# Podiatrist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/podiatrist/6922db85-954e-4e75-8961-327cd6ea977b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/podiatrist/6922db85-954e-4e75-8961-327cd6ea977b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Sevenoaks Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Podiatrist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £31,049 - £37,796 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-06T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-24T11:10:50.361Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Sevenoaks/Kent_Community_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Podiatry/Podiatry-v8249962 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8249962?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Full Time | Sevenoaks Hospital | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) Take the next step in your podiatry career with a team that invests in you. Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Podiatrist looking to develop your clinical skills within a supportive, innovative and forward-thinking service? If so, we'd love to hear from you. At Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, you'll be part of a highly respected Podiatry Service that offers a unique breadth of experience, excellent professional development opportunities and the chance to make a genuine difference to people's lives every day. ### Main duties of the job As a Band 5 Podiatrist, you will provide high-quality assessment, treatment and management of foot health conditions across a variety of settings, including: - Community clinics - Hospital sites - Patients' homes No two days are the same. You'll work with a diverse patient population, helping people improve their mobility, maintain independence and enhance their overall quality of life. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Job responsibilities As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further. The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Clinical Governance and professional standards - Health & Safety roles and responsibilities for clinical practice ### Experience **Essential** - Proven record of providing high quality podiatric care for high risk patients and using biomechanical skills to provide effective chair side and prescribed orthotics ### Qualifications **Essential** - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) - HCPC registration - Degree or equivalent in Podiatric Medicine - Completion of post-graduate ‘induction’ training - Full UK/EU driving licence **Desirable** - Diabetic Foot Module or willingness to successfully complete. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 312.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562103) - [staff privacy notice (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2665) - [kchft values into action (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=479) - [staff journey illustration (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2277) - [a guide to completing your application (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2025) ## 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.