Rehabilitation Engineer

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Chesham Bois; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is looking for a qualified Rehabilitation Engineer to join their Wheelchair service. In this role, you will assess wheelchair users, manage caseloads, offer technical support, and collaborate with the clinical team to provide the best services possible. The position also includes mentoring responsibilities with apprentices and offers flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlement and pension

Access to NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Qualified, registered Rehabilitation Engineer.
• Ability to manage a caseload of patients effectively.
• Experience in providing clinical-technical advice.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments with wheelchair users in various settings.
• Manage caseloads for patients with mobility and postural needs.
• Provide clinical-technical support to therapy staff.

Skills

Empathy

Resilience

Collaboration

Job description

We are seeking to recruit a qualified, registered Rehabilitation Engineer to join the Buckinghamshire Wheelchair service. You will be conducting assessments with Wheelchair users in the Wheelchair Service clinic and various settings within the surrounding areas. You will demonstrate an empathic and resilient approach when faced with challenging situations with the ability to work collaboratively with the clinical team, and other professionals and agencies. You will be responsible for managing your own caseload of patients with a range of permanent wheelchair mobility, postural, and pressure relief needs.

Provide and develop rehabilitation engineering services in the provision of wheelchairs, seating and equipment management. This will include the assessment, review, analysis, costing, prescription, delivery (handover) and follow-up of standard and bespoke solutions.

Provide clinical and technical capacity for patients with a range of permanent wheelchair mobility, postural and pressure relief needs.

Provide clinical-technical advice and support to wheelchair therapy staff, technicians, and administrative colleagues in wheelchair services and monitor work from contracted suppliers.

Mentor and support Rehabilitation Engineer Apprentice

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
  
  

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
  
  

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Patel Job title: Advanced Occupational Therapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01494 734046