Band 7 Senior Rehabilitation Engineer

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Metchley; Vor Ort; GBP 40.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust invites a Lead Rehabilitation Engineer to head the Regional Posture & Mobility Service, ensuring compliance with Medical Device legislation for internally produced seating. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on clinical duties, including assessment and casting for bespoke seating.

You will contribute technical and clinical input to West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and Local Wheelchair Services, oversee equipment adaptations,

Qualifikationen

• Must be independently mobile with a driving licence.

Aufgaben

• Lead the Regional Posture & Mobility Service as a specialist lead and quality lead.
• Ensure compliance of internally produced seating with Medical Device legislation.
• Carry out clinical duties including assessment and casting for bespoke seating.
• Participate in day-to-day management duties within the Posture & Mobility Services.
• Provide technical and clinical input to West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and Local Wheelchair Services.
• Assess, prescribe, commission and oversee manufacture of equipment adaptations.
• Contribute to producing the MWS catalogue and pricing.

Jobbeschreibung

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 & 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 & Mobility Services., 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.

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.