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Prosthetic Technician
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Job summary
Do you have technical skills and experience working with hand tools, light engineering equipment, and materials? If so, we would like to hear from you.
We are a specialist service covering the whole of Kent, Medway, and Bromley.
Our established facility offers a fully integrated service for our users, and we pride ourselves on providing high-quality equipment and support.
You will work closely with the Lead Prosthetic and Clinical Support Technician and the Lead Specialist Equipment Co-ordinator to maintain a professional, enthusiastic, and positive approach, ensuring continual professional development through Appraisal (IR), Continual Professional Development (CPD), training, and regular 1-2-1 sessions.
Main duties of the job
You will provide technical skills and support to ensure the highest quality prosthetic equipment is delivered to patients, through close liaison with the Consultant and his multi-disciplinary team.
Once experienced, you will undertake mechanical repair services with patients, with access to clinical support.
You will use tooling and machinery to understand the concepts of all common types of prosthetic hardware devices, their construction, assembly, function, limitations, maintenance, and repair procedures, in accordance with manufacturer technical specifications.
You will fabricate all types of prosthetic sockets to the manufacturer's technical specifications.
About us
Come and work with us in the Garden of England, where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a high quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability, and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for Care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, diverse in their backgrounds, committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard, and everyone—from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman—is vital in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day: We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people.
Our vision is where we want to be in the future: To provide outstanding care and work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
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Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities.
You will work with the technical team, offering skills to manufacture, repair, and maintain prosthetic equipment, both in the workshop and in patient-facing technical clinics over time.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
* Relevant qualification(s)
* Additional learning or achievements
Experience
* Use of hand tools and manufacturing equipment
* Experience in a workshop environment
Supporting knowledge
* H&S/M&H/PPE/COSHH, etc., use and management
* Use of Microsoft Office and IT databases
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, requiring a disclosure check for any criminal convictions.
Employer name
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address
Disablement Services Centre
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