Job details
- Job reference: 259622
- Salary: Band 5 (£34,544 - £43,039)
- Job closing date: 28/09/2026
- Job Type: Healthcare Sciences
- Location: Ninewells Hospital
- Employment type: Permanent
- Hours Per Week: 36
- Job posted date: 14/09/2026
- Employer (NHS Board): NHS Tayside
- Department: Tayside Assistive Technology - Wheelchair and Seating Service
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced technician to join the multi-disciplinary Assistive Technology (Wheelchair and Seating) team based within the TORT Centre at Ninewells Hospital. This is a full-time permanent position.
Wheelchair technicians prepare new wheelchairs for issue to patients, repair and maintain a wide range of manual and powered wheelchairs as well as specialist postural systems. They also provide technical assistance during the assessment, design, manufacture and delivery of specialist rehabilitation equipment including wheelchairs and seating systems.
The Assistive Technology Service provides long-term wheelchair and seating solutions to people from across Tayside and is critical to supporting independent living and improving quality of life for people with mobility and postural needs.
The successful candidate will have a HNC or NVQ/SVQ in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering levels 2 and 3 or City & Guilds in mechanical engineering and completed an appropriate engineering apprenticeship. They will have extensive hands-on engineering experience, possess logical fault finding skills and be competent in the use of workshop machines and fabrication equipment.
Contemporary practical knowledge of wheelchairs would be an advantage but not essential as for the candidate with appropriate technical experience there will be opportunities to develop new skills in the field of assistive technology. Working with a team of technicians and clinical specialists, the role is primarily based within the wheelchair workshop but also provides technical support to patient clinics within Ninewells hospital.
Competency will be demonstrated through evidence of qualifications, and formal interview.
You will be required to comply with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland throughout your employment.
Informal enquiries to: Andy Charlton – Wheelchair and Seating Workshop Manager: 01382 496789.
Hours of work are: 36 hours per week.
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
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This advert is for Wheelchair Rehabilitation Technician with NHS Tayside in Dundee, Scotland. It is listed as a Band 5 Therapy technician role. The advertised salary is £34,544 - £43,039. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Sep 2026.
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