Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a qualified, registered Rehabilitation Engineer to join the Buckinghamshire Wheelchair service. You will be conducting assessments with Wheelchair users in the Wheelchair Service clinic and various settings within the surrounding areas. You will demonstrate an empathic and resilient approach when faced with challenging situations with the ability to work collaboratively with the clinical team, and other professionals and agencies. You will be responsible for managing your own caseload of patients with a range of permanent wheelchair mobility, postural, and pressure relief needs.
Main duties of the job
Provide and develop rehabilitation engineering services in the provision of wheelchairs, seating and equipment management. This will include the assessment, review, analysis, costing, prescription, delivery (handover) and follow-up of standard and bespoke solutions.
Provide clinical and technical capacity for patients with a range of permanent wheelchair mobility, postural and pressure relief needs.
Provide clinical-technical advice and support to wheelchair therapy staff, technicians, and administrative colleagues in wheelchair services and monitor work from contracted suppliers.
Mentor and support Rehabilitation Engineer Apprentice
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
7. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
8. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
9. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
10. A Degree or equivalent in an appropriate engineering discipline (e.g. mechanical or electronic engineering, applied science)
11. IPEM Diploma in Clinical Technology or Certificate in Rehabilitation Engineering or equivalent logged experience
12. Registered as a Clinical Technologist with Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine(IPEM)/Health Professions Council.
13. Evidence of Fieldwork Education Training
Desirable criteria
14. Incorporated Membership of IPEM
15. Moving and Handling Training
Experience
Essential criteria
16. Evidence of working independently in Medical Engineering or Rehabilitation Engineering.
17. Management of own caseload and prioritisation of work load
18. Significant wheelchair and seating product knowledge
Desirable criteria
19. To have participated in student training
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
20. Casting techniques for the use in the development of orthotic profiles to correct and manage patient posture
21. Detailed knowledge of control and switch systems for use with electrically powered wheelchairs, seating and environmental control systems. This includes the ability to reprogram devices to better suit the needs of the patient
22. Experience of a wide range of modern manufacturing techniques
23. Ability to use basic engineering hand tools and equipment, complimenting hands-on skills with rehabilitation equipment. Requires high level of accuracy and precision with good hand\eye and sensory coordination
Desirable criteria
24. Knowledge of legal issues (data protection, confidentiality, child protection and health and safety.)
25. Knowledge and experience of manual handling techniques and equipment.
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
26. Ability to work independently and away from base
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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