# Band 6 Podiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services). ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-podiatrist/84172cb0-4146-406b-aa23-907be9fba3c8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-podiatrist/84172cb0-4146-406b-aa23-907be9fba3c8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services) - **Town:** Aylesbury - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Podiatrist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £38,682 to £46,580 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part-time - **Closing date:** 2026-07-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-30T12:07:28.721Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/K0003-26-0228?employerCode=K0003 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/K0003-26-0228/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=K0003-26-0228 ## Job Content ### Job summary At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel. Are you a Band 6 Podiatrist looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC), Loughborough. The vacant post is part time working 18.75 hours per week. Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Benefits: - Access to learning and development tailored to your role - An environment with flexible working options - A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity - Free parking - Free access to sports facilities including swimming pool, gym and tennis courts - Cinema - On site shop - Canteen ### Main duties of the job The Band 6 Podiatrists role is to be responsible for providing MSK rehabilitation to service personnel with complex clinical needs within the Lower Limbs Service. They are also responsible for the routine care of a small inpatient cohort with complex needs. The clinician is required to assess patients pre-surgically and decide on their suitability for surgical intervention. They are required to utilise local anaesthetic injection therapy as well as post-operative wound care dressings and care planning. They are required to keep up to date with rheumatology, vascular pathology, neurological and post-surgical wounds. ### About us Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us. Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government. The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay. In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team. If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together. ### Details - Date posted: 30 June 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year Per annum, pro-rata for part time. *Pay award pending - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Part-time - Reference number: K0003-26-0228 - Job locations: Defence medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC), Stanford Hall, Loughborough, LE12 5QW, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to: - Providing high-standard MSK podiatry services to outpatient & inpatients at DMRC Stanford Hall. - Planning and implementing the development of the podiatry service as required to meet demand. - Assist in evaluating the current need of the podiatry service and contracts within the region. - Provide MSK podiatry advice/support to the teams at DMRC Stanford Hall. - Only utilise Ministry of Defence (MOD) approved orthotics in order to complete the evaluation and report. - Provide input into the DMRC in service training programme as directed by advanced practitioner podiatrist and Officer Commanding (OC) Lower Limbs. - Support the clinical needs of the inpatient cohort with regular foot care and nail surgery where appropriate. Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties. At application stage you will be assessed against the following: CV: Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form. Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert. Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see the supporting information link for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. http://civil-service-careers.gov.uk/artificial-intelligence-and-recruitment/ Artificial Intelligence and Recruitment At interview you will be assessed against the following: Technical Skills: - NHS Core NHSC1 Communication - NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development - NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security - NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement - NHS Core NHSC5 Quality - NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity - NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB6 Assessment & Treatment Planning - NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB7 Interventions & Treatment The interview may consist of a mix of direct questions and clinical situation-based scenarios. NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework https://www.msg.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/KSF-Handbook.pdf The sift will be completed within 10 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed. There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview. All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate. If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn. To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application. There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home. The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility. As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact DBSCivPers-SGDMSResourcing@mod.gov.uk. The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment. The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out. The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Have experience in the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. **Desirable** - Minimum of 2 years post-graduate clinical experience. - Evidence of attendance of related courses. - Experience of working with a military population. ### Provide a CV **Essential** - Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question- you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. - Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included. - Please use double spacing where possible. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in Podiatry. **Desirable** - Considering or undertaking a postgraduate specialist training to Masters Level or equivalent in Clinical Biomechanics / Advanced clinical practice. ### Behaviour Statement **Essential** - Have you been dismissed for gross misconduct relating to bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation from any role in the past five years, or resigned or otherwise left a role but would have been dismissed for such gross misconduct because of an adverse decision, had you continued in that employment? - Please respond with Yes or No as appropriate. ### Registrations and Memberships **Essential** - Registered with Health & Care Professions Council. - Member of Royal College of Podiatry. - Please provide your membership registration number. - You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. - Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number. ## Documents - [FAQs (PDF, 218 KB)](document:2975215) - [DMedC Candidate Pack (PDF, 724 KB)](document:2975216) - [Important Information (PDF, 63 KB)](document:2975217) - [Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 231 KB)](document:2975214) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.