# Band 6 Clinical Support Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-clinical-support-technician/ec603ab9-80a3-4d02-a91c-8f7418d2e530 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-6-clinical-support-technician/ec603ab9-80a3-4d02-a91c-8f7418d2e530.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Moseley Hall Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Technician (discipline unspecified) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T01:40:27.774Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Prosthetics_Orthotics/Prosthetics_Orthotics-v8195521 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8195521?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.*** Working autonomously within agreed protocols, the post holder provides direct clinical and technical interventions, supports planned preventative maintenance programmes, responds to emergency repairs, and contributes to rehabilitation outcomes through the optimisation of prosthetic function. The role requires specialist knowledge of prosthetic componentry, biomechanics, gait and skeletal alignment, together with highly developed practical skills in the manufacture, adjustment and repair of prostheses. The post holder works as part of the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist technical advice to Prosthetists, Orthotists, Rehabilitation Engineers and other healthcare professionals. They are also responsible for supporting equipment safety, quality improvement, training, governance activities and the implementation of new technologies to ensure the delivery of a safe and high-quality service. ### Main duties of the job Manage an independent caseload of patients requiring prosthetic assessment, maintenance, repair, adjustment and optimisation. Assess, diagnose and resolve complex prosthetic and orthotic equipment issues, determining the most appropriate technical intervention to support patient rehabilitation. Manufacture, modify, fit, maintain and repair prosthetic devices using specialist technical skills and equipment. Deliver planned preventative maintenance clinics and undertake emergency repairs to ensure prosthetic devices remain safe and effective for patient use. Provide direct clinical and technical support to patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team. Apply specialist knowledge of biomechanics, gait analysis, skeletal alignment and prosthetic componentry to support patient outcomes. Maintain accurate patient records and service documentation using electronic patient record systems. Provide specialist technical advice to Prosthetists, Orthotists, Rehabilitation Engineers and other healthcare professionals. Support equipment safety, risk management, quality assurance, incident investigation and regulatory compliance activities. Lead and support service improvement projects, audits, equipment evaluations and the implementation of new technologies. Deliver training, supervision and competency assessments for technicians, apprentices and other staff members. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the Clinical Support Technician position. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience in a technical service, delivering direct patient facing support, involving medical devices - Proven experience of complex assembly with all major components and/or overhauling components - Experience of autonomous decision-making in complex clinical-technical situations. **Desirable** - Proven experience of complex draping and laminating work - Experience contributing to service development, audit, or quality improvement initiatives ### Skills and knoweldge **Essential** - Managing challenging conversations with reassurance and professionalism - Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal - Skills of working in manufacturing environment, with good hand skills. Good use of hand tools (eg. drills, hammers etc.) - IT skills to enable update of patient records and analysis of equipment software **Desirable** - Advance knowledge of manual handling processes and risk assessments for the management of loads, integral to the daily workflows ### Qualifications / training **Essential** - Degree in Prosthetics & Orthotics, Rehabilitation Engineering, Clinical Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent **Desirable** - Leadership or management qualification - Quality improvement qualification - Project management training. ## Documents - [jd - person spec (pdf, 284.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10500696) - [bchc local benefits (pdf, 99.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2722) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.