Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type NHS
Site ALAS Posture & Mobility Centre
Town Treforest Industrial Estate, Treforest
Salary Option to appoint on Annex 21, dependent on experience
Closing 24/03/2025 23:59
Band 5
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Board in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future.
We are a values-driven organisation and our goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
* We are kind and caring
* We are respectful
* We have trust and integrity
* We take personal responsibility
OUR REGION:
Wales has much to offer with miles of stunning coastline, UNESCO world heritage sites and beautiful countryside. Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, has something for everyone. It is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline, as well as charming towns including Penarth and Cowbridge.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technician to apply their skills to benefit NHS service users across South Wales as part of a team designing and manufacturing bespoke assistive devices. We would also welcome applications from those with less experience keen to develop their career within an innovative and forward-thinking department.
The Cardiff Rehabilitation Engineering Unit (REU) delivers a range of specialised clinical services, in particular, the assessment of people’s needs and the prescription and provision of bespoke assistive technology to meet those needs. The Unit supports an active research, development and innovation programme in partnership with local universities and private companies and has a very supportive approach to both the personal and the continuing professional development of staff.
As part of the Cardiff REU’s Design & Manufacture Team, the post-holder will work as part of a team carrying a routine service commitment alongside the Posture and Mobility Service providing clinical engineering solutions to meet the complex needs of people with long term conditions, in particular, specialist wheelchairs and bespoke accessories.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will fabricate, maintain, repair and decommission specialised equipment to meet the complex needs of severely disabled patients/service users. This work will involve using a wide range of tools and fabrication techniques at the direction of the Design and Manufacture Team Leader to manufacture devices and components to written specification and/or technical drawings to meet individual patient needs. This will include working alongside patients, clinicians, and other members of the Design and Manufacture Team to design and document solutions within the framework of the department’s quality system (ISO13485) and relevant legislation (i.e. the UK Medical Device Regulations).
The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the prescription and provision (including development and evaluation) of specialist devices to meet the needs of individual patients/service users.
The ideal candidate should have demonstrable practical skills in fabrication, assembly and servicing of devices, a sound knowledge of design and manufacture (including risk management) and experience of working with the public/patients. Appointment on Agenda for Change Annex 21 (that is, on a slightly reduced salary initially) will be considered for those with less experience for whom appropriate training will be provided for a fixed period to support development towards appointment on the substantive salary scale.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Accredited vocational degree or equivalent, for example, HNC/HND in mechanical engineering plus experiential learning.
Experience
* Experience of a rehabilitation engineering environment.
* Substantial experience of a rehabilitation engineering environment.
Special Knowledge
* H&S risk assessment relevant to special seating and wheelchair systems.
* Disabling conditions and associated risks.
* Assessment, Development, Evaluation, Fitting and Issuing relevant to special seating and wheelchair systems.
* Electronic assistive technology.
Personal Qualities (Demonstrable)
* Ability to organise and plan own work in response to unforeseen and rapidly changing circumstances.
* Disability awareness.
* Good inter-personal skills.
* Good organisational skills.
* Ability to acquire knowledge quickly.
* Ability to initiate, undertake and complete programmes of work.
* Ability to work to deadlines.
* Ability to actively encourage and promote defined objectives.
* Ability to sympathetically and effectively manage hostility and aggression.
* Discretion w.r.t. confidential and sensitive information.
Other
* Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner.
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Lewis Crown
Job title Design & Manufacture Team Leader
Email address lewis.crown@wales.nhs.uk
Telephone number 029 2183 3931
Please feel free to get in touch with any questions or to arrange a visit.
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