Rehabilitation Engineering Practitioner

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Swansea; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Swansea seeks a Rehabilitation Engineering Practitioner enthusiastic about improving patients' quality of life through assistive technology. The role involves collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams to assess and design medical devices. Candidates should be effective communicators with experience in caring for patients with complex disabilities. This position offers excellent professional training and development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Professional training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Applicants must be enthusiastic, organized, and keen to develop.
• Experience working with patients with complex, long-term disabilities is required.
• Working towards registration with the Register of Clinical Technologists will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with patients to improve quality of life using assistive technology.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to assess, design, and manufacture medical devices.
• Contribute to the provision of special seating and pressure ulcer prevention services.

Skills

Effective communication

Experience with patients with neuromuscular conditions

Interest in biomechanical function

Organizational skills

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the in the role of Rehabilitation Engineering Practitioner. Applicants working towards their registration with the Register of Clinical Technologists (RCT) will be considered on an individual basis depending on their experience and proximity to registration.

This position offers the chance to work closely with patients of the special seating service to improve their quality of life through the design, manufacture and use of assistive technology.

This is a rewarding role and would suit an individual who is enthusiastic, organised, keen to develop themselves and wants to help those with complex, long-term disability. They must be effective communicators and have experience working with patients with neuromuscular conditions, as well as an interest in biomechanical function.

The Rehabilitation Engineering Unit (REU), located in the purpose-built Specialist Rehabilitation Centre at Morriston Hospital, provides services in special seating /postural management (wheelchairs), pressure ulcer prevention and intervention (PUPIS) and functional electrical stimulation (FES).

The REU team consists of Rehabilitation Engineers, Technicians, Clinical Scientists, Therapists, Nurses, Trainees and Administrators who support the provision of assistive technology services to patients in the South West Wales region. The multi-disciplinary team assess, design and manufacture medical devices (approximately 600 per year), providing engineering solutions to improve the function, mobility and quality of life of people with complex disabilities. We work collaboratively with end-users, families and healthcare professionals.

REU has anexternally certified Quality Management System (QMS) and is a section within the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering.

The Unit continues to build on its award-winning reputation, delivering high quality patient care. This is complemented by first class training, research and innovation activities linked with Universities in Wales and collaborations with other Rehabilitation Engineering services., We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show thatour commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

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