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Wessex Rehabilitation Workshop Instructor & Lead Technician

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Salisbury

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GBP 37,000 - 45,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Therapy Workshop Manager to lead the Industrial Workshop at Wessex Rehab, Salisbury. This unique role involves working with patients to support their rehabilitation while managing workshop operations and ensuring safety standards are met. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in manufacturing and experience in a supervisory role.

Benefits

NHS discounts

Minimum of 35 days paid holiday

Generous pension scheme

On-site leisure centre

Day nursery and holiday play scheme

Qualifications

At least 3 years experience in a relevant trade.
Experience in a leadership/management role supervising staff.
Experience working to health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

Lead workshop technician and manager of the Industrial Workshop.
Work directly with patients, offering instruction and support.
Oversee maintenance of plant and machinery.

Skills

Practical manufacturing skills

Effective communication skills

Time management skills

Education

Recognised relevant apprenticeship or degree in engineering or manufacturing

NEBOSH General Certificate

Tools

Standard IT packages (Excel, Word)

Job summary

As part of the multi-disciplinary specialist team, you'll work with the Therapists to develop new vocational rehabilitation projects and support the rehabilitation of our patients who present with a range of injuries and conditions. As the Therapy Workshop Manager, you will be the subject matter expert (SME) in fabricating and maintaining items in wood, metal, plastic and glass as required by the rehabilitation service or the wider Leadership and Management.

This is a unique and rewarding role within the NHS that provides the opportunity to use skills developed within the trade industries but also work alongside patients supporting the delivery of vocational rehabilitation and wider leadership management.

At Wessex Rehab, we go beyond standard outpatient Physiotherapy rehabilitation. Within the spacious facility you'll find a large gym and private treatment areas, as well as our more unusual therapy spaces including a bouldering wall, industrial workshop, and hydrotherapy pool. Patients referred to our facility have often suffered significant; life changing physical injuries and have undergone advanced and interesting surgical reconstruction.

Please follow the link for a Virtual Tour of Wessex Rehab:https://youtu.be/ynkAv5kljV8

Main duties of the job

Work as the lead workshop technician and manager of the Industrial Workshop at Wessex Rehab, Salisbury District Hospital, within an outstanding outpatient rehabilitation facility.

Work directly with patients on a 1:1 or group basis as part of their rehabilitation journey, offering instruction, supervision and support to them to allow completion of appropriate activities in the industrial workshop.

Oversee daily, weekly and annual maintenance of plant and machinery in the Industrial Workshop, and ensure all records are maintained in a clear, concise and accurate manner, accessible and available at all times for audit and review. Oversee all requests and orders for maintenance or fabrication of items that are placed at the Industrial Workshop, taking responsibility for invoicing for work completed.

Work closely with the Health and Safety team to ensure the Industrial Workshop at Wessex Rehab sustains the highest standards of work place safety, records and mitigates all risks.

Directly supervise the band 5 workshop technician, ensuring the required leadership, direction, work-day planning and technical oversight is provided. Manage resource levels in the workshop to ensure adequate staffing at all times, including managing annual leave requests and sickness absence.

Work with volunteers who give their time to the Trust and our patients, ensuring that they are allocated appropriate and useful tasks to undertake in line with their role and experience.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here were driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Dont just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk.

Details Date posted

22 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum pro rata if part-time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

269-SFT9164

Job locations

Wessex Rehab, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust,

Odstock Road,

Salisbury,

SP2 8BJ

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities

Person Specification Education Essential

Served a recognised relevant apprenticeship registered trade, or degree/degree equivalent qualification in engineering or manufacturing

Desirable

Approved training / qualification in carrying out maintenance on workshop machinery
National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) General Certificate

Experience Essential

A professional background within a relevant trade- at least 3 years experience of working in this area
Experience of acting in a leadership / management role, supervising other staff
Experience of working to health and safety standards

Desirable

Experience of supervising inexperienced individuals in a workshop environment
Experience of communicating with and supporting individuals who have health conditions.

Knowledge Essential

Practical manufacturing skills, working with a range of materials
Effective communication skills, both written and spoken
Excellent time management skills with an ability to cope with conflicting demands
Confident in the use of standard IT packages e.g. Excel and Word

Person Specification Education Essential

Served a recognised relevant apprenticeship registered trade, or degree/degree equivalent qualification in engineering or manufacturing

Desirable

Approved training / qualification in carrying out maintenance on workshop machinery
National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) General Certificate

Experience Essential

A professional background within a relevant trade- at least 3 years experience of working in this area
Experience of acting in a leadership / management role, supervising other staff
Experience of working to health and safety standards

Desirable

Experience of supervising inexperienced individuals in a workshop environment
Experience of communicating with and supporting individuals who have health conditions.

Knowledge Essential

Practical manufacturing skills, working with a range of materials
Effective communication skills, both written and spoken
Excellent time management skills with an ability to cope with conflicting demands
Confident in the use of standard IT packages e.g. Excel and Word

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wessex Rehab, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust,

Odstock Road,

Salisbury,

SP2 8BJ

Employer's website

https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name