Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre
Town Selly Oak Birmingham
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 10/04/2025 23:59
Band 7 Senior Rehabilitation Engineer
Job overview
The Rehabilitation Engineer Service within our Trust's Adult and Specialist Rehabilitation Division of BCHC is looking to recruit a qualified and registered Clinical Technologist, Healthcare Science Practitioner or Clinical Scientist with significant experience to a Senior Rehabilitation Engineer post with particular responsibilities regarding Healthcare Science training at Associate, Practitioner and Scientist levels. The post is being advertised at this time as fulltime i.e. 37.5 hours but other hours will be considered.
The successful candidate will be based within one of the 12 Wheelchair Services within the West Midlands. The RE Service is based at West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre 91 Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6JA.
We will be asking shortlisted candidates to complete a presentation regarding the training of healthcare science staff within the field of Rehabilitation Engineering and how they would deal with a trainee experiencing problems whilst training.
Main duties of the job
We require a Senior Rehabilitation Engineer with significant experience in the subject field together with line management. They will:
1. Support the training of healthcare science staff at Associate, Practitioner and Scientist level within the field of Rehabilitation Engineering.
2. Create innovative and safe solutions to meet the assessed clinical needs of wheelchair users. These solutions will take into account relevant legislation and follow our ISO13485:2016 QMS.
3. Line manage Rehabilitation Engineers and support staff.
4. As part of a Rehabilitation Engineering Team of over 25 staff, you will participate in an active CPD and Clinical Supervision programme.
Working for our organisation
IMPORTANT
* Please ensure you check your TRAC account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
* Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including BUSINESS EMAIL ADDRESS, telephone contact details and postal address.
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications / training
* BSc / BEng in Mechanical / Rehabilitation Engineering. Engineering / Science or equivalent e.g. IEng / IIPEM (or equivalent).
* Masters equivalent needed (or equivalent).
Experience
* Relevant experience working within wheelchair services.
* Relevant experience of training and supervision within Rehabilitation Engineering.
* The ability to work within an ISO13485 Quality System.
Skills/knowledge
* Good Communication Skills. Ability to express themselves clearly both orally and in writing.
* Ability to relate to people with disabilities and show empathy.
* PC Skills.
* Extensive knowledge of Wheelchairs and Seating.
* RCT Registered / HPCP Registered.
* Knowledge of the Medical Device Regulations.
* Highly self-motivated.
* Very Flexible.
* Work with minimal supervision.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here.
Benefits of working for us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements.
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers.
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees.
* Flexible working where possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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 Carl Crump
Job title Rehabilitation Engineer Service Lead
Email address carl.crump1@nhs.net
Telephone number 0121 466 3103
Please do not hesitate to call for further information regarding this position.
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