Lead Scientist for Rehab Eng & Clinical Measurement (XR10)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK seeks a highly skilled Lead Clinical Scientist to provide scientific leadership in rehabilitation engineering. The role involves ensuring high-quality clinical services, managing clinical technologists, and driving innovation in patient care. Candidates must be HCPC registered and hold an advanced degree in a relevant field. This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in healthcare delivery across multiple sites in the Leeds area.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered clinical scientist with advanced specialist training.
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams effectively.
• Strong knowledge of medical device management guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific leadership in rehabilitation engineering.
• Ensure clinical services meet quality standards for patient care.
• Oversee clinical technologists and ensure service capability.

Skills

Team working skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

Honours degree in relevant engineering or scientific field

Masters degree or equivalent knowledge

HCPC registered clinical scientist

Job description

Lead Scientist for Rehab Eng & Clinical Measurement (XR10)

TheMedical and Clinical Engineering department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHSTrust is seeking an HCPC registered Lead Clinical Scientist to providescientific leadership in the areas of Rehabilitation Engineering and ClinicalMeasurement. The post holder shouldhave specialist scientific knowledge and significant experience in one ormore of the following areas: gait analysis, functional electricalstimulation, renal dialysis and / or rehabilitation engineering (wheelchairs,prosthetics and orthotics).

Expected ShortlistingDate

10/12/2025

Planned InterviewDate

17/12/2025

Main duties of the job

Thepostholder would be responsible for providing scientific leadership andensuring the quality and delivery to appropriate clinical standards (such asCMAS) of the afore mentioned clinical scientific services. This would includeservice development, contribution and identification of researchopportunities and supervision of research projects. The postholder would also contribute to thedelivery of these clinical services. Therole also involves the line management responsibilities for clinical technologistsand Clinical Scientists. The Clinical Engineering section falls under thedepartmental ISO9001:2015 quality certification.

About us

TheLeeds teaching hospitals is one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK, asis its Department of Medical Physics and Engineering. The department has a strong track record ofinnovation both technically and commercially throughout the UK andinternationally and provides support for clinical services at Leeds teachinghospitals as well as to other NHS organisations within the region.

Thepost-holder will primarily be based at the St Jamess Hospital and ChapelAllerton sites and would be expected to travel between these sites as well as to various other sites across the region and would therefore require theirown means of transport.

Enquiriesare encouraged to the Head of Department, Dr Robert Farley on 07917 344846 oremail [e-mail]

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Therole is that of clinical lead with highly-specialist scientific and technicalknowledge to ensure the quality of the outputs from the rehabilitationengineering and clinical measurement services. The clinical lead ensures services aredelivered to appropriate standards in order to support patient care. There isa strong innovation and improvement aspect to the role as well as servicedelivery.

Thestaff management aspect of the role involveshealthcare scientist staff (clinical technologists and clinicalscientists). The role also involvesresponsibility for trainees (STP and Medical Engineering apprentices) whenthey are working in the area.

Theservice scopes are as follows:

FunctionalElectrical Stimulation about 80 new referrals per year plus over 200 followups.

Gaitanalysis 60 referrals per year, plus 60 follow ups.

Wheelchairsover 1000 clinical episodes per year

Scientificand technical advice (based on data analysis, reporting) is also provided onan ongoing basis to the Trusts externally provided prosthetics and orthoticsservice (over 9,000 patients seem per year) and the renal dialysis servicefor service assurance, monitoring and improvement activity (148 dialysisstations in used over multiple shifts daily).

Thepost holder has ongoing responsibility for the medical devices issued to acohort of about 180 patient who use the Functional Electrical Stimulators inthe community and about 100 medical devices in storage or being adaptedwithin the service.

PRINCIPALDUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Clinicallead, who is able to provide all aspects of the highly specialist gaitanalysis service including:

- Gait measurements from patients,

- Physical examination of patients,

- Set up and calibration of measuringequipment,

- Analysis of complex gait data whichrequires advanced analytical skill to ensure data quality.

- Interpretation of gait datarequires high levels of theoretical knowledge on clinical conditions andoptions for intervention.

- Presentation of results tomultidisciplinary teams,

- Justification of interventionrecommendations, based on data.

- Preparation of clinical reports

Clinicallead, who is able to provide all aspects of the highly specialist FES serviceincluding:

Patienthistories and physical examination,

Setup and review of FES equipment for individual needs,

Assessmentof efficacy and safety of equipment for individuals.

Trainingpatients in the use of equipment

LeadsCEs scientific support for other specialist clinical services. These services include body compositionmonitoring undertaken as part of renal dialysis.

Leadsscientific and technical support for the Trusts wheelchairs and seating,orthotics and prosthetics services. The support includes set up of equipment,risk assessment, incident investigations, device evaluations.

Monitorsand responds to demand from clinical referrals and other requests forsupport.

Professional

Worksseamlessly with clinical leaders from other healthcare professions to deliverclinical service in rehabilitation and scientific / technical support forclinical services.

Monitorsservice output indicators such as waiting times, patient feedback and takesresponsibility for performance.

Worksto improve service delivery, by monitoring relevant policies and standards;proposing, developing and implementing changes to policy within services whenrequired. Ensures any changes arerecognised and adapted to by MDT colleagues and service users.

Monitorsclinical and scientific practice regionally and nationally and technologicalinnovations to ensure our service is adopting and leading best practice.

