Mobile Engineer (Internal Only)

Royal Devon; Exeter; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Staff discounts

Cycle to work

Nursery on site

Job summary

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mobile/Workshop Engineer to join the NHS Wheelchair Service at Exeter Mobility Centre. The role blends community visits with hands-on workshop work to service wheelchairs.

You will travel across Devon, diagnose faults, repair, maintain and refurbish wheelchair equipment, and demonstrate safe use to users and carers. We welcome both full-time and part-time applicants and offer flexible working patterns and a supportive NHS

Qualifications

• Experience delivering, repairing and maintaining wheelchair equipment.
• Willingness to travel across Devon and work in a workshop.

Responsibilities

• Travelling to service users’ homes using a Trust vehicle
• Delivering, repairing, maintaining, and collecting wheelchairs
• Diagnosing faults and completing repairs, modifications, and PPMs
• Demonstrating safe use of equipment to service users and carers
• Repairing, servicing, and reconditioning wheelchair equipment
• Preparing equipment for delivery and ensuring safety standards are met
• Managing stock, parts, and equipment within the workshop
• Supporting refurbishment of returned items, including cushions
• Completing accurate documentation and maintaining records
• Ensuring tools, parts, and vehicles are ready for daily work
• Following infection control and health & safety procedures

Job description

Are you a practical, caring engineer who enjoys variety in your work?

We are looking for a Mobile/Workshop Engineer to join our NHS Wheelchair Service team. This unique hybrid role combines community-based mobile working with hands-on workshop engineering, giving you the best of both worlds.

You’ll play a vital role in ensuring NHS wheelchair users receive safe, reliable equipment — whether that’s out in the community or within our workshops at the Exeter Mobility Centre site — helping people maintain independence and improve their quality of life.

We are committed to building an inclusive and flexible workforce and welcome applications for both full-time and part-time positions. Flexible working options can be discussed at interview to support individual needs alongside service delivery.

About the Role

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

In this varied role, you will split your time between visiting service users across Devon and working within the Exeter Mobility Centre workshop.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Travelling to service users’ homes using a Trust vehicle
• Delivering, repairing, maintaining, and collecting wheelchairs
• Diagnosing faults and completing repairs, modifications, and PPMs
• Demonstrating safe use of equipment to service users and carers
• Repairing, servicing, and reconditioning wheelchair equipment
• Preparing equipment for delivery and ensuring safety standards are met
• Managing stock, parts, and equipment within the workshop
• Supporting refurbishment of returned items, including cushions

General responsibilities

• Completing accurate documentation and maintaining records
• Ensuring tools, parts, and vehicles are ready for daily work
• Following infection control and health & safety procedures

Working Pattern:Monday to Friday with rota'd weekend on-call shifts

Interview Date:To Be Confirmed

For further information please contact:Liam McNamara, Wheelchair Repair Service Manager on [e-mail]

This is an internal vacancy for Royal Devon employees, therefore Bank workers are currently not eligible to apply for this vacancy.

As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We believe in fostering a sense of belonging and actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. We recognise the advantages of having a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation TrustandNorthern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

About Us

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more

It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:

• National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
• Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
• Car lease schemes.
• The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
• Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.

• Salary Band 3: £25,760- £27,476 per annum pro rata
• Frequency Annual
• Vacancy Reference 185-35159-14082
• Contract Type Permanent
• Closing Date 8 September, 2026
• Job Category Maintenance & Repair
• Location Exeter Mobility Centre, Hennock Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter, United Kingdom