

Essential

• Degree

Continual Personal Development

Essential

• Evidence of CPD

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

• Podiatrist registered with the health care professions council

Qualification

Essential

• Degree

Continual Personal Development

Essential

• Evidence of CPD

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Crawley Hospital

West Green Drive

Crawley

RH11 7DH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Crawley Hospital

West Green Drive

Crawley

RH11 7DH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Our Podiatry Service provides specialist care for patients who are at moderate or high risk of developing foot complications, as well as those experiencing active ulceration. These patients often present with complex clinical conditions, requiring advanced assessment, treatment and ongoing management.

In this role, your clinical expertise will have a direct impact on patient outcomes by enabling individuals to remain safely in their own homes, reducing the need for emergency or acute hospital admissions, and supporting them to maintain mobility, independence and quality of life.

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our Trust values:

Compassionate Care | Working Together | Achieving Ambitions | Delivering Excellence

Please note: This vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received. Early application is therefore encouraged.

Registration

Essential

• Podiatrist registered with the health care professions council

Qualification

Essential

• Degree

Continual Personal Development

Essential

• Evidence of CPD