Employer Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Fen House, North Hykeham
Town Lincoln
Salary £37,338 - £44,962
Salary period Yearly
Closing 09/03/2025 23:59
Interview date 26/03/2025
Clinical Technologist
Band 6
LCHS Way
We listen: we engage with everyone we work with, we are united, we are always positive.
We care: everyone is valued, respected and developed, knowledge and skills are nurtured, success is celebrated.
We act: clear goals and right resources, freedom coupled with accountability, emphasis on simplicity.
We improve: we are creative, resourceful and innovative, integrated and collaboration is the way forward, we're always striving to do better.
....Fit for now, fit for the future.
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Job overview
The Lincolnshire Electronic Assistive Technology (EATS) Service provides a specialist service for adults and children with complex physical and/or communication disabilities. Members of the multidisciplinary team carry out assessments, make recommendations and provide equipment and systems which aim to promote independence, participation and improve quality of life. Along with communication devices, the Service provides assessment, provision and maintenance of Environmental Controls (EC) equipment and Advanced Computer Access to Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire residents.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and caring Clinical Technologist to join our multi-disciplinary team of Clinical Technologists, Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in a friendly, busy service that covers the East Midlands area.
Please note this position will not commence before June 2025.
Main duties of the job
* To participate in, and support, the multidisciplinary clinical assessment of patients with complex physical disabilities.
* To assemble, install and commission electronic assistive equipment in patients’ homes or for mobile use, to address individual needs for safety, security, communication, control of domestic appliances and environment and access to electronic information systems.
* To provide on-going support for patients by providing training, maintaining equipment in good working order and by making any adjustments necessary to meet changing needs.
* To take an integral part in the development of processes to ensure delivery of a high quality electronic assistive technology service.
* To participate in ongoing training and development of the service, yourself and your colleagues.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Assessment
• Assists in the process of multidisciplinary clinical assessment by selecting and providing appropriate electronic assistive equipment and configuring this to test patients’ physical, cognitive and sensory abilities.
• Identifies suitable patient-equipment interfaces and measures physical requirements for the patient (e.g. response time, force, spatial accuracy).
• Gives advice on the feasibility and impact on the patient’s environment of providing particular functions (e.g. door entry phone, mounting of display screen on wheelchair).
• Documents the technical requirements of the prescription and agrees these with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Agrees with the patient, carer and assessment team the date on which equipment will be installed having regard to service standards.
Procurement and Management of Equipment
• Assists in the technical and clinical assessment of medical devices to be included on the department’s preferred product list. Adjusts stock and re-order levels to meet expected requirements.
• Sources non-standard equipment for specific patient needs.
• Supervises others to undertake acceptance testing of new equipment in accordance with Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency requirements, including electrical safety testing of medical devices.
• Enters product details onto Departmental Database, labels equipment to ensure traceability and stores in accordance with the Trust’s Medical Devices Policy.
Commissioning of Equipment
• Interprets results of a team members’ assessment in order to produce a system design to satisfy the patient’s prescription in compliance with the EATS team policies and procedures.
• Assembles and installs the patient interface, providing appropriate physical mounting on the wheelchair, bed or on freestanding mounts. Inspects for hazards and where necessary tests for stability.
Maintenance and On-going Support
• Investigates and prioritises breakdown reports. Makes repairs to, or substitution of, failed equipment in a timely manner so as to minimise risk to patients.
• Arranges and monitors repair by manufacturers where in-house repair is not possible.
Record Keeping and Documentation
• Maintains in the patient’s Clinical Record, either directly or by reference to model files, sufficient documentation to satisfy the Technical File requirements of the Medical Devices Regulations.
• Makes electronic copies of system configurations and stores according to the EATS team procedures and uses to repair/recover failed systems.
Person specification
Personal and training
* Suitable degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics or equivalent experience
* Experience of working in a healthcare setting
* Experience of Environmental Control systems and their applications
* Knowledge of iOS Devices Android devices, Windows Based Systems and Apple Mac OS.
* Knowledge of communications technologies and their domestic and personal applications
* Able and willing to drive across the service locality
* Safe use of power tools and hand tools
* Experience of the commissioning and maintenance of Environmental Control and Alternative and Augmentative Communication Systems
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
We are a Disability Confident employer ensuring that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
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