Clinical Engineer Team Lead - Wheelchair Service

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS organization in Manchester is seeking an experienced Clinical Scientist/Clinical Engineer to lead their engineering team within the Wheelchair Service. You will ensure high-quality assessments and provide solutions for complex mobility needs. This role requires strong leadership and management skills, alongside a passion for supporting patients with complex requirements. Opportunities for career development and contribution to innovative practices are provided.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Access to research programs

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to assess and prescribe appropriate mobility equipment.
• Knowledge of quality control practices in engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and management to the engineering team.
• Ensure efficient and high-quality service delivery.
• Implement quality strategy and establish processes.

Skills

Leadership

Management

Technical expertise

Communication

Education

Degree in engineering or relevant field

Job description

The Manchester and Trafford Wheelchair Service are looking for an experienced Clinical Scientist/ Clinical Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team of Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Rehabilitation Engineers, technicians, and therapy assistants. We deliver care to those requiring posture and mobility equipment across Manchester and Trafford.

The service currently provides input to approximately 10,000 patients of all ages with a permanent mobility requirement, providing a wide range of wheelchairs from that of an active user to those with severe postural needs. Day to day service delivery is by clinic attendance or community visits which will require, at times, lone working.

The wheelchair team aim to assess and prescribe appropriate equipment in a timely manner and to work closely with our multiagency partners including, social services, education authority and wider NHS teams.

Manchester and Trafford wheelchair service offers complex special-seating assessments and provision of equipment to a high number of patients across all ages. This enables us to support those with complex and asymmetrical body shapes to mobilise. This is most effective in conjunction with effective 24-hour postural management programmes.

The wheelchair service thrive on providing high quality care and require a team player who will rise to the challenge of working in a dynamic and evolving service and above all have a passion for supporting patients with complex needs. The post holder will lead and develop the engineering team within the Wheelchair Service to ensure an efficient, high-quality service.

The primary function of the role is to provide leadership, management and communication to and for the team ensuring the delivery of specialist technical expertise and assessment for the Wheelchair Service using engineering principles and technology to provide solutions to problems arising from complex assessments.

The post holder will provide a quality control for the engineering team to ensure service users receive an effective and efficient service. The post holder will ensure delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.