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Rehabilitation Engineer Technician
Band 4
Main area Rehabilitation Engineer Technician Wheelchair Service Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday 08:30- 16:30) Job ref 350-CC7314254
Site Liverpool Wheelchair Service, Lifehouse Town Liverpool Salary £26,530 - £29,114 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 28/07/2025
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Job overview
Liverpool Wheelchair Service are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated B4 Rehabilitation Engineer Technician to join the team. The successful candidate will provide clinical engineering support in the assessment and provision of wheelchairs, postural support and pressure management to clients of all ages across Liverpool.
We are a multi disciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Clinical Engineers and Assistant Practitioners. We have a dedicated admin and warehouse team and purpose- built facilities including and engineering workshop.
You will work within the clinical engineering team at Liverpool Wheelchair Service alongside therapists and independently within clinics and visits in the community. You will use your knowledge and skills of clinical engineering to support in the adaptation of wheelchairs and provide postural solutions to meet the needs of patients under the guidance of the clinicians and senior engineering team.
Main duties of the job
* To support the team in providing technical expertise and advice for Liverpool Wheelchair Service, using engineering principles. The candidate will need to demonstrate experience of working with medical devices, preferably wheelchairs, and the ability to use clinical reasoning and biomechanics to support their practice.
To assist with restoring or improving a service users mobility and posture in order to achieve their maximum functional potential. You will work with the senior clinical engineers and wheelchair therapists to adjust and fit parts and postural solutions to meet patients needs and maximise function. The candidate will need to use their engineering and clinical skills to support this provision.
Provide a high standard of clinical care for individuals within a defined area of the population under the supervision of a registered practitioner. You will work both jointly and independently within clinic and out in the community. The service has a fleet of vans to support the safe provision of wheelchairs and engineering solutions in the community. Good documentation skills and clinical notes are essential for this role.
Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes. You will need to demonstrate awareness of appropriate management of medical devices and the standards to support provision of wheelchairs.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to job description.
Person specification
Knowledge/ Experience
* Relevant practical engineering experience in a workshop environment or similar environment
* Proven experience within the field of mechanical engineering
* Documentary evidence of continuing professional development
* Knowledge of quality control procedures in manufacturing/repair industries to ISO standards
* Demonstrable knowledge and application of mechanical engineering techniques
* Previous experience within a Health Care/Social Care/Wheelchair Service Setting
* Community/Lone worker experience
* Experience of audit/research
* Previous experience within a wheelchair service
* Experience of working with the MHRA
* Moving and Handling training
* Specialist knowledge and application of rehabilitation engineering techniques
* Knowledge and experience of risk assessment and management
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
Skills
* Ability to work autonomously and prioritise own workload in a demanding service
* Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships
* Ability to undertake reflection and critically appraise own performance
* Ability to organise and respond to complex and sensitive information
* Basic level computer skills
* Ability to analyse and advise colleagues on technical issues
* Commitment to lifelong learning
* Self-motivated and able to adopt a flexible working approach when the needs of the service require
* Willingness to support and assist the team in the planning and development of the service
* Ability to transport self around the community
* Excellent hand-eye coordination
* Sensory skills (sight, hearing, touch) to be able to independently adjust mobility equipment to suit service users’ needs.
* Dexterity, manipulation and fine-motor skills
* Risk assessment and management skills
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Rebecca Denson Job title Clinical Lead, Liverpool Wheelchair Service Email address rebecca.denson@merseycare.nhs.uk
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