Employer: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: ALAS Posture & Mobility Centre
Town: Treforest
Salary: £35,922 - £43,257 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/09/2024 23:59
Medical Technical Officer
Band 6
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 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 focused on the health and care needs of our local population while also working with our partners to develop regional services.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic person to join the Medical Technical Team within the Posture and Mobility Service, ALAS. The post will be based out of the PMC in Treforest, covering work within the South West Wales community.
The role of the Medical Technical Officer is to carry out assessments of an individual’s clinical, postural, and pressure needs and to visit users at home/schools to assess for, prescribe, deliver, fit, and adapt or modify mobility equipment.
The successful candidate will be registered/eligible to register as a Healthcare Science Practitioner or Clinical Technologist (e.g., accredited vocational degree or equivalent). Significant experience in a medical and technical or engineering environment is essential, with knowledge and understanding of postural assessment and biomechanics. Experience in the design, manufacture, and management of specialized assistive technology specified to meet clinical need is required for this role.
It would be an advantage to have experience working with wheelchairs, particularly with the fitting and adjustment of them. An understanding of seating and anatomy would also be preferred.
The successful candidate must be willing to undertake lone working and driving across the large geographical area we cover, for which ALAS vans are provided.
Main duties of the job
Brief duties of the role include:
1. To manage a varied caseload of adults with complex postural needs, using evidence-based/client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions in primary and secondary care settings, including home visits and community facilities.
2. To carry out assessments of patients referred for posture, pressure, and specialized mobility equipment to meet service user’s complex postural and mobility needs and associated clinical conditions. To be responsible for the environmental assessment and fitting of the equipment.
3. To triage and prioritize referrals in a timely manner and make technical decisions based on referral information demonstrating a high level of clinical reasoning skills.
4. To use a wide range of appropriate tools to fit and adjust equipment and employ safe manual handling techniques when moving heavy/awkward equipment, often in enclosed environments within community settings (homes, schools, and hospital wards, etc.).
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered/eligible to register as a Healthcare Science Practitioner or Clinical Technologist (e.g., accredited vocational degree or equivalent).
* Postgraduate diploma or equivalent (e.g., specialist knowledge of specialized assistive technology assessment/prescription/provision).
* Having or working towards a higher degree.
Experience
* Significant experience in a medical and technical or engineering environment.
* Working with clinical staff.
* Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* Working within a quality system.
* Taking part in audits.
* Experience in wheelchair/seating/standardized assessment.
* Lone working.
* Working with service-users with life-threatening conditions.
Skills
* Good organization and time management.
* Clinical reasoning.
* Clinical experience with individuals with complex needs within a social setting.
* Experience of Postural Management.
* Dexterity to operate hand tools.
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE
* Knowledge and understanding of postural assessment and biomechanics.
* Design, manufacture, and management of specialized assistive technology specified to meet clinical need.
* Clinical/Quality audit.
* Wheelchair accreditation.
* Understanding of pressure wounds and management.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
* Enthusiastic and committed approach.
* Adaptable with coping skills.
* Good team worker.
* Good at problem-solving.
OTHER
* Car driver/Full driving license.
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognize 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 favorably than an application made in English.
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