Enfield Wheelchair Service is an individual NHS funded service provided by the London Borough of Enfield, offering a comprehensive service to people of all ages living with long term mobility problems. We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. We encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do, by empowering our people to collaborate, think innovatively, make decisions and find solutions. We are looking for a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our established and proactive team to drive delivery wheelchair services across the London Borough of Enfield.
This post is an integral contributor to the Enfield Wheelchair Service (EWS) team. The post holder will be a highly specialist clinician responsible for a caseload of medium, high and very specialist need service users, leading on clinical assessment and prescription of wheelchairs and associated equipment which are tailored to meet the individuals assessed needs.
Assessments are made via weekly clinic assessments, home visits or venues appropriate to the service user in the community. The therapist will work alone or in conjunction with Rehabilitation Engineers and Special seating engineers, where presenting clinical needs indicate. They will often be the point of contact for service users who contact the service with issues or concerns regarding their wheeled mobility and will respond in a proactive, problem-solving manner, triaging the appropriate response for effective solution.
To be successful you will have excellent communication skills and be able to develop and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues both within and external to the wheelchair service. You will have strong organisation and prioritisation skills with the ability to provide flexible innovation.
Applications for the post are invited from individuals who have experience within relevant services and who have a working knowledge of wheelchairs and associated equipment. The candidate should be confident, well organized, proficient at solving problems and have practiced negotiation skills.
You are very welcome to contact and or visit to discuss further, email, Tel 07967335384.