Band 7 Senior Rehabilitation Engineer

Birmingham Community Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Lead Rehabilitation Engineer to head the Regional Posture and Mobility Service, with clinical duties including assessment and bespoke seating casting. The post also acts as quality lead for MHRA compliance and equipment management, with additional clinical and managerial responsibilities.

Based at the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre in Birmingham, the role involves multidisciplinary collaboration, service development and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working with wheelchairs and specialised supportive seating.
• UK registration with HCPC or equivalent required.
• Degree in Mechanical/Rehabilitation Engineering or related field (or equivalent via HNC).

Responsibilities

• Assess and prescribe seating solutions and accessories within the regional service.
• Lead special seating assessments and provide clinical input to regional postural care.
• Ensure MHRA medical devices guidelines are implemented in seating service delivery.
• Produce detailed clinical reports and specifications for bespoke seating.

Skills

Extensive experience with wheelchairs

Specialised seating

Casting for bespoke seating

Education

BSc / BEng in Mechanical/ Rehabilitation Engineering / Engineering / Science Degree (Or HNC with professional development / experience to degree level)

Tools

CAD

Job description

Job summary

The position focuses on the regional provision of specialist seating. The purpose of this post is to act as a specialism Lead within the Regional Posture and Mobility Service with specific responsibilities as quality lead for the compliance of internally produced supportive seating with the Medical Device legislation and equipment management. The post will also include clinical duties within the Service including the assessment and casting for bespoke seating. There will also be a share of day-to-day management duties within the Posture and Mobility Services.

Interview dates will be 25/11/26

Main duties of the job

To provide technical and clinical input to West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and the Local Wheelchair Services of the West Midlands Region. Within the field of wheelchairs and seating equipment assess, prescribe, commission and overseeing manufacture of equipment adaptations and modifications. The majority of assessments will be carried out as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The team would normally include an Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist or Clinical Scientist and may also include a Doctor. The Senior Rehabilitation Engineer (R.E.) will contribute in terms of the technical, clinical and therapeutic value of equipment, any modifications that may be required and supply details. This requires the individual to be independently mobile with a driving license. To act as the Quality Lead for the Regional Posture and Mobility Service. Responsibility for producing the MWS catalogue and pricing.

About us

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Details

Date posted: 26 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 820-8169914-ASR-A

Job locations: West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, 91 oak tree lane, selly oak, B29 6JA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Assessment: In the field of non-powered and powered wheelchairs, and special seating (to include pressure relieving products) and associated adaptations and accessories, assess patients and carers to determine patient and carers needs, environmental factors and personal goals relating to the improvement of their function, capacity and social interaction.
• Take measurements of body size in order to match a patient to equipment and seating pressure, posture and function.
• Assess environmental factors (home layout, building access).
• Assessment of current equipment provision.
• Produce timely, accurate and detailed clinical reports on the assessment undertaken, in accordance with agreed local and regional standards.
• Have an in-depth knowledge and be skilled in Special Seating principles required to assess, measure and cast for bespoke seating systems. This includes having the ability to reason with others around clinical knowledge in provision of seating.
• Take an active role in screening of specialist referrals to eligibility criteria and identifying appropriate clinical applications.
• Lead special seating assessments.

Prescription

• Maintain a detailed knowledge of wheelchair, specialist controls and special seating equipment available, to ensure the service is at the forefront of postural care.
• Interpret patient assessment data, resolve any discrepancies or omissions and using this and relevant information from other sources, investigate possible options to meet patient needs.
• Evaluate options, by a process of prioritisation and weighting against needs, availability, costs and user/carer preferences.
• Report at sufficient level of detail with prescription recommendations. Provide in depth performance specifications on bespoke seating prescriptions meeting the needs of the most complex seating problems.
• Determine the required clinical review period, to include cases where no intervention is prescribed.
• Perform a risk benefit analysis as appropriate.
• To constantly be looking to develop and advance the practice of prescription of seating from assessment through to manufacture with the view of quality, cost effectiveness, clinical appropriateness and the advancement of Regional Posture and Mobility as a leading service in seating provision.

Manufacturing of Equipment

• Contribute to the development of the Quality Management system. Have an in depth knowledge of the MHRA medical devices guidelines on equipment management.
• Undertake the design and monitor the manufacture of equipment plus modifications or adaptations.
• Ensure MHRA medical devices guidelines are implemented when providing Special Seating Service solutions.
• Negotiate with relevant contractors, primarily the Mechanical Workshop, to ensure best cost effective provision, to timescales which are in line with patient expectations.
• Negotiate with customers and Mechanical Workshop staff on the clinical and engineering design concepts, and how the concepts can be introduced into the bespoke equipment in line with MHRA guidelines.
• Ensure the final product meets design specifications and required performance parameters.
• Provide casts profiles from which moulded seats are manufactured. Ensure casts will allow a moulded seat to be manufactured to meet the assessment goals.
• Use CAD in order to produce parts that will be manufactured with 3D printing.

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential)

• BSc / BEng in Mechanical/ Rehabilitation Engineering / Engineering / Science Degree (Or HNC with professional development / experience to degree level)

Registration (Essential)

• Register of Clinical Technology Registered or Health and Care Professional Council Registered

Experience

Essential:

• Extensive experience working with wheelchairs and specialised supportive seating

Desirable:

• Experience of casting for bespoke seating
• Experience of working within a Quality Management System

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address: West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, 91 oak tree lane, selly oak, B29 6JA, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Service Clinical Manager, jacqueline atkinson, [e-mail], 07525617419