Bank Rehabilitation Engineer

We are looking for experienced Band 6 rehabilitation engineers to join our dynamic team of engineers and technical staff working for North Bristol Trust. The post will be based at The Wheelchair and Special Seating Service, Bristol Centre for Enablement (BCE), Cribbs Causeway, Bristol and the Gloucestershire Wheelchair Assessment Service, Independent Living Centre, Cheltenham. We require rehabilitation engineers at both centres. Someone willing and able to independently travel between both sites and surrounding areas.

Candidates will need to be registered on the Register for Clinical Technologists as a Rehabilitation Engineer, or on the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Scientist, hold an HNC or equivalent (minimum), BSc/BEng or above (preferred), in a relevant subject such as Rehabilitation Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.

Relevant experience working in a wheelchair and seating service is essential. We are looking for someone who is flexible, with a confident, professional attitude and the ability meet the training requirements of the post. Teamwork with other technical staff and the therapy team is an important element of this role.

The role requires accurate assessment and prescription of wheelchairs, seating and accessories to clients individual requirements. The ability to work alone to problem solve clients requirements is essential. A full driving license is required to enable travel around the area covered by the service. This post will give a wide variety of working situations and client groups.

North Bristol NHS Trust is a progressive and ambitious teaching and research organisation, and a specialist regional centre for major trauma, neurosciences, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal services. With a turnover of £550m and 9,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare, personally delivered. We are working together to create the environment for exceptional healthcare – our acute services moved into the brand new, £430 million state of the art Brunel Building less than four years ago, in May 2014. This 800 bed hospital at the Southmead site offers patients single rooms with en-suite facilities, greatly improving privacy and dignity and helping to control the spread of infections. We are currently undergoing one of the largest transformation programmes in the NHS, at the heart of what we do is a caring and compassionate workforce.

Candidates will have to complete an application for the NBT bank and then can be employed to the Trust for flexible working hours.

For more information, or to apply, please visit the NHS Jobs website by clicking here.