Ableto cover relevant aspects of Head of Clinical Engineering role when required,including attendance at Senior Management Group meetings.

Education:

Providesspecialist training and assessment of practice for staff and trainees from ahealthcare background for competency in the field.

Alsoteaches practitioners and students from healthcare science, medicine, therapyand engineering background, covering advanced specialist knowledge inrehabilitation engineering and clinical measurement.

Ensureprofessional practice and skills are met by trainees such as apprentices andSTP trainees.

Informationand Data

Ensuresthat clinical notes and patient data are recorded and stored by self and allother staff within service in line with service standards.

Ensuresdata on/from medical devices within own service areas is stored in line withTrust standards.

Quality,Professional and Occupational Standards

Ensureswork done in the service is undertaken based on underlying professional andoccupational policy and standards (for example, Clinical scientist standardsof proficiency, register of clinical technologists Code of ProfessionalConduct). Local policies include, forexample, health and safety, recruitment practice, supporting performance,professional registration.

Collaborateswith other CE and MP&E managers to ensure effective integration of allaspects of the service. Examples ofareas of collaboration include medical devices safety, research andinnovation, training of staff, organisational assurances.

Ensuresgait analysis service maintains Clinical Movement Analysis Society (CMAS)accreditation, by meeting their standards.

Ensureswork done in the service is undertaken within the framework of the MedicalPhysics and Engineering Quality Management System and works with the MedicalPhysics and Engineering quality manager to maintain ISO9001:2015registration, by ensuring the requirements of the quality management systemare met.

Ensuresthere is regular internal and external audit of own services.

StaffingResponsibilities

Leadsstaff working in rehabilitation engineering/clinical measurement team tooptimise service delivery as described below.

Ensureswork is distributed within team in line with different roles.

Monitorsprofessional standards for staff and ensures training framework is in placefor staff to have knowledge to meet service demands.

Ensureseffective team working. Delegateswork, reviews and supports progress.Ensures effective teamwork is in place in all areas of the service.

Ensureslong term workforce plan together with staff recruitment plan is in place andprogressing.

Ensuresenvironment and working practices are compliant with health and safety forstaff working within service.

Financialand Physical Resources Responsibilities

ClinicalEngineering budget holder for a Medical Physics and Engineering CostCentre(s). Responsible for authorisingspend, including on medical equipment, on own Cost Centre budgets.

Identifiesand communicates service needs at budget setting and through businessplanning. Works with financecolleagues when there are cost pressures in the service,

Hasresponsibility for the safety and security of medical device assets in ownservices, whilst they are in the Trust and when they are issued to patientsfor use in the community.

Planningand Organisation

Plansclinical service activities and clinical workload, to ensure the services runssmoothly. Ensures there is sufficientresources available for the clinicalactivity eg staff, equipment, administrative support, space. Planning may require adjustment to routinepractice for example, ad hoc urgent appointments.

Undertakelonger term planning for service continuity (for example, covering staffing,changes in available technologies and techniques, financial framework). This includes identifying areas forimprovement. Ensures plans arereviewed, and there are actions for implementation.

Makesdecisions and recommendations on individual patient matters in situationsinvolving complexity (for example weighing up options which all involverisks). There may be unknown factorsaffecting risks at a time when a judgement is needed.

Researchand Innovation (R&I) Duties

Identifiesthe need for research and innovation activity in rehabilitation engineeringand clinical measurement based on gaps in clinical knowledge, potentialextensions to clinical practice and advanced technologies.

Workswith stakeholders to develop proposals, coordinates research studies andparticipates in the activity as required.

Coordinationincludes: review of research findings, dissemination, and adoption of resultsinto clinical practice as required. It also includes presentation of findingsat national and international conferences.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Honours degree in relevant engineering or scientific field.
• Masters degree or equivalent knowledge through experience in a relevant engineering or scientific field.
• HCPC registered clinical scientist and Membership of relevant Professional Body
• Undertaking Continuing Professional Development
• Advanced specialist training covering one or more of the relevant areas.
• Doctoral (PhD, EngD) holder and Chartered engineer
• Entry on the HSSR
• Managerial qualification to diploma level or equivalent experience.
• Training in quality improvement.
• Training on training schemes across specialism.

Skills & behaviours

• Able to work well with multi-disciplinary team.
• Maintain and promote positive working relationships with others.
• Takes decisions in a transparent and inclusive way
• Promotes a culture of equality, mutual respect and diversity
• Advanced team working skills, flexibility, initiative, influencing and persuading skills, service focus and ability to learn.
• Strong analytical skills; literacy, IT and numeracy skills with the ability to produce a range of documents or presentations for a wide variety of audiences
• Highly complex problem solving skills and the highest level of initiative across a wide range of technical/scientific disciplines.

Experience

• Detailed knowledge of the relevant MHRA medical device management and medical device manufacturing guidelines
• Knowledge of Clinical Movement Analysis society (CMAS) gait analysis standards.
• Previous experience of leadership of project(s) involving delivery of improvements in healthcare.
• Previous experience of management of healthcare scientist staff working in a range of roles including registered staff.
• Previous experience of managing H&S, clinical and regulatory risks associated with medical devices in healthcare
• Knowledge of tendering process for high value public service contracts
• Experience - DesirableKnowledge of tendering process for high value public service contracts Previous in-depth experience of use of SQL database Previous experience of procurement of medical device
• Previous experience of procurement of medical devices

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.