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Transportation of people seated in wheelchairs:

Jason Williams

PMG2024 Training | Conference | Exhibition

Monday 15 July to Wednesday 17 July 2024 in Telford. Our annual event provides an educational programme, industry exhibition and networking opportunities for professionals working in the field of posture and wheeled mobility.

Community Equipment Specialist

Location: Staffordshire (home-based considered for South East)

Hours: 37.5 hours + (overnight stays will be required)

Salary: Negotiable

Organisation: Specialised Orthotic Services (SOS)

SOS have 40 years of experience in providing clinical services for the assessment, manufacture and supply of specialist bespoke seating systems.

A unique opportunity has arisen for someone to join our expanding business as a Community Equipment Specialist; visiting clients across the UK within your allocated territories to assess their requirements, demonstrate the appropriate products, scan patients for casts using the appropriate manner for the circumstances, ensuring the patient (and any accompanying party) are comfortable with the process, and supply our finished product.

There will also be opportunities to attend trade shows representing the business. You will be required to complete the necessary paperwork to prepare and organise for an order to be processed and supplied. Reporting to the Clinical and Community Seating Manager, you will be supported by the customer service and sales office.

The ideal candidate will have a comprehensive knowledge of disabilities encountered during the course of an assessment for the provision of specialised seating and therapy equipment, sound understanding of the anatomical characteristics associated with the type of disabilities that will be encountered during the assessment of clinical needs.

You will have adequate knowledge of the materials utilised in the manufacturing process and the ability to identify the correct specification required, with a good knowledge of wheelchairs, specialist seating, community equipment, and/or have a background as a physiotherapist/occupational therapist or within these areas.

Essential:

  • A flexible approach to work as the job requires long days and overnight stays across the UK
  • Full driving license
  • An enhanced DBS check will be required following recruitment

The salary is negotiable depending on experience.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter by email to: hrteam@drivedevilbiss.co.uk
Or post to:
Steve Stone
Specialised Orthotic Services Ltd
Units 127-128, Fauld Industrial Park
Tutbury
Burton-upon-Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 9HS

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