Rehabilitation Engineering Technician

Job overview

Are you interested in rehabilitation and mechanical engineering and wish to have the opportunity to have a strong work life balance? If so, we have the ideal role for you!

Our Wheelchair Service are looking to recruit a Wheelchair Rehabilitation Technician.  We will offer excellent in-service training, one to one clinical development and regular peer support with in-service training offered by our supportive team to ensure you achieve your competencies.

This role would suit someone with experience or keen interest in mechanical engineering, excellent communication skills, a team player who will enjoy working in a dynamic and evolving service and above all has a passion for supporting patients with complex needs.

As part of your role, you will be working alongside a specialist team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Technicians and Rehabilitation Engineer, supported by a great administration team. We are a well-established and welcoming team that would love to have you join.

East Berkshire Specialist Wheelchair Service provides wheelchairs and specialist seating to a broad range of people (adults and children) including those with complex disabilities from our newly renovated location at 3 Abell Gardens in Maidenhead. We work on a Monday through Friday basis, with no on call or weekend work so that you can have a fantastic work life balance.

We apologise that we cannot offer sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job

• Providing technical support on wheelchair across multi-disciplinary team in clinic and in the patient’s home

• Setting up, delivering and handing over manual wheelchair equipment, accessories to clients as directed by Therapists and Engineers.

• Carrying out selective mechanical and software modifications to wheelchairs

• Managing stock in line with therapists, patients and clinical requirements

• Providing support in the moving and handling of patients and equipment

• Working with patients, relatives and carers within a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with professionals in health, social care, education and charities as well as with specialist providers and technicians

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The  “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:

• Interest and experience in mechanical engineering

• Passion for excellence

• Can do attitude

• Car driver with ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Magdalena Nowak on 07554415446 or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.