At a Glance
- Tasks: Assess and provide tailored wheelchair solutions for individuals with disabilities.
- Company: Join a leading healthcare group serving millions in Southwest London.
- Benefits: Gain valuable experience, competitive pay, and the chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Short-term contract with opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Why this job: Be part of a multidisciplinary team and enhance lives through innovative engineering.
- Qualifications: Experience in wheelchair solutions and a full UK driving licence required.
The predicted salary is between 38616 - 46141 £ per year.
Overview
A vacancy has arisen for a Band 6 Rehabilitation Engineer, working with the Wheelchair Service based at Queen Mary\'s Hospital in Roehampton.
The service covers the provision of posture and wheeled mobility equipment and special seating to meet the complex needs of people with disabilities, living across five boroughs in Southwest London.
This is a short-term contract for 12 months.
Responsibilities
- Assess people with disabilities in a multidisciplinary team and independently, providing technical expertise and prescription to ensure the provision of manual and powered wheelchairs, special seating and associated equipment.
- Develop knowledge of the manufacturing process and apply practical skills to design and manufacture seating systems and modifications.
- Provide technical expertise to other wheelchair service colleagues in the review, adaptation, modification, prescription and delivery of both standard and bespoke equipment.
- Travel to clients\' homes and other clinical sites across Southwest London; a full UK driving licence is required and the post holder will use their own car for visits.
Requirements
- Hold a full UK driving licence and be willing to travel as part of the role.
- Experience in assessing, prescribing and delivering wheelchair and seating solutions for people with disabilities.
- Ability to work within multidisciplinary teams and independently; strong technical and practical design/manufacture skills for seating systems and wheelchair accessories.
- Context
St George\'s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group serves a population of four million people in Southwest London and Northeast Surrey.
Sites include St George\'s Hospital, St Helier Hospital, and Queen Mary\'s Hospital for Children.
The trusts operate as a hospital group to enable collaboration on research, education, and training of a large workforce.
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Contact Details:
St George's University Hospitals Recruitment Team
