Job overview
The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust (UHMBT) wants to provide sustainable high quality medical services that fit with the Better Care Together integrated model of care – high quality specialist hospital services wrapping around community based teams to deliver responsive specialist expertise within both acute hospital and community settings and helping to keep people well and to manage their long term conditions closer to home.
We work as a multi-disciplinary team and you will have the opportunity to help improve our pathways of care for our patients at a time of exciting service review and development.
As a Trust we actively support you to develop your knowledge and skills via our Annual Development Review programme and there is support for external courses.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our rapidly developing and innovative podiatry team. In this role you will be responsible for delivering a high quality, accessible and timely evidence based service for patients.
Based across the Morecambe Bay area, you will be responsible for the provision of care to the increased/high risk caseload. You will need to be an excellent communicator and able to work independently and confidently. We will consider newly qualified podiatrists in a developmental role (annex 21).
Our primary focus is to deliver quality, patient-centred care which is evidenced based and sustainable for the future in an ever changing NHS landscape. To achieve this, we aim to give you the opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive, dynamic and varied environment. We have a strong commitment to staff development and service improvement and provide regular clinical supervision and in-service training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
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This advert is for Specialist Podiatrist - Kendal with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in Kendal, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Podiatrist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: Subject to satisfactory probation period. The application deadline is 19 Jun 2026.
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